Seventy Cents to Hold the Roast Beef

[haha]

The biggest laugh is when I think back and recall some of the things I have seen in the kitchen. ... some restaurant workers do not have the 'sense of humor' that I do and have had some interesting ways at 'getting even' with these abusers. ...enuff said.
Thanks for the laugh.

Al plans to get out quickly if the clerk offers to take his sandwich to the kitchen to "prepare it more properly".

I forgot to mention that these "house specialties" are also a reason I credit for keeping me on the flexible side when ordering in bars and restaurants.

Ha

 

[TromboneAl]

[The soup Nazi] is my hero! (notice what a massive thriving business he has too!)

The fictional soup Nazi (and perhaps the real one) had a massive thriving business in spite of his lousy customer service because his soups were orgasm-level good. That was the point of the episode -- people put up with him because the soup was so good.

Ignoring the entertainment value, put another soup place across the street with soup that was just as good, but with good customer service, and the Nazi would be out of business.

 

[Sandy]

T-Al, I've done this too at many of the fast food places. While i don't frequent these places, they are convenient when I am on the road. Since I rarely eat meat, when I see a special - I order the special without the meat. Better deal for me, silly to throw it away and the restaurant uses fewer ingredients, so less costly to them. Seem like it should be win/win. I am not asking to substitute turkey for roast beef. just leave it off. I have had to argue as well and sometimes I have left - with not business. I will go next door and pay more just not to have to give in to such unreasonableness.

 

[Elderdude]

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But finally I realized that I will never run out of money; that a few bucks here or there will never make any difference to me; and most of all that these clerks often are operating at the extreme top of the complexity of tasks that their IQs will allow. I am rich, smart, and articulate- they are poor, often not so smart, etc. I do not want to complicate their lives, or the life the boss who is also trying to make do in a tough world with sometimes modest gifts. Who also is employing this clerk who may have a baby at home and who needs for all our sakes to be employed.
Ha

HA sometimes ticks me off with his rants about government pensions. (Cause, I got mine now and I don't intend to give it back.) But I had to laugh when read his response on Trombone Al's request for no beef on the Roast Beef special.

Before I decided to get myself some of those government bennies HA hates others getting, I wasted an enormous amount of my youth working in restaurants for minimum wage. I held "management" positions which paid even less than minimum when you considered the hours required filling in when those "at the extreme top of complexity" failed to show up for their shifts.

I hated the way I smelled from the food spills that got on my clothes. I hated all the customers who demanded more, (or less,) than what was on the menu. "How many pieces do get on the medium pizza?" "Twelve. But if you can't eat that much, I can cut it into eight."

HA is correct about government service. Compared to what I had to put up with in restaurants, dealing with both customers and owners, "I didn't do nothing" in my government job. (But use my brain.)

 

[Lakewood90712]

"Management has the right to refuse service." "The customer is always right." Just weed out the bad ones, business will thrive.

Try that if you work in government ! You are stuck with them , and they are stuck with you. Many of the [-]soon to be criminal defendant[/-] "clients" , and the Informants I have to deal with at the public desk almost get me to loose it , but in the end , I always win the argument when a judge steps into the picture. I think on my last day , I will post a "We reserve the right to refuse service" sign. Bet it will be weeks before someone notices

 

[Blue Collar Guy]

It is not about the money, we are not food prostitutes.
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Hahahahahaha, Im sorry this guy doesnt post anymore hahah. He sounded like fun

 

[pb4uski]

It much be a slow day if you are reading/resurecting 10 year old threads! That thread is long before I even became a member and was a lurker.

 

[Senator]

Stuff like this is why I am selling my restaurant and utterly hate the general public.

It is a great thing you are selling.

When I owned a restaurant, I did anything I could to put cash in the till. I sold anything that I could, and made up prices if it wasn't listed. I sold anything that wasn't bolted down.

Subway should have just deleted the roast beef. Maybe if Al requested to put the Roast Beef on the side it would have been OK.

Some people would rather stick to principles, rather than make money. My thought has always been, "Make the money".

 

[REWahoo]

Senator, take a look at the date of this thread. You're responding to someone who has been gone from this forum for 7 years.

 

[HadEnuff]

this thread is funny on so many levels. I'm happy it was resurrected, because I missed it the first time around.

 

[bjorn2bwild]

More evidence for the existence of a multi-verse, in this one T-Al would keep the roast beef and toss the sandwich.

 

[travelover]

ER.org should pay someone to just bring old threads back to life - kind of like summer reruns on television. Could even have a theme like. "Best of T-AL's Pet Peeves" or "Nords Dispatches a Troll".

 

[NW-Bound]

ER.org should pay someone to just bring old threads back to life - kind of like summer reruns on television. Could even have a theme like. "Best of T-AL's Pet Peeves" or "Nords Dispatches a Troll".

I read this thread before. Yet, I came to this forum after the thread ceased to be active.

Apparently, when I first discovered this forum I spent some time reading old threads, just like BCG is doing now. Some of these are really interesting. Current threads are often not as entertaining.

 

[NW-Bound]

Around here, Subway has a sandwich of the day special. For example, on Saturday a roast beef sub costs $2.99. Note that a veggie sub costs $3.69...

I have not stopped by a Subway in a long time. So, out of curiosity look up on the Web for the nearest Subway to see the prices.

Roast beef sub: $4.99. Veggie sub: $3.59.

Then, I noticed the calories. Roast beef: 320 calories. Veggie: 230 calories.

Being a big eater that I am, even the roast beef will not fill me up. Much better is the Italian Hero, 560 calories for $4.74. That's my sub!

 

[zedd]

Why does Subway offer like sixteen different kinds of bread? I mean do people go to the effort of pairing the right bread with their sandwich fixins? Me, I really don't care. Give me whatever will do a good job of holding my meat sandwich together yet keeps the condiments off of my fingers. Okay, if you insist. Make my sandwich with whatever bread the guy in line before me ordered.

 

[Texas Proud]

I have not stopped by a Subway in a long time. So, out of curiosity look up on the Web for the nearest Subway to see the prices.

Roast beef sub: $4.99. Veggie sub: $3.59.

Then, I noticed the calories. Roast beef: 320 calories. Veggie: 230 calories.

Being a big eater that I am, even the roast beef will not fill me up. Much better is the Italian Hero, 560 calories for $4.74. That's my sub!

Well, we know the problem.... you are going for the 6 inch (or 5.5 if the lawsuit is right).... have to get a foot long!!!!

 

[Texas Proud]

Why does Subway offer like sixteen different kinds of bread? I mean do people go to the effort of pairing the right bread with their sandwich fixins? Me, I really don't care. Give me whatever will do a good job of holding my meat sandwich together yet keeps the condiments off of my fingers. Okay, if you insist. Make my sandwich with whatever bread the guy in line before me ordered.

Not all people are the same... when we used to go before son went off to college, 4 people would get 4 different kinds of bread...

Usually there are only 5 or 6 at any one place... some places have what I would think would be local flavors, but I have never seen more than 6....

 

[zedd]

Not all people are the same... when we used to go before son went off to college, 4 people would get 4 different kinds of bread...

I find that puzzling/fascinating. Obviously I would go bust trying to make it as a restaurateur.

 

[homestead]

Have you ever noticed when you order a 6" sub at subway and they cut the bread they always cut one piece a little larger and give you the big piece. So the next guy who orders a 6" gets the small half. They probably got tired of people saying they got the small half if they try to cut it evenly.

 

[aja8888]

Have you ever noticed when you order a 6" sub at subway and they cut the bread they always cut one piece a little larger and give you the big piece. So the next guy who orders a 6" gets the small half. They probably got tired of people saying they got the small half if they try to cut it evenly.

The best thing to do is order the 12" sub, then cut it in half, then take all the goodies off one half and put them with the ones on the other half and throw the unused bread away. That way, you will have a sub that looks like the one in their commercials.

 

[REWahoo]

The best thing to do is order the 12" sub, then cut it in half, then take all the goodies off one half and put them with the ones on the other half and throw the unused bread away. That way, you will have a sub that looks like the one in their commercials.

+1

But whatever you do, don't dare ask the poor schlep working behind the counter to do it for you! Just ask T-Al...

 

[zedd]

Now for something completely different

Let us press pause on the Subway-bashing for the moment.

For your consideration ...

 

[REWahoo]

Was it a cat I saw?

 

[Blue Collar Guy]

this thread is funny on so many levels. I'm happy it was resurrected, because I missed it the first time around.

+1 I was roaring when i read some of the posts. Who cares its 10 years old hahaha. It was still a laugh.

 

[REWahoo]

+1 I was roaring when i read some of the posts. Who cares its 10 years old hahaha. It was still a laugh.

True that. However, it isn't always necessary to post a "hahaha" response to every humorous comment you read. The Thanks button is a great way to let the poster know you enjoyed what he/she had to say.