I have a Subway story I know everyone in the world is dying to hear. So when I worked in Des Moines, the subway there had hot gardenburger subs that made me absurdly happy, given that one can only eat so many cold "veggie delight" subs before hating life. I move to Idaho, and ruefully boycott the only Subway in town because they don't have the gardenburger. So a few weeks ago, after much giddy imbibing of cokes and vanilla Stoli at the bar, I decide I want a late night sub, and I also decide to berate the sandwhich artist for not having gardenburgers. And the kid was like, "Oh, we have those, we just don't put them on the menu." He had already assembled my veggie sub, so I asked him to put a gardenburger on it. This was a big deal, because not only do they not put the gardenburder on the menu, but they also hide it somewhere in a faraway freezer and it's a Major Operation to go get it, heat it up, and tuck it into the sandwich. Paul was with me at the time and he was embarrassed over the whole episode, to the point where he refuses to ask for a gardenburger at Subway because it seems to bother everyone who works there. He's always saying, "Oh my god, you're going to ask for the gardenburger, aren't you?" As if I'm asking for raw dog meat or something. But, in conclusion, I'd just like to point out how absurd it is that any eatery will have something yet not put it on the menu. That defies all levels of logic.
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