Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The Subway Conversion Chart
by Greg at 11:48 AM
Actual conversation at Subway...
Me: I'd like a 12-inch BMT on white.I suppose that was kind of rude of me, but I felt safe because they make the sandwich right there in front of me. I wouldn't do that at a drive-thru. No point getting into a mathematical semantic argument with the guy on the McDonald's intercom over a "one-fourth pounder", because you can be sure that you will get a Quarter Pounder with extra loogie.
Sandwich Artist: 12-inch? You mean a footlong?
Me: Yes, there are 12 inches in a foot.
And just because its already in your head....
Five.
Five dollar.
Five dollar footlong.
I have a game I play with the girl who answers the phone at my pizza place. Their large pizza is 16 inches, but no matter how I order it, she calls it the opposite when she reads my order back to me. If I call it a 16", she'll call it a large. If I call it a large, she'll call it a 16". I've never asked if she does this on purpose to confuse people, or if she's insane. But it has to be one of those two.
Also, at Barnelli's, the last question they ask you at the register is always "is that for here or to go?". So I like to say "hi, this is TO GO" before I even start giving them my order. Never fails though, they still ask me at the end.
Maybe I'm the one who's insane.
Must be what they are teaching at Subway University. Same thing happened to me up north in Alger. Maybe sniffing sandwich dough all day long kills brain cells?