So you’re visiting your parents and you decide to get lunch. You’re already in The Town, having had a rather fussy hair cut so think of the best take-away eateries to purchase said lunch. On a whim you decide that Subway would be good. They do good subs, it’s different and hey there’s no queue. Herein lies the mistake! The mistake is multi-faceted! On the one hand Subway is a wonderful personal eating experience – you can choose the bread, the fillings the salad, the ancillaries and even the sauce. You can salivate as each item is carefully placed in the sub. You can glee with delight when the microwave dings (If you’re having a hot filling of course) and watch on wistfully as the ingredients are carefully placed in the roll. All of this adds up to a wonderful experience. By the time you have done you can’t wait to eat that sub! You practically throw the fiver (If you got the cheap one!) at the server so that you can dash and enjoy that lunch! All of this is of course delayed if you are with a friend (or wife) and have to wait for theirs before you can pay… now imagine the shock when you realise there are another two rolls to purchase. You have to choose the bread, decide on a filling, take a guess at the salad and finally choose the sauce. All this while your beautiful sub is getting cold and lonely!
Imagine the further horror when your server is the new girl. In fact she’s the foreign new girl, who’s English is not fantastic. Luckily her trainer can communicate with her perfectly… however she has a similar problem communicating with you!
So here is my advice – Save Subway for lunch when everyone can choose their own ingredients!
And one final piece of advice…. Whatever you do, do not wait until you are returning to the multi-storey car park to realise that neither you, nor your wife bought a pay and display ticket! If you do, be under no pretence that the nice ticket inspector will realise you are stressed out parents who made a mistake. You will have a ticket.
(Note: This post was not at all inspired by Jon’s Chicken Sandwich.)
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