Subway question

[mr_doc]

This is actually a 2 part question.

I was in Subway yesterday for the first time in quite a while. This is basically how it always goes when I order:

Me: I want a large turkey sandwich on white bread

Subway girl: Do you want mustard and mayo?

Me: I want everything on it

Subway girl: Do you want cheese?

Me: Yeah, I want everything on it

Subway girl: Do you want lettuce?

Me: Just put whatever comes on the sandwich on it please

Subway girl: Do you want tomatoes?

Me: Just make it like the picture, right on?

Subway girl: Do you want onions?

This continues for each item because apparently either the employees are too dumb to remember the menu or customers are too picky to just order off the menu. It's probably the latter.

Anyways, question 1 is when did they start putting cucumbers on the sandwiches? I knew they put green peppers, jalapenos and olives, but cucumbers? These things have no business being on a fucking sandwich. What's next, mushrooms? alfalfa sprouts? green beans? carrots? The reason the sandwich is so low in calories and fat is because my large sandwich had 4 slices of turkey and a fucking salad with no dressing in between the bread.

Question 2: If subway is so healthy, why are there so many fat people eating at subway? Is it just to promote the illusion that they're concerned about their health? They're not even ordering the healthy stuff. Just because you're eating at subway doesn't magically make that meatball and cheese, bag of chips, cookie and soda less fattening.

Thanks for your help.

[jammie]

Anyways, question 1 is when did they start putting cucumbers on the sandwiches? I knew they put green peppers, jalapenos and olives, but cucumbers? These things have no business being on a fucking sandwich. What's next, mushrooms? alfalfa sprouts? green beans? carrots? The reason the sandwich is so low in calories and fat is because my large sandwich had 4 slices of turkey and a fucking salad with no dressing in between the bread.

Found this article from 2002:
From quickservice to fine dining, today’s restaurants are wooing customers by allowing them to customize their meals. For example, last year Subway introduced two new gourmet breads “Asiago Cheese” and “Country Wheat,” and added cucumbers to the array of fresh vegetables consumers can choose from to top their sandwiches. The company, which has more than 16,000 locations in 73 countries, also began requiring its units to offer three varieties of cheeses, rather than one, and introduced new sauces to flavor its sandwiches, including honey mustard and asiago Caesar. “These are the most radical changes that Subway has made in years,” says Winograd. “We’ve had double-digit increases, not just in sales, but in new restaurants added.”

So the answer is 2001.  They already have carrots (and I think sprouts) at the Subways here.  It's a lost cost ingredient that adds a lot of customization power.  If you don't like it, don't put it on your sandwich

Question 2: If subway is so healthy, why are there so many fat people eating at subway? Is it just to promote the illusion that they're concerned about their health? They're not even ordering the healthy stuff. Just because you're eating at subway doesn't magically make that meatball and cheese, bag of chips, cookie and soda less fattening.

Thanks for your help.

Being a fat chick that goes to Subway, I can say:

1. The food tastes pretty good.  Subway is the only place I can get a sandwich that tastes like a subway sandwich.  So I go to Subway when I'm in the mood for one of those. 

2. If we're going because the food tastes good, who cares about ordering the low calorie stuff?

3. Sometimes I'll go get some 6-inch turkey and a diet coke because it IS actually healthier than like... a two cheese burger meal at McDonald's.  I mean there are certainly BETTER things I could be eating, and sometimes I do, but sometimes I just cannot force myself to get some tofu sprout delight thing and spend $10 on it.  Subway is a decent compromise.

Thanks for your questions!
Love,
jammie

[splynt0r]

Do they do the cheesy steak in French bread at subways? because I really love those