This is a story about me. I love sammies:
Prob about 2 times a week I get a sammy from across the street. I have two favorite places:
- On Tuesdays I go to Subway (holla busybeeLauren). I get a 6" veggie on italian herbs and cheese with american cheese, lettuce, tomato, lots of pickles, a LITTLE bit of mayo and oil and oregano at Subway.
- My other favorite sammy place is Genuardi's (supermarket). At Genuardi's I get a 1/2 sammy on ciabatta with american and provologne cheeses and lettuce, tomato LOTS of pickles, mayo, oil and oregano.
I've gone to sammy shop in Genuardi's since I was 16. If you can get past this very sad fact (b/c that means I've worked at Spring Dance Hot Tubs off and on for 9- almost 10 years), you will enjoy the following stories:
Irene is getting old:
Irene has worked at Genuardi's since I first started getting my delicious sammy there. She's old. And I think she's going crazy. Today she said "you know if you use your card, you can get a free sammy on your 8th visit" Yes, Irene, I've only done this SINCE I WAS 16. "Here, when the receipt prints, I'll show you how many you have towards a free sammy." She didn't have to show me- b/c the computer made a loud beeping sound announcing that I get my next sammy for free (Win!)
A few weeks ago I have a $1 off coupon for a sammy. The sammy costs $4.99 + Tax ($5.29 total). So it should have been $3.99 + tax. I wasn't paying attention, and when I looked at my receipt in the car, I realized she gave me $3.99 off my sammy and I paid $1.00+ tax. I robbed Genuardi's.
The pickle girl:
Last week, the sammy guy at Genuardi's told me he put 8 pickles on my sammy. "Is that enough?" he asked. "When you say "lots of pickles"- how many is that to you?" This is a new question for me. I've never had to answer it before. I'm not sure why after 9, almost 10, years, people are suddenly so interested in my cheese sammy w/ lots of pickles. So I said, "I don't know. I don't count.- I just want to taste pickle" (that's what she said)
Recently my buddies at Subway hired a new guy. Nick, the manager, was training him and when it was my turn in line Nick said, "New guy, this is Bekah. She's the one who likes a lot of pickles."
I am KNOWN by my sammy at both places, and I SWEAR they call me the "pickle girl" (that's what she said).
I hope you enjoyed today's story time. I decided last night to start a series called "The Funnyness of my life." Cuz sometimes funny things happen. I can't wait to share "The night of the never-ending beeps." You're gonna love it... Stay tuned...
6 loving comments of adoration:
This is my new favorite post from you.
I love that you're known as Pickle Girl.
Remind me to buy you a Happy Cucumber.
Ahem.
now is that like the rabbit.....
cuz...
well,
nevermind...
do i even want to know??
You take your sammies quite seriously, much like my husband. He worked at Subway when we were in college so that's his favorite. He was devastated and angry when Subway stopped doing the u-gouge to cut the bread. Yup, he was.
Oh, and I hope you don't mind me popping in on your blog. I've been reading for a few weeks after finding you while reading random LOST and Twilight blogs. De-lurking is one of my new year's resolutions, even though it's April. :)
of course i don't mind new commenters Jen! i feel like a sammy fan failure.. i don't know what the u-gouge is!?
Ha! I guess that shows my age. It's probably been 10 years since they changed it. Anyway, instead of just cutting the bread straight in half (you know, the normal way), Subway used to cut a "u" shape down the bottom half of the bread. It was like a litte canyon that held all the meat and/or toppings in. My husband still claims that a real sandwich artist would stay true to the u-gouge.
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