Know your coldcuts!

[zrath]

So I stopped by a Vons (aka Safeway outside of L.A.) during lunch today to get some delicious Simply Lemonade
(OMGYUMMY) and a sandwich. I like sandwiches. I looked at the menu and picked something called a "Big Easy".
It's got black forest ham, salame, provolone, olives, mayo, lettuce and tomatoes.
I told the employee to hold the olives, since I despise them in all their forms.
She looked at her cheat sheet to see what was on the sandwich, then asked me what bread I wanted.
I picked some roll with cheese baked on top of it. She prepped the roll then looked at her cheat sheet again.
She spread the mayo, then placed the ham, then noticed she was out of salame. She went off to slice some.
Now, she walked all the way to the other end of the deli counter, so I didn't see what she was doing.
I waited, looking at the other sandwiches on the big sign...
The employee returned and arranged the freshly sliced coldcut on the sandwich.
It was roast beef.
I'm not even kidding!
She had very carefully sliced the required amount of roast beef instead of salame.
At this point, I said nothing. She was already confused enough as it is, constantly looking at both her cheat sheet
and the little menu booklet us customers used to choose a sandwich. I really didn't want her brain to short-circuit.
She finished up the sammich, bagged it, tagged it, gave it to me. I paid for it and the lemonade and left.
The sandwich was delicious, by the way.
Oy gevalt...

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[zrath.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've been so disatisfied with sandwich places like Quiznos (overpriced), Togos (made me sick twice in a row) and Subway (made me sick too, but not as bad as Togos) that I find myself going to supermarkets to get sandwiches instead.
I tried a local pizza/pasta joint that was recommended on Yelp.com and it was complete bullshit. I ordered an 18" club sub and when I unwrapped it at home, I discovered that it contained the amount of coldcuts you would normally find on a 6" sub. I mean, the stuff was spread so thin, it was ridiculous! And a complete rip-off! So much for supporting local independent businesses. I felt like a fleeced tourist.
Anyway, The local Ralphs (aka Krogers) has a turkey and cheddar sub that's pretty good. I mean, it's just mayo, lettuce, turkey breast and sliced cheddar on sub-style roll, but it's good! The bread could be better, but the sammich weighs easily a pound and the turkey and cheddar are high quality. This sub costs $6.
Ralphs also has big thick sammiches in focaccia bread. The turkey club is pretty good, with turkey, bacon, avocado and other stuff. It's $7 and it's a bit of an ordeal to eat because it's so tall. But I have a big mouth! :D
Yeah, so screw the chain sammich shops!