Subway is a sandwich restaurant chain that many people from around the world enjoy every day...and here are the best and worst parts of being a sandwich artist!
The Feast
Yes, it’s a real sandwich. No, I never know off the top of my head what goes on it. Yes, it’s just as annoying as you’d think to make.
Chopping Onions
And then having to take a customer with tears in your eyes…I promise they aren’t abusing me in the back.
Losing a Member of the Night Crew to the Day Crew
You feel slightly betrayed…also jealous that now they don’t need to do the dishes at the end of the night anymore.
Regular Customers
The old man who always buys cookies for his wife, or the father and son you can be sure will show up at 7? These are the customers that make your shift bearable simply with their small talk every day.
Picky Customers
Yes, I will tear out the middle of the bread and make sure your tomatoes are overlapping one another, but know that I am internally cursing you to the deepest pits of hell.
Drawer Count Being Over/Short
Suddenly, everyone is accused of not knowing how to do a cash drop or not knowing how to count back change.
Free Cookies!!!
…need I say more?
Dropping a Sandwich
It’s slightly humiliating, considering the basis of your whole job is to not drop a sandwich, plus now you have a mess to clean up.
Weird Sandwich Combinations
I’m sorry but ketchup doesn’t belong on a steak sandwich…or any sandwich for that matter.
People with Lists
The handwriting is usually unreadable, and the customer is almost always unhelpful.
The Smell
You will never ever be able to get the smell of baked bread and onions out of your clothes, car, or bedroom, no matter how hard you try.
Cutting your Hand
Battle scars from the tomato slicer do not make you look like a bad-ass.
Burning Your Hand
But trying to have no facial reaction so everyone doesn’t realize what a dumbass you are.
People Who Come In At Closing
Because now I have to wait an extra 10 minutes to start putting away the food and, that’s just a really big inconvenience for me when all that’s on my mind is going home.
Rushes During Your Break
You feel bad for leaving your coworkers to deal with it, so you have to stop eating to help, no matter how much you just want to sit down and enjoy your sandwich.
Seeing the food before it reaches the front
Although Subway is definitely a healthier option than most chain restaurants, everything is still shipped in boxes and bags, and seeing the pastrami before it’s pulled apart and put in trays would make anyone gag.
New Employees
Are they nice? Funny? What if they try to join my squad of work friends? Do I really have to teach the hinge cut to another person?
Lazy Employees
This one is by far the worst, because you have to pick up the slack they provide so you can keep on track and go home at a reasonable hour. Is it really that hard to stay off your phone for six hours?
Catering Orders
So much extra bread…so little time
Customers Who Don’t Tip
What are you actually going to do with that extra 54 cents in all honesty?
Drunk/High Customers
Yes, it really is that obvious.
Your Coworkers Becoming Your Best Friends
Because at the end of the day, they understand the same struggles you endure during a shift, and somewhere along the way, you all turned into one big, happy family. This job may be temporary, but the people you meet and the memories you make certainly are not.
