Subway

[den]

Dad decided we needed Subways for lunch, so we went to the local office and put our orders in. Sort of. Things went well until Dad had to make choices.

"White bun or wholemeal?" asked the attendent behind the counter.

"Um..."

"Wholemeal," I said.

"With corned beef," said dad.

"Salad?"

"Um..." Dad stared at the salad bar for a moment. "Lettuce?"

The attendent added lettuce. "Any thing else?"

"Um..." Dad stared at the salad bar for a moment longer. "Um... tomato."

The attendent added tomato. "Any thing else?" Dad stared at the salad bar for an age, until the attendant decided to move things along. "What about sauces?"

"What do you have?"

"Tomato, BBQ, Mayonaise, sweet chillie and mustard."

"Look," said Dad at last, obviously fed up with the whole choice thing. "Just pile some shit on a bun and give it to me." Everyone in the shop fell silent. I went outside to wait.

On the way back to the office he was silent and giving off Grumpy Old Man vibes. "Bloody stupid shop," he said at last. "Next time, you're buying lunch."

Comments

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

oh man, we got like 5 types of bread over here at Subway, that wouldn't go over well I'd say...

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

he'd already mentioned he wanted a "normal bun" not one of the gormet ones.

[atara.livejournal.com]

Ok, That was funny. :)

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

Hee! Your dad is great!

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Don't ever take him into a Starbucks, whatever you do. Especially if you just want to order a plain cup of coffee:D.

[tropism.livejournal.com]

Starbucks is probably one of the worst places to get just a regular cup of coffee. It's crap, far too strong for drinking, but it'll keep you up all damned night if that's what you want. ;)

[forest.livejournal.com]

lol. I'm not surprised he was "spoilt for choice". There are way too many combinations in those places.

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

I can so relate to that.

[ladyursus.livejournal.com]

That's funny. I am like your Dad. I don't like too many choices. There are about 4 things I always pick from on a menu. Call me an old fuddy duddy, but I think your old man has got it!!!!

[trede.livejournal.com]

*grins.*

[griffen.livejournal.com]

I'm imagining Robin Williams' character in Moscow On The Hudson, looking at 12 different brands of coffee and having a screaming breakdown in the store because he's not used to having any choices and now he has too many to deal with.

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

*giggle* I'm with him, Subway is a nightmare, too many options and then the bastards always put something spicy on mine by mistake despite clearly telling them not to!

[psaakyrn.livejournal.com]

My method of dealing with choices: use a random number generator. c.c

(Maybe these places whould have a random product generator for such people?)

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

My mum shared this with me after I shared the story with her, so I thought I would shre her thoughts in turn:):


I smiled warmly at his dad's
response/dilemma...and my reaction was to hug him. It
sounded so lovingly familiar. My father, who loved his
little Abilene(you), did NOT like cafeteria, buffets,
order/assemble yourself places. He wanted to be served much
as he was at home - with grace and love and without having to
make tedious decisions. Raised hungry, it never occurred to
him to not eat what was put before him. This does not mean
that he didn't have preferences. He always took lunches to
the factory. I always thought that it was a way to save
money. Apparently it was what he preferred! Loved that
and wish that he had lived long enough for you to know his
warmth, generosity, gentleness, kindness and love. He was
one of a kind.

Much love, Mom

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

My mum would have problems with your mum hugging him. 8)

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

I think she meant in the understanding way rather than the other kind.My dad might object as well.8)