What part do people not understand about NO TOMATO?

[Anubis]

who puts fucking tomatos on Egg salad? no honestly ive never heard of it, lettuce yes never fing tomato

i do enjoy tomatos but would never think of getting it on egg salad

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: InflatableBuddha
Tomatowned.

:thumbsup:

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: dainthomas
Who gets tomato on egg salad anyway? That sounds nasty.

ifthe tomatoes are fresh its actually pretty good.

that said, i usually order my sammiches sans tomatoes as well. but if they put them on anyway, i stand there and tell them to remake it without tomatoes. never really had to do that more than a couple times in my life tho. the only sammich i have maters on is a turkey n bacon. tomatoes complete that flavor. sometimes on tuna or egg salad, but not usually.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: Modeps
I'd understand if you got angry because they put mustard on it or some sort of drippy substance that cant be easily removed but you're complaining about a freaking tomato? Give me a break.

I've got a friend who's like this with anything remotely healthy. As soon as he knows it's in there, he treats the whole meal like a plate of vomit. ZOMG TEH INFESTATION!

I have a friend who's the same way (but he has mental illness). Once we hit the McDonald's drive-through on the way to visit another friend and he ordered a plain fish sandwich. He unwrapped it to find it had lettuce on it, and he wadded the whole thing up and threw it out the window, saying "They ruined it." It didn't matter that he could just scrape off the lettuce. It had been there, and therefore the sandwich was permanently tainted.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Originally posted by: AbsolutDealage
That's nothing. Try and convince someone at a sandwich shop to make a plain sandwich.

"Hi, I want the ham sandwich, but I want it plain"
"Plain?"
"Yes, plain. Just the ham and the bread. Plain."
"Do you want cheese?"
"No, no cheese. Plain. Ham and bread."
"Just the ham and the bread?"
"Yes"

<Moving down the sandwich line>

"Do you want lettuce or tomato?"
"No. Just the plain sandwich."
"Do you want dressing?"
"No. Plain. Just give me the sandwich like it is."
"Just like this?"
"Yes... just like that"

It's like a 5 minute ordeal to order such a simple thing.

WTF are you going to a sandwich shop for ham and bread?

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: Modeps
I'd understand if you got angry because they put mustard on it or some sort of drippy substance that cant be easily removed but you're complaining about a freaking tomato? Give me a break.

I've got a friend who's like this with anything remotely healthy. As soon as he knows it's in there, he treats the whole meal like a plate of vomit. ZOMG TEH INFESTATION!

I have a friend who's the same way (but he has mental illness). Once we hit the McDonald's drive-through on the way to visit another friend and he ordered a plain fish sandwich. He unwrapped it to find it had lettuce on it, and he wadded the whole thing up and threw it out the window, saying "They ruined it." It didn't matter that he could just scrape off the lettuce. It had been there, and therefore the sandwich was permanently tainted.

ive never seen lettuce on the fish sammich at mcdonalds... fish, tartar and a half slice of cheese is the whole sammich.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ

Originally posted by: AbsolutDealage
That's nothing. Try and convince someone at a sandwich shop to make a plain sandwich.

"Hi, I want the ham sandwich, but I want it plain"
"Plain?"
"Yes, plain. Just the ham and the bread. Plain."
"Do you want cheese?"
"No, no cheese. Plain. Ham and bread."
"Just the ham and the bread?"
"Yes"

<Moving down the sandwich line>

"Do you want lettuce or tomato?"
"No. Just the plain sandwich."
"Do you want dressing?"
"No. Plain. Just give me the sandwich like it is."
"Just like this?"
"Yes... just like that"

It's like a 5 minute ordeal to order such a simple thing.

WTF are you going to a sandwich shop for ham and bread?

yeah, i'm confused by that too. why spend $5.00 for sandwich that you can make at home for like $1

 

[maxster]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: AbsolutDealage
That's nothing. Try and convince someone at a sandwich shop to make a plain sandwich.

"Hi, I want the ham sandwich, but I want it plain"
"Plain?"
"Yes, plain. Just the ham and the bread. Plain."
"Do you want cheese?"
"No, no cheese. Plain. Ham and bread."
"Just the ham and the bread?"
"Yes"

<Moving down the sandwich line>

"Do you want lettuce or tomato?"
"No. Just the plain sandwich."
"Do you want dressing?"
"No. Plain. Just give me the sandwich like it is."
"Just like this?"
"Yes... just like that"

It's like a 5 minute ordeal to order such a simple thing.

That reminded me of this great story I ran across on the web a long time ago. A guy ordering a sub.

Me: "I'd like a plain number three, white, end piece preferred, no cheese. And BBQ chips. To go."
Clerk: (grabs a wheat roll) "Number three?"
Me: "Yeah. Plain."
Clerk: (holding a wheat roll) "What size?"
Me: "That's on white, please. Large."
Clerk: (cutting off a small piece of the wheat roll) "Ok."
Me: "Uhhh...I want that on white. End piece if you got it. And a large."
Clerk: "Oh...yeah...sorry. What size?"
Me: "Large."
Clerk: (grabbing a white roll -- with an uncut end still attached) "Ok."
Me: "End piece is preferred."
Clerk: (cutting off a small piece from the roll which is just barely long enough to qualify for a large sandwich, resulting in two pieces of the roll: a small-sized piece and a piece that is only about half as long as the small size although it is the end piece of the original whole roll) "Hmm."
Me: "That's large, please. Large."
Clerk: "Huh?"
Me: "I want a large number three."
Clerk: "Oh...yeah...sorry." (looks at the two pieces of bread on the counter in front of him, confused) "You said you wanted an end piece?"
Me: "Yeah. End piece is OK. Not required. Picky teenage daughter."
Clerk: (horizontally slices the smaller-than-small-sized piece of white roll -- the piece that has the end on it) "Ok."
Me: "Uh. Excuse me. I want a large number three."
Clerk: "I thought you wanted the end piece."
Me: "I want a large number three. Plain. The end piece is OK, but it is not required."
Clerk: (continues to make the sandwich on the less-than-small-sized end piece) "Ok."
Me: "Uh. Excuse me again. That's a large number three, please."
Clerk: "I thought you wanted the end piece."
Me: "I want a large number three, plain. Forget about the end piece, OK?"
Clerk: "What do I do with this?"
Me: "What do you do with what?"
Clerk: "What do I do with this end piece?"
Me: "Push it aside. Get a fresh roll of white bread, OK? I want a LARGE number three."
Clerk: "Oh...yeah."
Me: "Picky teenage daughter. She has to have a large, plain sandwich."
Clerk: (cuts off a large sized piece from a fresh, whole white roll) "That's a large, right?"
Me: "Yes. Large. You got it."
Clerk: "Number three?"
Me: "Yeah. Plain."
Clerk: "What kind of cheese?"
Me: "That's plain."
Clerk: "What kind of cheese do you want on it?"
Me: "I want it plain, please."
Clerk: "What is that?"
Me: "What is what?"
Clerk: "What is plain?"
Me: "I want a large number three, plain."
Clerk: "What do you mean, plain?"
Me: "Yes, plain."
Clerk: "What do you mean, plain?"
Me: "Just a number three. Plain. Absolutely plain."
Clerk: "I dunno know what you mean."
Me: "I want a large number three, absolutely plain."
Clerk: "I don't think we have that."
Me: "You can't make a plain sandwich? I order them here all the time!"
Clerk: "What do you mean, plain? We don't have plains."
Note that, at this point, the other customers at the counter are visibly amused, one even chuckling out loud. I look at them, and get "What a moron!" looks from them, so I know it's not just me. The other clerks appear curious about why a customer is raising his voice, but they still appear unaware that anything odd is going on.


Me: "I want a LARGE number THREE, absolutely PLAIN. Can you make one of those for me?"
Clerk: (visibly irritated) "I dunno. What do you mean, plain?"
Me: "PLAIN! Nothing on it!"
Clerk: "Nothing? Just the bread?"
Me: "No. Just a plain number three. Nothing on it at all. No--"
Clerk: (interrupting) "What kind of cheese?"
Me: "No cheese at all! Plain!"
Clerk: (walks away from his station and talks to the manager) "I can't do this."
Manager: "What's wrong?"
Clerk: "He won't tell me what kind of cheese he wants."
Me: "Can I speak to a manager?"
Manager: "Is there a problem?"
Me: "I'm just trying to get a sandwich made."
Clerk: "He keeps talking about some kind of airplane or something."
Manager: "Airplane? What's his order?"
Clerk: "A large number three airplane...or plane...I dunno what he wants me to do."
Manager: "What did you order?"
Me: "I'd like a number three, plain, on white, preferrably an end piece...no cheese. BBQ potato chips. To go."
Manager: "What was the problem?"
Me: "I have no idea, but it appears from what he said to you that he doesn't know what the word 'plain' means."
Manager: "Well, we'll get you taken care of."

You sound like a jerk to me. He asked you repeatedly what plain meant. Why didn't you just answer him instead of repeating a word that he did not understand? What good would it do if you keep on repeating it?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: maxster



You sound like a jerk to me. He asked you repeatedly what plain meant. Why didn't you just answer him instead of repeating a word that he did not understand? What good would it do if you keep on repeating it?

Me: "PLAIN! Nothing on it!"

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: maxster

Originally posted by: kranky
That reminded me of this great story I ran across on the web a long time ago. A guy ordering a sub.

Me: "I'd like a plain number three, white, end piece preferred, no cheese. And BBQ chips. To go."
Clerk: (grabs a wheat roll) "Number three?"
[big snip]
Manager: "What was the problem?"
Me: "I have no idea, but it appears from what he said to you that he doesn't know what the word 'plain' means."
Manager: "Well, we'll get you taken care of."

You sound like a jerk to me. He asked you repeatedly what plain meant. Why didn't you just answer him instead of repeating a word that he did not understand? What good would it do if you keep on repeating it?

Wasn't my story, found it on the web.

 

[JRich]

Originally posted by: maxster
You sound like a jerk to me. He asked you repeatedly what plain meant. Why didn't you just answer him instead of repeating a word that he did not understand? What good would it do if you keep on repeating it?

If someone doesn't understand the word "plain" then they need to be shot.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: JRich
If someone doesn't understand the word "plain" then they need to be shot.

:thumbsup:

I'd have fired the useless twat.

 

[maxster]

Originally posted by: JRich

Originally posted by: maxster
You sound like a jerk to me. He asked you repeatedly what plain meant. Why didn't you just answer him instead of repeating a word that he did not understand? What good would it do if you keep on repeating it?

If someone doesn't understand the word "plain" then they need to be shot.

If you haven't noticed yet, a lot of the workers at these sandwhich shops are ESL speakers. Cut them a little slack.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: maxster

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: AbsolutDealage
That's nothing. Try and convince someone at a sandwich shop to make a plain sandwich.

"snip

You sound like a jerk to me. He asked you repeatedly what plain meant. Why didn't you just answer him instead of repeating a word that he did not understand? What good would it do if you keep on repeating it?

it seems you cant read

 

[maxster]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: maxster

Originally posted by: kranky
That reminded me of this great story I ran across on the web a long time ago. A guy ordering a sub.

Me: "I'd like a plain number three, white, end piece preferred, no cheese. And BBQ chips. To go."
Clerk: (grabs a wheat roll) "Number three?"
[big snip]
Manager: "What was the problem?"
Me: "I have no idea, but it appears from what he said to you that he doesn't know what the word 'plain' means."
Manager: "Well, we'll get you taken care of."

You sound like a jerk to me. He asked you repeatedly what plain meant. Why didn't you just answer him instead of repeating a word that he did not understand? What good would it do if you keep on repeating it?

Wasn't my story, found it on the web.

Ahh. . . reading comprehension for the win. Or rather, lack of it for the lose. :beer: for your troubles.

 

[jagec]

OP: Tomatoes are good for your prostrate. You will die of prostrate cancer if you don't eat tomatoes. You don't want to get prostrate cancer, do you?

Originally posted by: kranky
Clerk: "Number three?"
Me: "Yeah. Plain."
Clerk: "What kind of cheese?"
Me: "That's plain."
Clerk: "What kind of cheese do you want on it?"
Me: "I want it plain, please."
Clerk: "What is that?"
Me: "What is what?"
Clerk: "What is plain?"
Me: "I want a large number three, plain."
Clerk: "What do you mean, plain?"
Me: "Yes, plain."
Clerk: "What do you mean, plain?"
Me: "Just a number three. Plain. Absolutely plain."
Clerk: "I dunno know what you mean."
Me: "I want a large number three, absolutely plain."
Clerk: "I don't think we have that."
Me: "You can't make a plain sandwich? I order them here all the time!"
Clerk: "What do you mean, plain? We don't have plains."
Me: "I want a LARGE number THREE, absolutely PLAIN. Can you make one of those for me?"
Clerk: (visibly irritated) "I dunno. What do you mean, plain?"
Me: "PLAIN! Nothing on it!"
Clerk: "Nothing? Just the bread?"
Me: "No. Just a plain number three. Nothing on it at all. No--"
Clerk: (interrupting) "What kind of cheese?"
Me: "No cheese at all! Plain!"

First rule of communication: If they don't understand, repeat exactly the same thing, but louder. They'll get it for sure this time. Particularly if it's not their native tongue. This is a very useful rule for traveling overseas.

 

[puffff]

Originally posted by: kranky
Clerk: "He keeps talking about some kind of airplane or something."
Manager: "Airplane? What's his order?"
Clerk: "A large number three airplane...or plane...I dunno what he wants me to do."
Manager: "What did you order?"

LOL..

He should've asked for a helicopter on the side to really confuse the clerk.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: mjuszczak

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
make your own or stop going there. Who is the stupid one who keeps returning for the tomato.

OK. You get reading lessons and I'll be sure to try a different deli. Oh wait, I already did!

... I have gone to three different delis to order a sandwich...

admittedly I don't really read your threads anymore.

You just blindly post in them?

MotionMan

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: AbsolutDealage
That's nothing. Try and convince someone at a sandwich shop to make a plain sandwich.

"Hi, I want the ham sandwich, but I want it plain"
"Plain?"
"Yes, plain. Just the ham and the bread. Plain."
"Do you want cheese?"
"No, no cheese. Plain. Ham and bread."
"Just the ham and the bread?"
"Yes"

<Moving down the sandwich line>

"Do you want lettuce or tomato?"
"No. Just the plain sandwich."
"Do you want dressing?"
"No. Plain. Just give me the sandwich like it is."
"Just like this?"
"Yes... just like that"

It's like a 5 minute ordeal to order such a simple thing.

I get most of my sandwiches pretty plain, too (usually just bread, meat, sometimes cheese and one condiment). On more than one occasion the second guy has gotten pissed at the first guy because he thought the first guy failed to ask me the magic questions.

MotionMan

 

[Bill Brasky]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
I don't want a large Farva. I want a GOD DAMN litre of cola.

I was really looking forward to posting this.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: AbsolutDealage
That's nothing. Try and convince someone at a sandwich shop to make a plain sandwich.

"Hi, I want the ham sandwich, but I want it plain"
"Plain?"
"Yes, plain. Just the ham and the bread. Plain."
"Do you want cheese?"
"No, no cheese. Plain. Ham and bread."
"Just the ham and the bread?"
"Yes"

<Moving down the sandwich line>

"Do you want lettuce or tomato?"
"No. Just the plain sandwich."
"Do you want dressing?"
"No. Plain. Just give me the sandwich like it is."
"Just like this?"
"Yes... just like that"

It's like a 5 minute ordeal to order such a simple thing.

Try getting "a little" of something:

At places like McDonald's - forget it.
At places like Subway - you have a fighting chance since they are making it right in front of you, but you still usually have to say "ENOUGH!!!" loud enough to make them jump and stop.

Is "a little" that hard of a concept for even the most ESL employee to comprehend? Not everyone wants a sandwich overflowing and dripping everywhere (especially if you are in a suit, as I usually am). That, according to the advertisements, is what people go the Carl's for.

MotionMan

 

[zinfamous]

tomatoes are the greatest thing that humans can consume. Plus they're a new world fruit, so it's like we're being patriotic in some way when we eat them.

OP, are you lobbying to have a mujscasik Blog forum added to AT? your threads make me want to hammer nails into my ear canal.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: mjuszczak

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
make your own or stop going there. Who is the stupid one who keeps returning for the tomato.

OK. You get reading lessons and I'll be sure to try a different deli. Oh wait, I already did!

... I have gone to three different delis to order a sandwich...

admittedly I don't really read your threads anymore.

You just blindly post in them?

MotionMan

gotta admit, it does make it more entertaining for us when that happens

 

[Epic Fail]

Order it with no to-MA-to next time.

 

[JRich]

Originally posted by: maxster

Originally posted by: JRich

Originally posted by: maxster
You sound like a jerk to me. He asked you repeatedly what plain meant. Why didn't you just answer him instead of repeating a word that he did not understand? What good would it do if you keep on repeating it?

If someone doesn't understand the word "plain" then they need to be shot.

If you haven't noticed yet, a lot of the workers at these sandwhich shops are ESL speakers. Cut them a little slack.

Not around here. They're just brain-dead.