# Subway, where "everything" does not mean everything. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440 "2008-12-03T01:55:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Krebbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Mr.Krebbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Krebbs)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/1 "2008-12-03T01:55:51Z")
Why the fuck do I have to explicitly state that I want jalapenos on my fucking sandwich? When I tell you I want “everything but the carrots, tomatoes and cucumber,” why do you refuse to give me what I fucking asked for? Can you not take directions? It really fucking ruins it for me when I have to eat my $5 Spicy Italian without fucking jalapenos. I mean, couldn’t you at least ask if I wanted some, rather than just not give me any at all? This is not the first time. I frequently tell them I want “everything but…” but they skip the jalapenos until I ask for them. Unfortunately, this time the cashier was ringing up my order while the girl was putting the finishing touches on my sandwich and I wasn’t keeping a close watch on the “sandwich artist.” I knew I should have asked if she had included my fucking jalapenos, but I put too much faith in her ability to notice how precise I was about ordering the damn thing. I mean, if I took the time to mention I didn’t want carrots (which don’t normally come on the subs to my knowledge, but are in the veggie tray section), why the fuck wouldn’t I mention that I didn’t want fucking jalapenos if that was the fucking case?!? Goddamn. I really want to blame somebody, but I know this isn’t entirely the sandwich artist’s fault. I’m sure it’s mostly to blame on the cunt-slime scumsuckers that said “everything” and then bitched and moaned because they burnt their pansy-wansy tongues on some relatively mild jalapenos. Fuck those people. You know, I’m not proud of this rant, but I hope it takes away the urge to call the local Subway and complain. ETA: Argh, I just realized that I say “everything but…” as a fucking courtesy to my fucking sandwich artist. Next time, I’ll just slowly list the items I want while the girl looks up at me expectantly, just like the rest of the fucking cattle. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/2 "2008-12-03T02:06:39Z")
At the Subway in this town, there’s a sign right there saying that “everything” excludes jalapenos, banana peppers and… olives? I don’t remember. The reason for that is because stupid people go in saying they want “everything” when they really only want lettuce, tomatoes, and mayo. Then they bitch because “I NEVER SAID I WANTED JALAPENOS!” or “Who the hell would put _carrots_ on a _sandwich_?” I would guess that most people who say they want everything really don’t so this is probably the easiest solution for Subway. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/3 "2008-12-03T02:18:21Z")
> [@Silver\_Fire](#): > > I would guess that most people who say they want everything really don’t so this is probably the easiest solution for Subway. I worked at a sub/pizza shop for 3 years in high school. When a customer asked for “everything” we recited the list of sandwich toppings we had. At least 90% of the time there were multiple things on the list that the customer did not want (and the list wasn’t particularly exotic, either). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Krebbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Mr.Krebbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Krebbs)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/4 "2008-12-03T02:25:30Z")
> [@Silver\_Fire](#): > > At the Subway in this town, there’s a sign right there saying that “everything” excludes jalapenos, banana peppers and… olives? I don’t remember. I would be happier if there was a sign telling me what was excluded from “everything.” At the Subways I have been to, they seem to exclude only jalapenos and carrots. > [@](#): > > I would guess that most people who say they want everything really don’t so this is probably the easiest solution for Subway. Nevertheless, I think they should ask – if someone requests “everything” --whether or not the customer wants jalapenos or carrots. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/5 "2008-12-03T02:31:54Z")
Change comes from within. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/6 "2008-12-03T02:33:04Z")
Peppers are like a special add on at Subway, not included as part of everything, probably because (exactly like you said) dumbasses go in and ask for “everything” and then get pissed when they get hot peppers. The employee at your store was probably trained not to put on peppers unless they’re explicitly asked for. Basically, you have to be really clear and specific about what you want on your sandwich because not everybody means the same thing when they try to use shorthand. They might say “no onions,” then get pissed when they get everything but onions (“I didn’t ask for PICKLES”). Customers are idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/7 "2008-12-03T02:45:04Z")
Next time I hope they put all 8000 sauces on it. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/8 "2008-12-03T03:11:48Z")
What’s wrong with tomatoes on a sandwich? ---
**Author:** ![SicKnTwiZted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SicKnTwiZted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SicKnTwiZted)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/9 "2008-12-03T03:18:09Z")
Wow man give them a fucking break, do you know how many stupid fucks like you they get a day saying “I would like everything” and then they still don’t want certain things. I think you need to take some meds or something because if this simple things gets you this mad to come one a damn website forum to rant about a pointless subject as to putting stuff on your sandwich then you have a serious problem. Either that or you have no life at all. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/10 "2008-12-03T03:20:20Z")
I always supervise the construction of my sandwich at subway. There will always be time to pay while they’re wrappng and cutting it. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/11 "2008-12-03T03:41:29Z")
sadly for you the customer is the lowest common denominator. once while at a restaurant I watched a guy grab a bottle of HABANERO hot sauce and dump it all over his breakfast…then wanted his money back because it was to hot to eat. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/12 "2008-12-03T03:55:50Z")
> [@Mr.Krebbs](#): > > It really fucking ruins it for me when I have to eat my $5 Spicy Italian without fucking jalapenos. Holy shit, another food rant. God fucking help the poor bastard that comes between a Doper and a meal. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/13 "2008-12-03T04:09:12Z")
> [@Silver\_Fire](#): > > At the Subway in this town, there’s a sign right there saying that “everything” excludes jalapenos, banana peppers and… olives? I don’t remember. The reason for that is because stupid people go in saying they want “everything” when they really only want lettuce, tomatoes, and mayo. Then they bitch because “I NEVER SAID I WANTED JALAPENOS!” or “Who the hell would put _carrots_ on a _sandwich_?” > > I would guess that most people who say they want everything really don’t so this is probably the easiest solution for Subway. In the handful of months I worked at a Subway, I learned more possible meanings for “everything” than I would have thought possible - ranging from “lettuce, tomato, onion, and nothing more” to “everything, including some toppings you do not have”. It really does make life easier for the employee if you just tell them what you want, because that avoids playing the “what meaning of ‘everything’ are we using now?” game. ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/14 "2008-12-03T04:14:07Z")
I have the opposite problem. Here, hot peppers are part of “everything”. So I say, “I would like everything except the hot peppers” and then I have to watch them sigh and roll their eyes as they take off the hot peppers because hot peppers are the first thing they reach for and the bstds never let you finish your sentence before they start making the sandwich. I vote that we cut to the chase and just shit on the artistes. eta: why don’t they have egg at Subway? I bet there’s some sneaky bstd topping-prejudiced artiste to blame. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/15 "2008-12-03T04:25:12Z")
> [@bathsheba](#): > > eta: why don’t they have egg at Subway? I bet there’s some sneaky bstd topping-prejudiced artiste to blame. I wouldn’t trust a hard-boiled egg crafted _en masse_ by a sandwich artiste. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/16 "2008-12-03T04:28:23Z")
> [@SicKnTwiZted](#): > > rant about a pointless subject That is almost the entire _function_ of the pit. People largely come here to rant, even about stuff that they know is petty and small, because it’s cathartic. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/17 "2008-12-03T04:33:26Z")
I was a sandwich artiste one miserable summer - all the moos who don’t mean hot peppers when they say, “Everything” are indeed the cause of your problem. My somewhat-related rant - I usually get just a sandwich at places like McDonald’s because I don’t usually want the fries and I never want the soda. I still haven’t figured out a way to order just a sandwich without getting asked, every single time, “Is that a combo?” No, it friggin’ well isn’t a combo - it would be a combo if I had ordered a combo. It’s a cheeseburger because I ordered a cheeseburger. The same moos are the cause of my problem as well, **Mr. Krebbs.** (Do you have a bike, by the way?) ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/18 "2008-12-03T04:36:24Z")
> [@bathsheba](#): > > I have the opposite problem. Here, hot peppers are part of “everything”. So I say, “I would like everything except the hot peppers” and then I have to watch them sigh and roll their eyes as they take off the hot peppers because hot peppers are the first thing they reach for and the bstds never let you finish your sentence before they start making the sandwich. That would be very odd to me. It’s always been my experience that sub places (I really don’t eat at Subway often enough to be able to single them out in any way) pretty much always ask before putting hots on a sub, even if you have always asked for everything, a ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/19 "2008-12-03T04:36:31Z")
**bathsheba:** Where do you buy your sandwiches? I would love to go there! Because I love me a turkey sandwich with lots of jalapenos and NO MAYONNAISE. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440/20 "2008-12-03T04:44:36Z")
Too late to edit that fraction of a post, so here’s the whole thing I meant to post: > [@bathsheba](#): > > I have the opposite problem. Here, hot peppers are part of “everything”. So I say, “I would like everything except the hot peppers” and then I have to watch them sigh and roll their eyes as they take off the hot peppers because hot peppers are the first thing they reach for and the bstds never let you finish your sentence before they start making the sandwich. That would be very odd to me. It’s always been my experience that sub places (I really don’t eat at Subway often enough to be able to single them out in any way) pretty much always ask before putting hots on a sub, even if you have always asked for everything, and even then put the hots on after the lettuce and tomatoes at the very least. I’ve pretty much accepted that “everything” at a sub shop usually means “lettuce tomato pickle onion,” and if you want, say, hots, you say “everything, with hots.” Generally, sub places, including Subway, as far as I’ve seen, are set up to allow, even encourage, you to watch your sub being made and interact with the person making it. That’s really just the way sub shops work. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-where-everything-does-not-mean-everything/475440.md?page=2)