Eat fresh

Had to drive all night last night, but I got enough sleep during the day yesterday to survive it. And the scenery was nice, while I could see it—they had a long detour in place on the Interstate I was supposed to take for the first part of the trip.

I've done worse.

This morning I actually managed to sleep with the engine off. Didn't have to start conditioning the air until after lunch.

Lunch was interesting all by itself. Subway(tm) has a presence in a lot of truck stops, and most of the time they're pretty much what you expect from a Subway(tm). Today, though, I saw something a bit different.

The food was pretty much standard.

But the service...

The lady in front of me ordered a foot-long sub, went through the whole down-the-line condiments thing, got to the register—and then found out that not all foot-longs are $5, except during special promos.* She started to raise a stink--

--and the manager cut her off, by simply picking up the sandwich, dumping it in the trash, and inviting her to start over. No muss, no fuss, no arguments.

I got to the head of the line, and found they'd put spicy mustard on my sub instead of adding bell peppers. I didn't get to finish the sentence—he'd already gently lifted off the cheese, mustard and all, and sent it to join the lady's sandwich. Five seconds later my sandwich was the way I wanted it.

(Now I'm irritated. I'm typing this from my notes a week later, and I'm not sure where this truck stop was. Oh, well. If I figure it out, I'll update this soon. That kind of service is worth talking about.)

I learned a bit more about Subway(tm) than I wanted to, though. The lady's second choice was a cold-cut sub. Hold the bologna. Except apparently Subway(tm) makes a special meat for their cold-cut sub. It has all three cold cuts integrated into it.

Bologna, salami, and (what's the other one?)? All blended together in one slice of, um, something?

The lady declined. I meditated on how good it was not to like cold cuts...

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*She said they always are in Myrtle Beach, where she lives. Interesting if true.