I agree with hotballa on this whole thing. It seems like a lot of vegetarians think they're entitled, and then use faulty reasoning to justify it (e.g., not considering that meat can cost less than veggies, the operational inefficiencies, not using cost plus pricing models, etc). Combine all that with being cheap and you've got episodes like this one happening.
your op made it sound like you specifically asked for a veggie delight which i assume has a different portion of vegetables compared to a turkey and veggie sandwich while holding the turkey.
Why? It is such a small minority of people in the world that they probably would not make any money by doing it. Maybe you can put it in their suggestion box, they might go for it. DD
at my place you can get a freshly grilled quarter pounder with cheese, lettuce, tomato and onion plus medium fries and small fountain drink with unlimited refills for $4.50. no cheap ppl live around here though since people always opt for the $9 sandwiches lol
Good point. Really it's only a subset of Indians (from India) and "enlightened do-gooders (?)" in the US who comprise the worldwide population of vegetarians. Not a huge chunk of people.
It seems to me like you're confused on the entire matter. If their pricing model is as you say, they should only offer the specials to customers who order sandwiches with meat and no other customized toppings. I'm simply asking to pay the same amount as someone else who could order the same sandwich I got plus meat added to it. There is no extra operational cost for calling my sandwich a turkey sandwich, which is what the manager did in the end. There is no extra effort on their part in making my sandwich (just the opposite, in fact). That's not asking for entitlement, but simple fairness.
Actually, their food gets nutrition from the poop of our food. Sorry, veggie dudes and gals, just can't resist. Amen, peace.
it's free to add as many vegetables and condiments as you want, but it costs extra to take away the meat. sounds like ass backwards logic to me.
You were right. However, you should have ordered X sandwich sans the meat and or cheese. Make it simple for the plebeians.
How much time did the manager and cashier have to spend with you? And you're trying to claim that you didn't introduce operational complexity into the transaction? Subway likely has less operational issues on something like this than say Pappasito's (CCorn's example) since at Subway they "bottom-up" build every order. But hotballa's point stands about adding additional veggies could be more expensive than the meat (not sure if that applied with you or not) And to the point on pricing -- if I'm Subway, I would charge vegetarians more for their food, since they are likely more inelastic customers -- e.g., they're stuck with very few options for lunch, and even at Subway don't have many other choices on the menu to order. Therefore I can charge them more and they'll pay it, because they're out of options. Nobody defined "fairness" as paying "cost-plus"....e.g., total up all the ingredients' cost and add some fixed profit margin on top of that.
Not a bad point, but you know how Subways works. There is no set difference. The customer can asking for as many or as few veggies as they like. If it so happens that I have to accept fewer vegetables in my sandwich to get the discount, I'd accept that.
You can't go to the cost route. The veggie delight is a dollar more than the combo special. Restruant is not social welfware, it ain't fair.
