100 Days: Day 8

January 13, 2006

Day 8

Why Subway sucks sometimes

This is going to be tougher than I thought.

I really wanted to cheat today. That was all that was on my mind. The eating is quickly becoming tougher to do. Last week, the eating was the easiest part. But now, I feel like I am getting sick of salads and cucumbers and chicken and tuna. There are 92 days left in this project. Hopefully, I can settle into a routine that will make this a little less difficult.

In order to stop my cravings for double cheeseburgers, I went to Subway today. In doing so, I ran into one of the things that drives me crazy. There was a new girl on the vegetable station. That will kill your sub every time. Predictably, she was downright stodgy with the vegetables. The new people at subway never seem to understand that what makes that place great is the mountain of vegetables you can get on your sandwich.

I have a basic order when it comes to vegetables: Everything but jalapenos, extra pickles and olives (I know there is lots of sodium in that, but screw you, I�m hungry.) When I saw this girl putting the pickles on one-by-one, my heart sank. I knew I would have to make her go back and put more on and, in turn, I would look like a greedy asshole. But let me tell you something, when I order extra pickles, I expect to get more than five. When I order extra pickles, I expect two big handfuls liberally tossed onto my sandwich without a care. I expect the same with the olives. This girl put five of each on there like they were running out.

I had to ask her for more, but I knew all she would do was throw three more pickles and three more olives on there. So I had to verbalize what I wanted. I said �could you put two more handfuls of pickles and olives on there?�

That suggests I want a lot more, right? I think that is a clear and concise statement. The only thing clearer would have been: �Could you just pick up that container and pour all the pickles and olives onto my sub, please?�

The guy working the meat backed me up. �Like a ridiculous amount of pickles� he said. What did she do? Five more of each. I got screwed. Oh well, she�ll learn, or I will have to get her fired.

That was the big happening for me today in small town Colorado. I know it is pretty exciting, but someone�s gotta live this fast paced life.

I struggled through the day with two turkey sandwiches, the Subway footlong club (on wheat, which was surprisingly good), half a cucumber and some baby carrots. I worry some about the carbs in the bread I ate today, but I think the calories and fat were fine. I talked myself out of exercising this morning, but I got bored at 2 p.m. and decided to get out of the house and take my fat ass on a walk.

That�s all I got for today. I will try to find something a little more interesting for tomorrow. The soreness in my arms is gone, so I think I can get back to working out. That should be fun.

Posted by Dan Nied at January 13, 2006 12:28 AM

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