40 Funny And Wholesome Posts About Customer Behavior Shared In This Online Group Dedicated To Subway (New Pics)
Not all heroes wear capes, and no one exemplifies this more than the brave souls at your local fast-food joint. The job itself is basically a blessing and a curse where employees try to navigate the complex world of customer service with a cheerful smile. There are the long hours, low pay, and lazy management that make it a tough and thankless experience. But at the same time, wholesome colleagues and side-splitting "special instructions" customers add to their orders work as the perfect mood booster workers didn't know they needed.
There’s not a dull day in the life of a fast-food worker, and people who proudly wear their green and yellow t-shirts know this from personal experience. We’re talking about Subway employees who work hard to provide you with a portion of the good stuff and should get the respect they most definitely deserve.
So today, we’re diving deep into the aspects of a sandwich artist's life, the good and the bad, courtesy of the 'Subway' subreddit. Although the community seems to be still growing, it provides a safe space for people to talk, share, love (and hate!) everything to do with the sandwich palace. We've gathered some of the best posts from the group, so continue scrolling to check them all out! Be sure to upvote your favorites and let us know what you think in the comments.
Psst! For more goodness from the 'Subway' subreddit, look no further than Bored Panda's earlier piece on this feature right here.
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Made Sense To Me, Still Makes Sense To Me
First Time Seeing A Sign Like This, Made Me Chuckle
Good For You, Buddy. Good For You
Yet for all your loyalty and hard work, your employer still thinks you're expendable.
As the moderators state in the community description, the 'Subway' online group is dedicated to customers and employees of Subway, the sandwich chain. "Looking to talk about subway trains?" they ask, "You probably want r/subways", illustrating just how often Redditors mix the two forums together.
With over 26k members aka sandwich artists following the community, the group seems to be still growing. However, it already has some clear guidelines for fellow Subway enthusiasts to consider before sharing something with others. For example, posts must be strictly Subway-related, and spam is not tolerated. Redditors should also avoid revealing identifiable information, "that includes posting addresses, store numbers, or telephone numbers."
Thankfully, Subway-related memes are allowed — as long as they follow other rules. "Minimal effort, spam, and off-topic memes may be removed," the mods added.
Around 1 Sub Per Minute Sounds Pretty Impressive To Me!
That’s over one sub per minute!! Those workers were quick you entitled twat!!
Saw Someone Else Post, I Hung This Up A Few Weeks Ago
I Gave Them Extra Cookies
For our earlier piece on strange fast food orders that drive employees mad, we reached out to the team looking after the subreddit. One moderator, who preferred to stay anonymous, was more than happy to share their thoughts about the group.
Unfortunately, the origin of the group seems to remain a mystery. When we asked about the initial inspiration for the sub, the moderator explained that they were not yet around at that time. However, one person from their team has been present since the beginning, but he was not the original creator, who left the subreddit years ago.
Today Our Regular Karen Came In Acting Kind For The First Time And Handed Us This Note When She Left
We Followed The Special Instructions. This Is Now One Of My Favorite Customers
Anyone Miss The Old Subway Design?
The moderator told Bored Panda that the community is decently active, "with customers asking opinions on sandwiches, or employees talking about their experiences." It offers a perfect space for workers to vent their frustrations, seek advice, and find comfort from fellow employees about the difficult situations they face daily.
"When employees talk about their grievances, other employees will chime in with their own, or ways to help! Employees in the sub, past and present, are generally pretty supportive of other employees," they added.
I've Put Up A Sign But It’s Gonna Be Ignored Anyway
It's regional handwriting. My bf is from eastern Europe and writes As Ks and Hs and Ns like that. Nothing is misspelled
Are You Guys Open?
My Veggies In The Morning Before They Get Destroyed During The Lunch Rush
Ask any food service employee, and you’ll know that some customers have a way of annoying the people who serve them to the max. Specific actions and behaviors commonly associated with patrons that sandwich artists absolutely despise range anywhere from not knowing what they want beforehand to texting on their phones while ordering and touching the glass every single day.
And guessing from the abundance of posts in the community, weird orders customers make are also at the top of the list. They are quite a common category in the group, but thankfully, they often serve as a perfect source of entertainment. Or, as the mod told us, "It’s fun to see what people get requested, and others to share theirs in the comments!"
Accurate
Has This Been Done Already
My Local Subway Has This Above The Veggies
But the group also gives a stage for the clients to voice their opinions as well. "The main thing I see from customers in the sub are complaints about prices (which we all agree are kind of getting ridiculous nowadays), or the never-ending app glitches charging $99+ for cheese or some other item," they said.
Little Did This Poor Guy Know, My Boss Forgot To Remove Pickles From Our UberEats
Who is this person and how do I become friends with them? Cos I absolutely adore pickles 💕
Exxxxtra Olives
*cryng Inside*
The moderator also revealed that customers often criticize the fast-food restaurant chain, and they do not hold back. "Besides complaints about the app glitch posts, it would be customers blaming us for pricing, even though it is not the employees' fault. There have been a few cases of some customers harassing others in comments as well."
Subway Knight
Holy S**t
How I Feel After My Shifts
But even though patrons complain about the food or the quality of the service, they still return to their favorite joints over and over again. It’s hard to argue with the fact that fast food is delicious, convenient, and comforting. This is probably the reason why 36% of American adults consume a portion on any given day.
So we hope that this post will remind you that working in Subway can be one heck of a ride, and the people who spend their time and effort to fulfill your wishes should get the respect they deserve. Continue scrolling through this list, let us know what you think in the comments, and the next time you step foot into the palace, remember to be kind and greet your hard-working sandwich artist with a smile.
Tfw All The Chips Expire Today And You End Up Taking 134 Bags Home
So This Is How My Morning Went
I Actually Have People Ask Why I Have This Up
Went to a retail customer service training seminar once, maybe 20 people. We were supposed to do role play to work on dealing with difficult customers. My coworker was told to be a difficult customer so she chose one common to us. The 'cellphone lady', asks questions of you but doesn't get off the cell to hear the answer. The presenter stopped her and told her it was wrong to make up something unrealistic. Disagreement ensued. Seminar was ended early by presenter.
Would not believe how annoying it is to take a drive thru order while someone is talking on their phone. It like talking to someone who don't care. And but you are suppose to be nice and make shore you get their order right. I've even had them get mad at me for asking them if there order is right.
My favorite is people so busy with their phone, they don't see/hear the window open or see me standing there trying to hand them their coffee or even their card back 3 seconds after they gave it to me. When I worked at dunkin I started standing there not saying a word to see how long it took them to wake up because I got tired of having to get their attention 50 times a day. The longest one I had was I think 5 minutes.
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When I ran a snack bar I made people who stood at the register, talking on their phone without ordering, an offer- put down the phone or I'm taking the order of the person behind them. I honestly could not give two shits if people are unhappy with me, so it worked quite well.
Worked at Sears before they tanked and I wouldn't start ringing up the items til they got off the phone. Pissed off many pseudo riche soccer moms
Good for you! I get that busy people multitask but they can put whomever they're speaking to on hold for two damn minutes.
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No, not even related to the order!!! I was once behind a woman at Subway who called her office to ask seven different people what they wanted while we all stood waiting in line behind her. Get all the info you need before you get in line!!!
I've seen places with signs saying they won't take your order if you're talking on your phone. They'll serve others until you get off
If it's important enough for you to come in and eat it's important enough for you to not be on your cell phone... you're not the president so your business isn't that important
People don 't need to use their phones. They need to be seen using them.
I'd love if people asked cos I could be blunt as f**k about it or get my phone out and start ignoring them as example haha
My girlfriend never wants the same sandwich twice so I usually have to refer to my phone. Sometimes I'll admit I'm a jerk in pretending there's a whole long list of sandwiches on the phone and it's just two. The relief is palpable lol.
Fun fact: it's not only scrolling but they walk in ON the phone with someone else sometimes
These are the same dindongs who will ask why I'm so aggravated with them for opening their billion-lumen phablet in the row right in front of me at the movie theater.
I think people on cells while ordering, or checking out at grocery stores, is just rude..you are saying, " you aren't important enough to get my attention, while you take care of my needs".. Do better people!
I always waved the person behind them up. If you are talking on phone then you must be still looking at menu :D drive thru is equally bad, people pull up while on phone, ignore your greeting and continue to talk. I don't need to hear your HPV test results Sheila
For All Of Us Out There
I've done it 1000 times and it really can be a pain in the a$$... and they're heavier than they look too!
Everyday
Actual Footage Of Me Trying To Seperate Gluten Free Breads Infront Of A Cute Customer Before Toasting Them To Defrost
Thanks! I'm Not Gonna Remember That!
Just out of curiosity, what's the appropriate procedure there? A written list, or just keep verbally informing the staff about the next sandwich?
What I Came In To At Work Today... I Open The Store
I came to work and saw this, cleaned out everything as best I could while working. When my co-worker came in and I asked him to finish the dishes while I rang up customers, he went back to the backroom, came out after a few saying they were done. I finished up and went home from the graveyard shift and before the manager came in. She called and asked who did the dishes. I said my coworker finished them. She said "You do them from now on...he just rinsed them and put them away. I found tuna salad all in the scooper still." I said "Make him do it properly then...why am I getting in trouble for his crappy work ethic."
185 Sandwiches In One Hr ..nailed It Whoot Whoot
I Thought I Smelled Dr. Pepper
Never Seen A Subway With A Drive Thru. As Someone That Worked At A Subway, This Sounds Like Hell!
I'm Bouta Lose It Y'all
When The Customers Won't Comprehend The Mask Rule And You're Just Trying To Do Your Job
My assistant has the most dreadful smokers cough. She apologises to unmasked customers and assures them she is pretty sure it's not COVID. Doesn't always work, but by gosh they back up a few extra feet.
Box Of Bread Got Frozen To The Wall
When You Outsmart Your Customers By Exposing Your Store's Secrets
I want regular mayo. They said they didn’t have regular mayo. I then pointed to the sign, where in print, it listed mayo THEN light mayo. They said that the regular mayo was only used to make the tuna salad. I said then you DO have regular mayo? And he was like ???? We do. Thank god it was a buddy behind the counter or I would have exploded. Thank you to all the sandwich artists out there: we do love you!!
I'm 10'5/178cm
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Nah, that's too much money and work. They just steal everything from Reddit anymore. It’s such a shame as this site used to write a lot of their own quirky content and feature a lot of artwork. Now I feel like it is trying to mimic Buzzfeed. Don’t even get me started on the needless censorship on this site…
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I have much respect for subway workers, even more so after looking at this post.
I must not have read the title carefully enough because it took me until like #20 on the list to realize these were ALL about Subway! 🙈
I love Subway. These sandwiches looks so generous! In my Country, you get two veggies only and if you have lettuce, it's like 3 or 4 shreds. And if you order through the delivery apps, they never add cheese. EVER. If you select it, if you ask for extra, if you leave a comment begging for it, you will 100% get zero cheese. All my local Subways are like this.
Technically you are only supposed to get so much per 6 inch. Like 2 tomatoes. I think 4 olives. It is not supposed to be just handfuls. It has been almost 27 years so I do not remember exactly. All I know is in am having subway for lunch.
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I miss when Subway used to buy their bread from local bakeries, yes, it was only white, Italian then. The bread used to be so delicious and each store's bread would be slightly different. I really don't miss the original "V cut" to cut the bread, the "hinge cut" is a vast improvement.
I worked at Subway in high school and college. These bring back memories, good and bad. The best and worst managers I've ever had. Some bad customers, all better than the worst McDonald's customers I experienced. Some very strange sandwiches, all from very apologetic customers. "I know it sounds gross. I'm so sorry." We really don't care if you want your tuna microwaved or if your kid will only eat mayo and a sh*t ton of parmaseon cheese on their sandwich. It's amusing to us and we just want happy customers, not throwing food at us. If we really like you, we may slip a broken cookie in your bag.
I was just wondering where the good subways are located. We have two in the area I live and the food is c**p. We didn't complain. We just don't go to either anymore.
I have never been to that shop and I don't think that's gonna change. Its way too expensive and I rather support small businesses than big franchises. Maybe I'm spoiled because in Germany every small bakery sells fresh made bread-buns with various toppings and every butcher shop sells fresh cut meat with bread-buns also.
As an American living in Asia, you are definitely lucky. My home town had one family owned place that had "grinders", just ONE type of sandwich. They were good but not many options
Load More Replies... Nah, that's too much money and work. They just steal everything from Reddit anymore. It’s such a shame as this site used to write a lot of their own quirky content and feature a lot of artwork. Now I feel like it is trying to mimic Buzzfeed. Don’t even get me started on the needless censorship on this site…
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I have much respect for subway workers, even more so after looking at this post.
I must not have read the title carefully enough because it took me until like #20 on the list to realize these were ALL about Subway! 🙈
I love Subway. These sandwiches looks so generous! In my Country, you get two veggies only and if you have lettuce, it's like 3 or 4 shreds. And if you order through the delivery apps, they never add cheese. EVER. If you select it, if you ask for extra, if you leave a comment begging for it, you will 100% get zero cheese. All my local Subways are like this.
Technically you are only supposed to get so much per 6 inch. Like 2 tomatoes. I think 4 olives. It is not supposed to be just handfuls. It has been almost 27 years so I do not remember exactly. All I know is in am having subway for lunch.
Load More Replies... I miss when Subway used to buy their bread from local bakeries, yes, it was only white, Italian then. The bread used to be so delicious and each store's bread would be slightly different. I really don't miss the original "V cut" to cut the bread, the "hinge cut" is a vast improvement.
I worked at Subway in high school and college. These bring back memories, good and bad. The best and worst managers I've ever had. Some bad customers, all better than the worst McDonald's customers I experienced. Some very strange sandwiches, all from very apologetic customers. "I know it sounds gross. I'm so sorry." We really don't care if you want your tuna microwaved or if your kid will only eat mayo and a sh*t ton of parmaseon cheese on their sandwich. It's amusing to us and we just want happy customers, not throwing food at us. If we really like you, we may slip a broken cookie in your bag.
I was just wondering where the good subways are located. We have two in the area I live and the food is c**p. We didn't complain. We just don't go to either anymore.
I have never been to that shop and I don't think that's gonna change. Its way too expensive and I rather support small businesses than big franchises. Maybe I'm spoiled because in Germany every small bakery sells fresh made bread-buns with various toppings and every butcher shop sells fresh cut meat with bread-buns also.
As an American living in Asia, you are definitely lucky. My home town had one family owned place that had "grinders", just ONE type of sandwich. They were good but not many options
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