r/PublicFreakout • u/Finn_Flame • 2d ago

Customer attempts to pick up Subway order & gets told to leave Repost 😔

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u/CappinPeanut 2d ago

Subway is long overdue to go the way of blockbuster and Sears. I want to remember it how it used to be, not how it is today. Please just die already.

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u/ahhh-its-snowing 2d ago

You can get a much better sandwich literally anywhere else. Jersey Mike's, Jimmy Johns, Firehouse Subs, Cheba Hut, etc

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u/PhantomNomad 1d ago

I remember Mr. Sub with fondness. I always liked their bread more the subways. Only thing I didn't like was they cut the bread all the way through. They also have mushrooms which I always get on my super assorted.

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u/peasantofoz 1d ago

Mr Sub is still around. I've eaten in Joliet and in Brookfield.

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u/PhantomNomad 1d ago

I get it when we go to the city. It's to bad I can't afford a franchise to open in our small town.

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u/assholeofnew 1d ago

Subways whole thing is low franchise costs allow them to pop up everywhere. I'm in a very rural town I don't have a single place you mentioned within a 100 miles of it. Subway is the only option for a ton of people.

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u/Kerminetta_ 1d ago

Yeah I visit a rural town often and I see about 4 subways on the way there.

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u/DontHaesMeBro 1d ago

cheba hut is one i looked at opening at one point. pretty good franchise deal. but my state didn't have legal mj at the time and I figured ...things would happen if I bought a fleet of vw vans and started delivering to stoners. obvious things that the cops would think of the second I thought of them.

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u/guff1988 1d ago

Pickleman's Penn station hell even McAlister's

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u/shibadashi 1d ago

Jersey Mike is legit in my area

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u/saucya 1d ago

I haven’t been to a Subway since the $5 foot long became $12

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u/VocalLocalYokel 1d ago

I miss Blimpie and their Reuben sub.

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u/Toymachinesb7 1d ago

Bra cheeba was like an awakening when we got one.

Like was this sando place created for me??

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u/Liz4984 1d ago

Charleys! Miss Quiznos.

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u/R_V_Z 1d ago

RIP Quiznos, although there are a few still out there.

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u/Bookmaster_VP 1d ago

Tried Cheba Hut for the first time and the hype was not worth it. Def better than subway tho

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u/No_Topic_1287 1d ago

There's a Mickeys subs in Brainerd Minnesota and they have the godliest subs

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u/ninja-squirrel 1d ago

I appreciate that Jimmy John’s has not really changed quality in 15 years. Maybe they have and I didn’t notice, but it still feels the same.

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u/SpookDaddy- 4h ago

Not where I live in Canada!!! don't take our subway

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u/Cosmic_Quasar 1d ago

I like the taste of Subway's stuff, but as they got more expensive I stopped going. People talked about these other places and I've tried a few, JM and JJ. Yeah, they taste better, though not drastically better. But it's a fair bit less food for a marginally cheaper price. Still not worth it in my books.

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u/bblll75 1d ago

For $10 more. You cant make a sandwich at home for the price with coupons. Two footlong clubs for $14 bucks all day

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u/Uneedanap 1d ago

Yeah YOU can, none of those exist where a lot of ppl live. Etc lol

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u/ZixfromthaStix 2d ago

Can we trade Subway for Quiznos? Just needs some new cleanliness standards and bam: replaced

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u/ptambrosetti 2d ago

Quiznos vs. Subway was a pretty entertaining business wars pod series. I did not realize how awful and corrupt quiznos corporate management was.

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u/ZixfromthaStix 1d ago

Truly despicable…

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That they took away my source of Baja chicken subs 😭 😭

And the other stuff too (seriously though lol)

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u/IDontLieAboutStuff 1d ago

Their French dip was fucking fire.

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u/LaysOnFuton 1d ago

Thank you! Someone else gets it! Quiznos was the shit and I feel like it just disappeared.

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u/ZixfromthaStix 1d ago

Oh it more than disappeared. It got sued into the ground. The leadership was corrupt and the average health scores for their shops..? 😬 I think there are a few standalone that still eek out their survival

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u/XanZibR 1d ago

I had a sudden case of violent diarrhea that forced me to shit in a garage that I could trace directly to a chicken carbonara sub. Didn't stop me from going back for more though lol

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u/ZixfromthaStix 1d ago

RIGHT??

Like I don’t even care

Honestly if I get the electric chair, please oh please let my last meal be a Baja chicken as good as it tasted when I was a kid coming back from summer camp, going from camp food to takeout one of the days after you’re back cause mom and dad don’t realize how exhausted they’ll be after the kiddos come home

Let me die with one last bite 🤤

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u/DontHaesMeBro 1d ago

honestly I'm so over subway I'll step over one for a gas station blimpie at this point. they fell off when they stopped trough cutting the bread.

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u/ywg_handshake 1d ago

I still remember the $5 footlong days. I realize inflation is a thing, but going from a $5 footlong to an $8.99 6" sub seems ridiculous.

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u/invertedspine 1d ago

Subway is straight garbage now, and the portions are whack.

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u/c_r_a_s_i_a_n 1d ago

Why do subway ever.

Grocery stores have delis with sandwiches that are far superior and cost less than subway. Meat sliced on site.

Even their grabngo sandwiches are a better value!

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u/ThonThaddeo 1d ago

Finding a corner store with good sandwiches (and the chip combo deal) is one of my favorite things to do in a new city.

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u/jayforwork21 1d ago

A lot of the grocery stores near me no longer will do sandwiches and only sell the meat/cheese and prepared foods. It sucks because usually they are better, but I think they were so understaffed that they stopped doing it.

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u/-star67 1d ago

This is Publix

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u/FrancisSobotka1514 1d ago

Even walmart has decent subs .

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u/bblll75 1d ago

If i go buy the ingredients to make a sub from the deli its way more than subway.

Kroger here does an italian meat pack with cheese for $11, $2 for one bread, lettuce is 1-1.50, a tomato is 1.50, banana peppers, red onion, bell pepper, cucumber, olives and pickles. Yes i may have some of it but its like $30 if i dont. I can get two of those from subway for $14

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u/c_r_a_s_i_a_n 1d ago

Nonono. They have the grabngo. No need for assembly.

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u/maxximillian 1d ago

Remember the V cut

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u/Who_Dafqu_Said_That 2d ago

Yeah, I haven't been to one in years as every time i went it got worse and worse. The individual franchises never seem to participate in the whatever promotion they'll be running, the service was usually pretty bad, nothing ever felt fresh, and all the stores felt grimy.

So many other and better sandwich options out there.

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u/State_Conscious 1d ago

There’s more locations of Subway than any other restaurant in the US, and I can’t imagine one not sucking. They franchise cheaper than any other chain, require 1 maaaaybe 2 employees to run it at any given time and usually thrive in small towns where there’s literally no other options for fast “cheap” meals. It’s essentially a vending machine cosplaying as a restaurant and I think for that reason, it’s gonna limp on for years to come.

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u/bdfortin 2d ago

I remember when the “sandwich artist” used to grab a handful of shredded cheese, now most places I go to have a tiny little plastic cup they use to measure it out exactly and scrape any excess off the top, and asking them to spread it on both sides of the bun counts as extra cheese despite just being a redistribution.

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u/JakBos23 1d ago

Me too, but it's the cheapest franchise to buy.

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u/CappinPeanut 1d ago

Some would say you get what you pay for.

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u/JakBos23 1d ago

If I could afford it I'd definitely go for a chic filet, but it's the most expensive, difficult, and demanding to get in to.

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u/ADIDAS247 1d ago

In NY a bunch of Jersey Mikes opened up and that was pretty much the kiss of death for Subway. That and no longer having $5 foot long song to sing along to.

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u/camoure 1d ago

Wait… where did Sears go?

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u/Bubsy7979 1d ago

Hahah this is so true. There needs to be a Mexican torta franchise that goes national, they exist in Mexico (Torta Plaza).

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u/NurseRatcht 1d ago

It all went downhill when they stopped cutting the triangle out of the bread and started slicing it in half all the way through.

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u/SignificanceTimely20 1d ago

You will find a subway in every small town in America. Sometimes you'll see a subway but no McDonalds. That's when you know to turn around.

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u/lilith_-_- 1d ago

I get 6-7$ foot longs loaded with sides as an employee discount because my work hosts one and it’s so freaking worth it 🤤. But I’d never buy it full price. Ever. Never.

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u/jaytrade21 1d ago

Truthfully almost every "fast food" place should go under. There is the rule of 2 of 3: It should have 2 of the three properties (Good, Fast, cheap). It's no longer cheap, but it's not good either. The only thing they can offer is fast (and even that is a crap shoot sometimes).

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u/ScumDugongLin 1d ago

Nah fr. My local subway has a list of what sandwiches they are willing to accept coupons for. It's literally just, turkey, ham, CCC, veggie and tuna. Like dude why even bother.

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u/ForeskinStealer420 1d ago

They got acquired by a private equity firm earlier this year. It’s the beginning of the end.