I was just at Subway, ordering some lunch.  The checkout went something like the following:

Subway Employee: Combo, sir?
Me: I'll just have the sandwich, an orange juice, one peanut butter cookie, and one chocolate chip cookie.
Subway Employee: <thinks>
Subway Employee: Not a combo!

For a second, there, I felt like I was playing a video game, and doing a terrible job at it.

After that dialog, she asked me what kind of sandwich she had just put in the bag, for me, like they do every time.  Why don't they communicate in some way with the sandwich artist (that is apparently the correct title) so that they don't have to ask the customer this, every time?  If I wanted to save some money, I probably could have said I got the cheapest sandwich!  Really, a sticker or something would be easy.  I suppose the sticker or other communication method probably costs more than the loss incurred by customers lying and saying they got a cheaper sandwich.  Maybe not?  Somebody should do a study.

Anyway, jalapeno peppers + lots of black pepper == hot sandwich.

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