Thick Deli Workers

Sykk

A small bit of butter means you plaster enough on the sandwich to make it looks like the plastic yolk under a george foreman.

Ah you read my mind.. When I said mayo I really meant red sauce..

And when I asked for some lettuce I didn't mean 6 kilo's of it

Fúckin thicks!

Basq

Do it your f*cking self so! :pac:

After Hours != R&R!

Pookah

Sykk wrote: »

A small bit of butter means you plaster enough on the sandwich to make it looks like the plastic yolk under a george foreman.

This pisses me off too. It's really spreading, this practise.

easyeason3

I always ask for no butter on my sandwich but it doesn't stop them wiping a buttery knife on the bread before they put the filling in :mad:

If I wanted butter I'd fcuking ask for it.

And a salad sandwich doesn't contain ham or chicken so don't look at me like the weird one because i can tell the difference between salad & meat.

LiNgWiStIkZ

Fattist..

Banned Account

I hate it when they just put a blob in the middle of the bread and don't bother spreading it out to the edges - lazy uncaring [EMAIL="b@stards"]b@stards[/EMAIL].

That said OP - butter is for boggers and should not exist outside toast situations.

Mayo is where it's been at since the 80's:cool:

Rocky_Dennis

It drives me mad when u get a breakfast roll and they put the ketchup on the top, thanks for making the roll messy, how hard is it to put the ketchup in first. On the rare occasion i forget to ask them to put the ketchup in first, they always put it on top:mad:

Gummy Panda

Most deli counter sandwiches/rolls are horrible. The salad items are usually really wet or going off.

Also I loved it when I ordered a chicken salad roll in a deli recent and returned to work to find she had put cold food in a straight out of the oven roll.

kraggy

Slightly different to the OP, but my major pet hate is when deli staff go to the trouble of putting on plastic gloves to make a sandwich for someone, but then handle money with the gloves still on. And then look towards you and ask you what you'd like on yours.

Basq

kraggy wrote: »

Slightly different to the OP, but my major pet hate is when deli staff go to the trouble of putting on plastic gloves to make a sandwich for someone, but then handle money with the gloves still on. And then look towards you and ask you what you'd like on yours.

You're not going to a proper deli if the staff in the deli preparing sandwiches are the same staff who are taking your money at the till.

murphym7

Pookah wrote: »

This pisses me off too. It's really spreading, this practise.

Get out - I'm serious, this way >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>;)

Casey_81

yeah from my experience there are two types of sandwich makers:

1) the ones that put exactly 4 slices of tomato on your sandwich -these ones seem to understand the concept of a small bit of butter/mayo. but seem to charge by the mg. of contents so you end up with a 6/7 euro sambo.

2) the ones that put a fist full on - prone to giving a 'slice' of butter. generally cheaper sandwiches but you need a knife and fork to eat them.

neither quite satisfactory...

Yakult

You think thats bad..

I got a large coke from McD's and it had NO ice and it tasted ****e... what kinda of world do we live in. Definally will be sueing them. *american culture*

experiMental

It was a lot worse in Vancouver. I came across sandwich makers in a Subway that I couldn't understand at all. I thought they were speaking Hindi, and I was completely shocked, but on a third listen, they were actually speaking English. They put too little chicken in the chicken salad as well, and it was all in a local Subway!

--Kaiser--

Casey_81 wrote: »

yeah from my experience there are two types of sandwich makers:

1) the ones that put exactly 4 slices of tomato on your sandwich -these ones seem to understand the concept of a small bit of butter/mayo. but seem to charge by the mg. of contents so you end up with a 6/7 euro sambo.

2) the ones that put a fist full on - prone to giving a 'slice' of butter. generally cheaper sandwiches but you need a knife and fork to eat them.

neither quite satisfactory...

I worked in a Deli during college and made fantastic rolls/sandwiches and made sure the salad was fresh and rolls weren't burnt etc...

However I was like the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld so you can't win really

dr.bollocko

It's not ****ing butter they put on it anyway.
It's ****ing evil vegetable oil crap or whatever.

JustAddWater

Well my deli really annoy me to the point where I stopped going

They cross contaminate EVERYTHING! Idiots. I asked for ham and cheese roll once and bit into raw onion of all things

Onion is very strong and distinctive in it's raw form, and tastes rank even more so when your not expecting it.

I go to the shop but not the deli now but I always notice peppers spilt over the ham or cheese gratings in the mayo or sweetcorn having fallen into the butter tub

The final straw was a while back when I got a bacon and sausage sandwich and lo and behold, bit into a raw onion and it was foul. It most likely came from the butter. If at quiet breakfast times they can't get it right, they aren't ever going to!

Idiots

jimmycrackcorm

basquille wrote: »

After Hours != R&R!

Unless of course the thread is about the Catholic church.

mikemac

Go to Subway OP

The staff have name badges and are "sandwich artists" so they are bound to be good

Sykk

feelingstressed wrote: »

Go to Subway OP

The staff have name badges and are "sandwich artists" so they are bound to be good

http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc344/wbelgium/funny-comic-dear-subway-bwexl.gif


http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/01/tessellation-of-cheese-to-begin-at-subway-restaurants-according-to-new-memo/

kfallon

I always try to make my own at home but in the rare ocassions that you are faced with a deli sandwich it's like Russian Roulette as to what may appear between your two slices of bread. Yes you get what you asked for (and plenty of it despite asking for just a 'small bit') but sometimes there are one or two surprises that you didn't order, a bit of grated cheeses, little bit on onion, small bit of butter, green pepper!

Tho to be honest, if I were making sandwiches all day I wouldn't give a fook about you/me either, I'm not gonna be eating it!!!

Mint Sauce

oh hate the butter thing, always have to respread it when i get home, nothing worse than bitting through a slab of the stuff

Andrewh1984 wrote: »

It drives me mad when u get a breakfast roll and they put the ketchup on the top, thanks for making the roll messy, how hard is it to put the ketchup in first. On the rare occasion i forget to ask them to put the ketchup in first, they always put it on top:mad:

just turn the roll upside down

Itsdacraic

Why do you think they are working in a Deli?

kfallon

Itsdacraic wrote: »

Why do you think they are working in a Deli?

Cos they're not from Ireland???

easyeason3

Itsdacraic wrote: »

Why do you think they are working in a Deli?

Because they like to throw customers filthy looks whilst fcuking the closest sandwich fillings in between two slices of bread?

syklops

kfallon wrote: »

Cos they're not from Ireland???

Because everyone in Ireland makes perfect sandwiches and is too good to work in a deli?

:rolleyes:

idiotic post.

kfallon

syklops wrote: »

Because everyone in Ireland makes perfect sandwiches and is too good to work in a deli?

:rolleyes:

idiotic post.

Pretty much the attitude over here!
Go to most shops with a Deli counter and the majority working behind them are not Irish. I'm sure Irish people would make a balls of your 'rambo' too but they can't be bothered to work in those kind of jobs!

kylith

dr.bollocko wrote: »

It's not ****ing butter they put on it anyway.
It's ****ing evil vegetable oil crap or whatever.

You and me both! I never get that horrible yellow grease that they try pass off as butter, making up the moisture content with sauce or mayo instead.

WindSock

There is only a Spar near where I work but I have given up a long time ago on their deli. I used to come back with my sanger / roll, take it apart and rebuild it.
There is one lady there who is onto it though with the distribution of ingredients. Everyone else needs to go back to sandwich construction school. Or be made eat their own creations so they know how crap they are.

mahamageehad

kfallon wrote: »

Cos they're not from Ireland???

I worked in a deli for 3 years and it was all Irish staff.

Also I made perfect sandwiches!!!

However... you can usually tell which deli worker is going to give you nice sandwiches/rolls. Find these people- usually under 30 and smiling with a good grasp of english- and only get served by them.

problem solved.

next problem...?

ClutchIt

Andrewh1984 wrote: »

It drives me mad when u get a breakfast roll and they put the ketchup on the top, thanks for making the roll messy, how hard is it to put the ketchup in first. On the rare occasion i forget to ask them to put the ketchup in first, they always put it on top:mad:

I hate when they put the coleslaw on top too. It should always go in first before any topping! I've only been at one deli where they do this without being told!

WindSock

dr.bollocko wrote: »

It's not ****ing butter they put on it anyway.
It's ****ing evil vegetable oil crap or whatever.

I know and it's minging. There is an awful look of despair on my face when they dig the knife into the tub and slap heap of it onto the bread.

mikemac

Kinda offtopic but I always thought working in a Deli was a likely way to get a back injury.

Now I know it's not heavy manual labour

But you have to stretch and reach for stuff all the time while most are bending their back. Well that's what I see anyway.

Do it for a few years and bend your back like you never did manual handling course and it'll be a trip to to the doctor for sure

easyeason3

mahamageehad wrote: »

I worked in a deli for 3 years and it was all Irish staff.

Also I made perfect sandwiches!!!

However... you can usually tell which deli worker is going to give you nice sandwiches/rolls. Find these people- usually under 30 and smiling with a good grasp of english- and only get served by them.

problem solved.

next problem...?

And you won't find too many in Ireland.

mahamageehad

easyeason3 wrote: »

And you won't find too many in Ireland.

oooh pick me pick me!!!

phill106

Dam my eyes, I was wondering what the poor DELL workers did.

kelle

I worked in a Deli as a student, and encountered so many obnoxious customers it encouraged me to work hard on my couse, get my qualification and a good job - which I did.

As a result I'm always very kind to Deli workers.

conorhal

My Daily Deli Dairy:

*ahem, hello? Is one of the five of you standing behind that counter perhaps employed to make a sandwich? Any time when you're ready girls! You know, once you've finished talking amongst youselves and flirting with the builders in the high vis vests....

"What would you like?"

"A roll please, with mayo ,chicken, cheese and a bit of lettuce"

"Would you like butter"

"No thanks". I come here every friggin day, I order the same friggin' thing, have I ever taken butter on a roll?

"Now what would you like?"

Slowly.. because she has the memory of a bleedin' goldfish and stating more than one ingredient at a time seems to confuse her.

"Some chicken.... cheese.... and a bit of lettuce... please..

"Chicken.... lettuce...tomato"

"NO! no tomato... please.."

She scowels as if to say, I'm making the sambo mate, you'll get what I give you! And dumps some cheese on the roll

"No tomato... anything else?"

"...and a bit of lettuce"

"a bit of lettuce..."

She dumps a kilo of lettuce on the roll, then turns to get a price sticker for it and spends the next 5 minutes chatting to the checkout girl.....

"Your roll."

"Thank you..." Unfortunately, I now have only three minutes left out of my lunchbreak to eat it....

dr.bollocko

The problem here is not with the staff but with the entire concept. We have an entire group of working people getting their lunch from a petrol station deli. Fcukin cuisine de france feeding a working nation. You think that's reasonable? I sure as hell don't.

WindSock

dr.bollocko wrote: »

The problem here is not with the staff but with the entire concept. We have an entire group of working people getting their lunch from a petrol station deli. Fcukin cuisine de france feeding a working nation. You think that's reasonable? I sure as hell don't.

That's it, really. The reason why the foreign staff don't pay particular attention to their creations is becuase they probably think it's all shite anyway as we clearly couldn't give a toss what we put into our bodies.

kraggy

basquille wrote: »

You're not going to a proper deli if the staff in the deli preparing sandwiches are the same staff who are taking your money at the till.

Yeah, but you know what I mean.

In Subway (I know, not a deli), the staff make the sandwiches AND take the money.

pixelburp

Thick Deli Workers? I wouldn't know, I make my own tasty sandwiches and take them into work. I just can't work out the appeal of buying overpriced, 'orrible deli sandwiches.

mikemac

They remove their gloves though to take the money and put on fresh gloves for the next customer

At least they should be

conorhal

mahamageehad wrote: »

oooh pick me pick me!!!

No. I only order off the fat bird, it's the only sure fire way to guarantee that you wont get a stingey ammount of filling in your roll.... :cool:

super_furry

Why can't any of them fold a wrap properly?

Basq

kraggy wrote: »

In Subway (I know, not a deli), the staff make the sandwiches AND take the money.

In my local Subway, there's ALWAYS three behind the counter.

• The 1st person: takes your order, cuts the bread, puts on the base meat, cheese etc. And toasts it.
• The 2nd person: takes the sandwich out of the toaster, puts on the salad toppings and the sauce.
• The 3rd person: takes your money, asks you whether you want a drink / cookie / crisps and asks if you have a Subcard.

Every time I've been in Subway, this is the case!

MetzgerMeister

Here was my experience only 20 minutes ago:

Went to local spar, picked up a roll, went to the deli counter. 3 people working behind the counter and 2 customers ahead of me. 2 workers were serving the customers and the 3rd was doing something else at the back.

5 schoolkids came in, stood beside me and ALL got served before I did. I let it slide but said it to the girl who served me (she also served 3 of the kids). She shook her head, put on a sour puss and put out her hand to take my roll.

I said forget about it and left the shop.

I also hate the way they use the big bread knives to apply "butter". This is the reason the layer of "butter" is thicker than anything else that goes into a roll/sambo. And yes, for some reason they always put on WAY too much ketchup. With that said though, where I go they usually put it on first.

Question...why the hell do all these sandwiches/rolls taste exactly the same no matter where you get them?!

kraggy

basquille wrote: »

In my local Subway, there's ALWAYS three behind the counter.

• The 1st person: takes your order, cuts the bread, puts on the base meat, cheese etc. And toasts it.
• The 2nd person: takes the sandwich out of the toaster, puts on the salad toppings and the sauce.
• The 3rd person: takes your money, asks you whether you want a drink / cookie / crisps and asks if you have a Subcard.

Every time I've been in Subway, this is the case!

Well in Galway, I've been when there would only be 2 members on at a time and they would carry out all duties.

Leeg17

Ugh , reminds me of a "deli" in a shop close to my secondary school.

Now I fvckin' detest mayo and ketchup with a passion. They used the same knife to spread the mayo/ketchup/button with to cut the bread. Then the blind bats behind the counter would miss the roll with the squeezy bottles of ketchup/mayo and there'd be a big pile sitting there. Splosh and there's a huge dollop of mayo/ketchup both in my rool and outside of my roll.

Oh, and not to mention the one time I got a roll from there, not 1 but two dirty black hairs in it, I nearly puked in the lunch hall. Seems that day hair nets were optional . I'm feeling queasy thinking about it :mad:

Itsdacraic

einheisserschre wrote: »

Here was my experience only 20 minutes ago:

Went to local spar, picked up a roll, went to the deli counter. 3 people working behind the counter and 2 customers ahead of me. 2 workers were serving the customers and the 3rd was doing something else at the back.

5 schoolkids came in, stood beside me and ALL got served before I did. I let it slide but said it to the girl who served me (she also served 3 of the kids). She shook her head, put on a sour puss and put out her hand to take my roll.

I said forget about it and left the shop.

I also hate the way they use the big bread knives to apply "butter". This is the reason the layer of "butter" is thicker than anything else that goes into a roll/sambo. And yes, for some reason they always put on WAY too much ketchup. With that said though, where I go they usually put it on first.

Question...why the hell do all these sandwiches/rolls taste exactly the same no matter where you get them?!

Ha ha you loser.

- You let kids cut ahead of you.
- Stood there waiting for them all to be served
- Then when you finally were being served, you left minus a roll.

anniehoo

Even if the tiniest bit of butter goes near my sandwich its "sorry no butter,can i have a fresh sandwich thanks".

If theres too little meat its "can i have a bit of extra chicken there thanks" and if theres too much crappy lettuce or lumps of onion its "sorry would you mind taking off some of that lettuce cheers". Perfect sambo and i walk away happy. Thats not hard now is it?