Anyone who knows me knows that this whole software engineering thing is just filler while I pursue my real goal in life: being the Jared of Togo’s. I’ve been known to eat their sandwiches at every meal—Dinner, After Dinner Snack, and Midnight Feeding for engineers—and it is widely known that my future wife will need to accept our firstborn, Togo von Firefox de la Schmutz. Ross.
Unfortunately, a wrench was thrown into my plans today. Except instead of a wrench, it was a dirty quarter. And instead of my plans, it was my sandwich. That’s right: I was eating the second half of my #24, Avocado and Turkey, at Togo’s in Mountain View when a rusty quarter fell out of what was to be my very next bite.
To its credit, the restaurant staff kindly refunded my money and offered to make me another sandwich. Unfortunately, just about the last thing I wanted was another sandwich made with the same meat and vegetables that had been chilling with George all day. Actually, I can’t imagine ever eating at Togo’s again—I won’t soon forget the “thud” of the quarter hitting the table as I turned my sandwich to take a bite—nor can I imagine what a Togo’s could or should do to win back a lifelong customer. Free sandwiches for life?
Free quarters for life?
Steve, Seth: what would you guys do? I don’t want to have to rename my firstborn. Quiznos von Firefox just sounds ridiculous.
August 18th, 2005 at 11:49 pm
Remembers me of one dinner I had in a pre-university math course with my buddy Tobias. Pizza. About halfway through the pizza, I realized that the very next thing on the topping was a fly. Pretty good camouflage. I complained, to another Pizza, which at the time was about the right dose of food for me. Where’s the punchline? Tobias had a calzone.
August 19th, 2005 at 1:56 am
Dude, that’s what’s called added value, a well known customer service technique. You should count yourself lucky, usually you have too send off a billion forms to get a rebait.
August 19th, 2005 at 5:38 am
That is pretty disgusting. Not only a quarter, but a rusty one too boot? It’s a good thing I’ve never heard of Togo’s… maybe they’re just on the west coast.
August 19th, 2005 at 1:37 pm
Thats what you get for not realizing that Quiznos > *
One time when I was at Kelseys with some friends, one of them ordered a Quesadila. About three bites into it, she felt something hard in her mouth. She moved it onto her tounge and spat it out; It was a shard of glass.
We informed the manager, and needless to say, she ate for free that night. If we were thinking, all 7 of us could’ve eaten for free.
August 21st, 2005 at 5:54 am
Rusty Quarters? Glass? I think eating free is the least of what you should have gotten. I am not sue happy but glass? One bite of that and you have some real problems. I mean how the hell does that possibly get in there?
Kevin
August 21st, 2005 at 11:53 pm
oh boy, yeah, that happens.
I have discovered a worm in my pasta once. It was soaked in sauce and dressing, really disgusting. I can never eat the same pasta again
August 22nd, 2005 at 3:23 pm
Oh, how I miss Togo’s… I don’t think anything could ever scare me away from a sweet, sweet cold number 7 with no tomato and extra mayo…
August 23rd, 2005 at 5:03 am
We cooked a huge caterpillar once, it was inside cauliflower that we bought at the supermarket. It had become all white-ish, looked really disgusting, and ever since then I really hate eating cauliflower, yuck ^_^.
~Grauw
August 23rd, 2005 at 8:59 am
hmm… it’d be nice if the joint would spring for dinner for you and all your buds.
December 7th, 2005 at 11:05 pm
They should give you one free tetanus shot to go with your 25 cent discount. :-P