Day: May 8, 2007

I sauntered over to Subway for lunch today and perused the selection. Hey, looks like the wraps are the same price as the 6″ subs! Nice! So I promptly order my wrap and all is good in the world.

Until I get to the cash.

Cashiers: Alright, that’s $5.92.
Me: Doesn’t it say $4.29 on the sign?
Cashiers (yes there are two of them in Quebec): No, that’s only for the six inch sub.
Me (while pointing at the sign): But the sign says “Six Inch or Wrap” for $4.29
Cashiers (looking dead ahead at me all the time and not even bothering to look at the sign): No, it’s more expensive.
Me (then realizing this may be a language barrier issue): (in French)No, but look at the sign. It says “Six Inch OR Wrap”. Listen, I don’t really care if I have to pay an extra dollar but the sign says otherwise.
Cashiers (never acknowledging the sign): The wrap is more expensive.

This leads me to believe that the people who work at the Subway in Hull are actually robots who cannot process anything past taking our cash and giving us back change! They couldn’t even tilt their heads to look at the sign. It was quite unbelievable. At one point I wanted to ask the woman next to me if I’m reading the sign wrong but I decided to pay the extra buck and hightail it outside into the beautiful, beautiful weather.

http://www.mcfly2015.com/

Definitely one of the funnier petitions I’ve seen in awhile. A petition for the Marty McFly (of Back To The Future) sneakers from his visit to the future. Hilarious.

Let’s talk a little about the future for a moment. I must say, in the year 2007, I’m kind of disappointed with the technological advancements of late. Sure, we have the cellular phone. But where is the crazy stove where you pop a small packet inside and then in 3 seconds a pizza emerges? Or the flying skateboard? OR FLYING CARS?!

Sure, the flying cars were pushing it (imagine the traffic problems!), but we need more future items NOW! If anything, we are stuck in the past. Heck, my hairstyle is stuck in the past. Time for a haircut.