To the couple that just ordered NINE sandwiches in front of me at Subway after I held the door open for you...

jsabo · 1 year

I'm with you on this-- you courteously gave them your place in line, the least that they could have done was to say "we have a big order, do you still want to let us cut in front of you?"

lifeformed · 1 year

This is why I hold the door open behind me so the next person can catch it.

TheRain · 1 year

At Wal-Mart once I let a nice couple cut in front of me with their three items, figuring they would be done in a flash and I could have more time to unload my heaping cart of groceries. Turns out they were from out of state, argued about the sales tax, didn't have a local check to pay with, then had to get the PIN for their debit card from the luggage they left out in their rental. The amusement factor wore off pretty quick.

StinkyBottom · 1 year

You know, I used to get pissed off about shit like this. People cutting in front of you in traffic. Kids in cars playing their music REALLY LOUD. Stuff like that. I'd get really worked up. But then I got over it because I realised that life's too short and I just don't give a fuck anymore. Now, if I'm stuck in a queue somewhere I'll just start singing quietly to myself because that makes me happy. Also, people holding up a line tend to HURRY THE FUCK UP if someone waiting right behind them starts singing to themselves. True story.

estecles · 1 year

As a former employee of Subway, let me be the first to tell how infuriating it is to have these people order Costco amounts of sandwiches in front of 1 or 2 people. Bitch just let them go, we'll get to your children horde.

mynameisgreg · 1 year

I've actually been asked to move back in line by a SubWay employee when placing a big order. In my defense, the only person behind me was one really quiet guy whose presence I wasn't aware of.

brokenzion410 · 1 year

I always think of this when people hold the door open for me!! I typically let them ahead of me because they were nice

grinch337 · 1 year

Yeah. When I go to the only semi-empty lane at the supermarket, there's always that woman with a heaping grocery basket and an envelope of coupons that will dart in front of me, because checking out my gallon of milk is obviously going to take too long for her to have the common courtesy to let me go first.

noveltyaccount9001 · 1 year

As a subway employee, why can't more people call these orders ahead? Or do people really just walk into a subway and go, "You know what, I think I'm going to get enough food for a week."

rubixcube93 · 1 year

If only...http://qkme.me/5tzf

Supernoob · 1 year

One time I was at some radom water park in line for some food. This guy behind me is holding his infant son when they baby starts screaming. With that he asked me if I would mind if he went in front of me. With the baby screaming I let him. He then proceeds to order something like "150 hamburgers, 195 cheeseburgers, 100 slices of pizza, 400 orders of french fries." I was floored and being 12 at the time had no idea of what to do. The first words that came out of the cashiers mouth was "please tell me you are joking." He responds "nope you take visa right?" The manger was not a total ass and made my food first.

TamiusUpper · 1 year

This happens every late night (after midnight) and I want munchies (usually a couple of tacos or one combo), and there is always a fat mom in a giant SUV ordering at least 4 full bags worth of food.

nickm07 · 1 year

I think I'm pretty courteous at the grocery store... if I see someone come up behind me with one or two items, I'll let them go ahead of me (as I typically come out with a cart full of stuff).

I almost feel bad when there's only one lane open (very late night shopper) with no self-checkout lane, and I've already started unloading onto the belt when someone comes up with just a gallon of milk.

Conde_Nasty · 1 year

Larry?

Aarmed · 1 year

Hell, I start eyeing up cars as competition when I'm pulling in the lot.

roxm · 1 year

I went to Subway during a family vacation over the summer. I had a list of about a dozen sandwiches to order. I let three or four people go in front of me, because it was the lunch rush and I didn't think it was fair to make them wait.

PrompterOp · 1 year

You could be Larry David? This shit happens to him A LOT.

one_wicked_element · 1 year

This is why I do the "backwards open door". I go through the door first, and then hold it open until you can grab it. It allows me to be "nice", while allowing me to retain our place in line.

ed057 · 1 year

Sometimes being a nice guy doesn't pay off.

UDNTNOME · 1 year

I almost down-voted this before realizing that sandwiches weren't for you...

Hope you have a happy rest of your birthday.

livevil999 · 1 year

Let me guess: you didn't say anything in the store but when you got home you posted it on Reddit? Way to go guy.

DAL82 · 1 year

I had to book a doctors appointment a couple months ago. The receptionist was surprised when I told her to fit me anywhere in the schedule, and to feel free to bump me if anybody needed it more than me.

It's called sharing people. Take your share.

Allurex · 1 year

I feel the same way when people in front of me rent like 4+ movies at the Redbox. Are they really gonna watch all those movies in one day!? WTF.

whostolemypancake · 1 year

Had a similar issue at the movies. Nice couple held the door for me into the theater. I then noticed the infant in the stroller with them. Conflict.

sugarlily · 1 year

wow similar thing happened to my bf at subway; he held the door for a girl and then all her girlfriends that came in later on and skipped him in line to join her... i don't even think the girl thanked him... people are so inconsiderate

frame_limit · 1 year

I went to Taco Bell the other day planning on buying 12 tacos for $10 (they have a deal going). I noticed the guy behind me and asked him IF HE WANTED TO GO AHEAD OF ME, since I was ordering so much. He denied the offer but I still felt like a boss. A nice boss.

PeterMus · 1 year

I always ask people if they'd like to cut ahead before doing this kind of stuff. I also make room for people merging and use my turn signal at all appropriate times.

Casemods · 1 year

Next time open the door and walk in it, then hold it open behind you idiot.

Stop being so beta

Retsoka · 1 year

The price of politeness. Deal with it.

infofake · 1 year

I work 32 hours on weekends. 16hr sat/16 hr sun. Commute is 45 mins each direction so basically I get about 5 hours of sleep sat night if I'm lucky. There's a 24 hr subway at a gas station near my house that I sometimes stop at on my way home sat nights. There's been a couple of times I left without ordering because I was so annoyed with how long the people in front of me were taking to order their multiple sandwiches.

reddit_feminist · 1 year

subway's queue system seems so unoptimal to me for this exact reason. One customer can hold up the entire line for 15-20 minutes. There has to be a better way to set up a sandwich shop that gives the customer any preference but doesn't get totally bottlenecked with one huge order. Maybe if the line wasn't linear, and the sandwich stations were perpendicular to the queue, like a comb, with one sandwich maker/tine? So everyone got an equal amount of help, but the people with big orders would just be stuck there a little longer without holding everyone else up?

idk, this happens sometimes at starbucks too, especially if there's only one barista on staff. Someone orders five drinks for their family and suddenly you're waiting in like for 40 minutes.

NoApollonia · 1 year

Oddly enough I live within fifteen minutes drive of three Subways. If the sandwich artist doesn't decide to take my one (sometimes two if I'm ordering for the husband) order first before the person ordering for ten, then that particular franchise loses my business and I will drive to a different one.

notjawn · 1 year

Subway is like where the most egregious violations of social mores occur.

Nothing like the person in front of you, instead of writing it all down, pulling out their cellphone to call whomever they are ordering for and playing cellphone relay-a-thon for 5 orders. "Okay. Turkey? TURKEY! Lettuce? LETTUCE! Tomatoes? TOMATOES? Wait no tomatoes? WAIT NO TOMATOES!"

vbgunz · 1 year

If you're gonna be nice you might as well be humble.

whiskeytab · 1 year

i got screwed over like this when trying to get my iPhone 4. i had gone to the store early in the day hoping they had some, saw a couple with a baby, so I held the door open for the woman who was carrying the baby, asshole husband walks right past me to the counter and buys the last iphone they had.

last time I do that...

Frack-Star · 1 year

I feel your pain brother. I feel your pain. (Looks to ground and smiles, looks up and wipes tear from eye).

technotard · 1 year

What about the lady in front of me at Chipotle's who orders two burritos SO HUGE they have to triple-wrap them? And then she requests they use fresh tinfoil to cover them. And then she wants 6 cups of extra salsa. And then she doesn't want to pay for guacamole. And then she digs for pennies in her purse. I was so hungry...

Happy_Reddit_Birthda · 1 year

phasmy · 1 year

This is why I don't hold open doors.

TedFromTheFuture · 1 year

I got 4 footlong sandwiches once and the guy asked if it was for here or to go. I was the only one in the restaurant. I asked who in their right mind would sit down and eat 4 subway sandwiches? He said Michael Phelps. Wow.

Ginger-spice · 1 year

I work at subway and I see this happen way too often.

sleeveofheart · 1 year

...and on your birthday, too. Poor guy. Hope an upvote helps get you back on track.

Happy birthday.

connecttwo · 1 year

My roommate just had a rather robust lady order 80 whoppers in front of him at BK, at 1045 at night.

Ze_Carioca · 1 year

Eat fresh

MissingInAsia · 1 year

The elevator is the unfair-est of all them all.

Hold the "Open Doors" button for a slow-walker to make the lift. Arrive at same floor. Doors open - they're first in queue. :(

idea: someone make a rage comic of the above and subsequently engineer their own karma train

marsatomic · 1 year

I walked out for less of a wait before, and will do it again

iwishiwereyou · 1 year

This shit drives me NUTS.

People will even do it when I'm in uniform! Do they think perhaps the Paramedic is unlikely to need to be anywhere? I mean, I don't want to cut, but please, don't let me give up my spot if you're going to make me wait in line for a half hour.

Why do people think that because someone is polite to them, they are absolved of the need to be polite back?

Skittl35 · 1 year

Shit like this is why I've gotten into the habit of holding the door, but behind me. Door held, but I'm still in front.

ManBearTree · 1 year

FUCK COURTESY.

hellocat · 1 year

meow

Howtheturntables · 1 year

As the guy making the sandwich, I'd like to say the same

jimmyrunsdeep · 1 year

I went to Taco Bell one evening I was walking up to the lone cashier and just barely got there before some woman. I thought I'd be nice and told her to go ahead. She proceeds to order 50 tacos and a bunch of other shit. I think she was buying food for a little league team or something.

VadersGonnaVade · 1 year

Man, today at subway I held the door for this guy and he walked through it, extremely slowly, staring right at his phone the whole time and never said anything, or even looked at me. Man, I was so pissed.

jamespetersen · 1 year

Did they at least thank you for holding the door?

sugarlily · 1 year

i also hate it when a guy butts in front of me to get to the door, but then doesn't hold it open. i don't care if it's bougie; if you're gonna cut in front of me to get to the door first, you'd better fucking hold it open for me.

iscrewyou · 1 year

I always get subway during my lunch at work. I work part time so don't worry, it's not every day. Anywho, one day I was standing in line behind a family of 4 waiting to order. The gentleman in front of me looks behind, sees me and tells me to go in front of them since I am on my lunch. I wanted to hug him. I didn't. That made my day. Everyone should check their surroundings when ordering. Someone is sometimes legitimately in a hurry.

RawDogAssassin · 1 year

you're not supposed to do anything nice for people on your reddit birthday

prichards · 1 year

You should have taken this as a sign to eat somewhere other than Subway. Your tongue would have thanked you.

Scoldering · 1 year

How were they to know you wouldn't've just been ordering FIFTEEN sandwiches when you got up there?

sakipooh · 1 year

Maybe they thought you might order ten sandwiches?...but yeah, people like that are dicks.

netgod2002 · 1 year

Jarrod is still bitter about gaining weight again.

jgmachine · 1 year

Lately I've been getting the assholes who think its okay to go into the express lane with a cart full of items... GO FUCK YOURSELF! I got shit to do! My time is valuable douche nozzle.

DementedCrazoid · 1 year

I'm going to guess that they paid with a credit card too.

[deleted] · 1 year

Yes, call in your order sonsabitches!

Skitzel · 1 year

Fuck these people. They can burn in the hell I don't believe in.

hullobirdy · 1 year

Y U NO LET ME GO FIRST?!

havig · 1 year

Wow I hate Subway. Their "fresh baked" bread tastes instantly stale to me. The franchise I used to go to screwed up my order in so many ways. I apologize for not adding anything of value to this conversation, but I wanted to vent. Done with the place.

eighttx · 1 year

That's bad form on your behalf. Going into a food establishment like Subway or something similar and allowing people to order ahead of you is well.. you kinda asked for it.

My_Sonic_Boom · 1 year

It would have been easier and more productive to speak up at the time than to post this online. What's wrong with saying. Excuse me but I held the door open for you. I have just one order to place and be on my way. Then skip ahead like a boss.

GhostedAccount · 1 year

You must be a lunch time noob. It is a race to the door and don't let anyone in front of you.

NoSalt · 1 year

That'll teach you to be a chump.

BostonPatriot99 · 1 year

Reminds me of a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode when Larry David holds the elevator for a woman at the doctors, lol.

Season 1, Episode 5.

[deleted] · 1 year

Let it go man!

shabatooo · 1 year

Let me guess, you were too much of a pussy to say anything to them.

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