Not a very good ambassador from your country...

[Digitalpotato]

Alright, so today we have had some foreign customers come to Subway. These are more or less foreign students doing orientations, and they actually list what country they were from.


Now this EW comes to us from the far off country of ISRAEL!

Manager = Manager
EW = EW.

EW: *says something in Hebrew*
Manager: Excuse me?
EW: *Hebrew*
Manager: Errr can you speak english please?
EW (in flawless english): WHY do I have to speak THIS here? D:< nazis...
Manager: *tries VERY hard dto not kick him out* How can I help you today?
EW: Well I'll have a...Is that HAM?! THat's not kosher!
Manager: You don't have to order it.

Said EW was also getting VERY weird looks from the nearby customers. D:< I seriously hope he's not always like that or was deliberately trying to make a scene. And I'm still surprised that the manager didn't throw him out...she puts up with a lotta stuff she shouldn't really have to.

[Stig]

Do they have Subway in Israel? May be a daft question but I know it's not exclusively American. Perhaps he has one back in his hometown and he assumed yours was franchised from the Israel 'original'

[scruff]

well, he might never have left home before, and not yet realised things were going to be different.
:-)
with college years ago I went with other british kids to spain, and the ones who'd never left home before were hysterical.

quotes included:
"Hang on, the man behind the counter gave me forien money!"
"of course he did. yer in forien now."

and "that dog looks like an english dog! how does he understand the language?"

[Aethian]

I could see him speaking Hebrew if he was going to a Isralian restauraunt but not a subway, I have a feeling he wanted to bait the manager so he could then claim discrimination and try for free food. SC's come from all countries.

[ArcticChicken]

well, he might never have left home before, and not yet realized things were going to be different.

If you have the kind of dietary restrictions that keeping Kosher requires, you know that you're not going to be able to just walk into a random place and they'll be able to handle it, ever if you are from Israel. If you don't, you're too stupid and ignorant to live.

I also think he was being an asshole.

[protege]

He might have just been another clueless tourist. You know the type, they bitch and moan about how things are "back home," and get pissy when things aren't that way. Guess what, you aren't "back home." You're in a different country now, and things are done differently here. Either deal with it...or go home

[Mordecai]

If you have the kind of dietary restrictions that keeping Kosher requires, you know that you're not going to be able to just walk into a random place and they'll be able to handle it, ever if you are from Israel. If you don't, you're too stupid and ignorant to live.

I also think he was being an asshole.

Damn, beat me to it.

[Crab]

Ha, I doubt anything you have is strict kosher (unless you just happen to have a super-special set of utensils for kosher and non-kosher food). He was so badly being an asshole.

I do like the "Of course he gave you forin money, you're in forin now."

[Lingering Grin]

EW (in flawless english): WHY do I have to speak THIS here? D:< nazis...

1: Because you're not in Israel anymore, and I don't understand a damn thing you're saying.

2. Get the fuck out! Now!

EW: Well I'll have a...Is that HAM?! THat's not kosher!
Manager: You don't have to order it.

Please, Please, PLEASE tell me he then proceeded to order a sandwich that had both meat AND cheese on it

[Nakajo]

Ha, I doubt anything you have is strict kosher (unless you just happen to have a super-special set of utensils for kosher and non-kosher food).

You even need to wash in separate sinks, separate areas, utensils can't be washed with the bowls and plates, etc...

Keeping strict kosher is very difficult unless you have the facilities. I've seen one such facility at the local college, you're not even allowed bring plates from the rest of the cafeteria into that area. It's actually quite interesting.

[Soulstealer]

Sorry about that. Just point me in the right direction and I'll make sure the embarrasment is no longer bothering you. Israel does have a lot of the fastfood places from the States. I don't recall if we got subway yet but usually they're pretty much the same except that they have to respect kosher laws. I've never actually heard before of an Israeli expecting someone to speak hebrew if they're not in Israel or a predominatly Israeli immigrant neighbourhood. Then again I tend not to hang around stupid people if I can avoid it.

Once again sorry. Give me a second to grab a shovel, tarp, and clue by four.

[Andara Bledin]

EW (in flawless english): WHY do I have to speak THIS here? D:< nazis...

I just caught this, but... if we were Nazis, wouldn't we be speaking German?

^-.-^

[Ironclad Alibi]

Alright, so today we have had some foreign customers come to Subway. ...
EW: Well I'll have a...Is that HAM?! THat's not kosher!

I have been told there is a kosher Subway in the NW area of Baltimore, Maryland (Pikesville area maybe?). A 6-inch sub costs about $9, but the person who got it said it was the best one he had ever eaten.