You mean I have to pay MORE to get more?!

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

*sigh*

Twice in the last two days my manager and I have had exchanges like this at the sandwich shop:

SC: I'd like a six inch seafood sandwich please.
Me: <proceeds to make sandwich>
SC: Hey can I get some more meat on there?
Me: You can but it costs extra.
SC: How much?
Me: $1.30
SC: What?? You can't give me a little extra for free?
Me: No sir.
SC: *begrudgingly* Fine...

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SC: Can I get some extra meat on that please.
M: It's $1.30 extra.
SC: What? That much just for a couple of extra pieces??
M: Yes, sir.
SC: Screw that man, I'll go to Wendy's. <leaves>

...And so I have to throw away an otherwise good sandwich.

I always thought "it costs more to get more" was kind of a basic economic principle?

[Princess J]

Ah, but you are dealing with SCs. I am sure in their twisted minds they should have gotten not only free extra meat but free extra cheese as well with a song and dance routine thrown in.

[Raveni]

Out of curiosity, how many sandwiches do you have to throw out every day?

[LillFilly]

I hope there's someplace the extra wasted food can go to; I remember a resort I was at, all the extra food went to a local farm for the pigs, since it was already prepared it couldn't be donated to a shelter or soup kitchen. Someone in my office now collects papers and brings it to a farm to line cages.

[Zellie Crescent]

That's terrible, if I were the next person in line I would have said I'll take it. It's not right to waste food when we were growing up our dad always gave us the "kids are starving in x part of the world" speech, as an adult I try not to.

[chainedbarista]

i agree; those sandwiches could feed some hungry people. dubway should look into a donation program or something.

[Betweenshades]

Back in the day when I was working fast food, we used to get people that would flip out because extra cheese was 30 cents extra. Like, "you insulted my family and peed on my dog" bent out of shape. It was so dumb.

[iradney]

I'm obviously special. Coz when I walk into a shop and want to buy, you know, MORE, i expect to pay MORE. maybe it's coz I was potty trained early?? :P

[mikoyan29]

So the guy thinks he can get more at Wendy's and not pay extra? Last I checked, the double costs more than the single and the triple costs more than both. If you want to add bacon, it costs extra as well.

[Josh]

i agree; those sandwiches could feed some hungry people. dubway should look into a donation program or something.

Many moons ago when fast food meant burgers ready to go, my friend; who was a Manager of a MickeyD's; used to give out to homeless people the burgers that were timed out and needed to be thrown away. He got sued by someone who claimed that they got sick eating those burgers. That ended that practice really quick. great idea on paper but a lousy business decision in execution.

[customersruinmylife]

I had this all the time at the pub.

"Would you like peas or salad with your meal?"
"Oooohhh, I can't decide. I will have both."
"OK, but that will be £1 extra."
"What?! Let me speak to the manager!"

[bainsidhe]

Back when I worked fast food, old sandwiches could be given to/eaten by employees. Same for when we sold fried chicken. Until, that is, a couple employees were caught making extra food specifically to take home/give to family. To the worker making a couple extra buckets of chicken immediately before close and "secretly" passing them out the back door to your family? You suck and ruined it for the rest of us. From then on, no leftovers for anybody.

[EricKei]

Yeah, at least in the US, ANY food that is unwanted or "old" has to be tossed, for the reasons outlined above. Even if the next customer is willing to take it, I *think* that this rule still applies.

A *ahem* local fried chicken place that went global years ago (think spinach) has, or had, this wonderful policy regarding "take home food" -- Employees could take home as much free chicken as they wanted, any time they wanted, as long as (a) it was duly noted in the log (both for Food Cost purposes and to allow the expense to be deducted as a Business Loss), and (b) it was at the end of a shift consisting of at least X hours (I think). Net result: Within a week or two of being hired, new employees would be utterly SICK of eating chicken. As a result, the problem of unauthorized "free" chicken going out of the door was more or less eliminated.

[MoonCat]

Don't know about the law, but I suspect it depends on the state. Where I live, several of the hotels pack up food that is leftover from banquets and buffets for the local food pantries/soup kitchens. The charity people come pick it up.

Awesome story: A pizzeria owner got in trouble for not turning sales tax over to the state. The judge ruled that he had to cough up a certain amount of the money owed, and also has to provide a certain number of pizzas every week to one of the local soup kitchens for a year. Everybody wins.

[depechemodefan]

Many moons ago when fast food meant burgers ready to go, my friend; who was a Manager of a MickeyD's; used to give out to homeless people the burgers that were timed out and needed to be thrown away. He got sued by someone who claimed that they got sick eating those burgers.

Yeah, because drinking a six pack while sitting out in the rain and not washing his hands after taking a dump couldn't have caused him to get sick [/sarcasm]
note, it does suck to be homeless, I feel sorry for them. I'm just making a general point how people blame the wrong thing for their problems. If none of the other people (paying customers and homeless) didn't get sick, then I don't think it's the burger's fault.

Also, the McDonalds chains have a deal where no matter what size drink you get, it will be a $1. Maybe this is what the "it cost more for extra?" people have in the back of their minds. Granted, a normal person, after being told it is extra, will just shrug and either get the item and pay extra or not get the item.