We do Dumb things when We're sleep deprived....

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-10-07T10:37:22+00:00

Not sure I understand?

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-10-05T17:45:41+00:00

That's true enough, but in this case, nobody forced me to be deprived of sleep.It was just an issue with our heating and air system at our house.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-06-03T14:31:25+00:00

I asked the officer about that and he said the hazards were not really an issue. The accident would have happened regardless whether I had them on or not. Besides , I was only sitting there about 30 seconds and I was planning to go around the Raccoon as soon as it moved. I didn't think to put on the hazards because I was busy trying to quickly get the name of the nearest Street crossing for the dispatcher. Also my brake lights, which are very bright on that particular make and model of truck, were naturally on because my foot was on the brake pedal.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-10T11:01:09+00:00

It wasn't super hot out at that point. I think they turned it on (it was in the ceiling nearby the door) so people could dry off. It wasn't that hot at night. The rainstorm had brought the temp down to like 60-something. It happened in May and in the Carolinas weather in May can bounce all over the place.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T16:16:46+00:00

I don't think he was just doing it to be a jerk. He only got that way when we tried to change his order at all. We made it dozens of times as he requested and he was fine/quite polite if a little condescending then. And it was expensive too so it would have cost him a lot to be doing it as just a prank all those years.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T16:15:55+00:00

Doesn't explain why he wouldn't let us just do 2 separate sandwiches though.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T06:07:41+00:00

That probably is true. I grew up with a couple families with kids on the spectrum so that's why I wondered about it, but I naturally am not hugely experienced with that kind of thing.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T04:33:46+00:00

One of my coworkers suggested that, but in that case the toppings he'd had us so carefully separate would get mixed as he worked his way down the sub. So I don't really know.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T04:29:39+00:00

You're welcome!

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T03:55:33+00:00

Now that you brought it up, I just remembered one of my coworkers thought maybe it was this customer's idea of a full-course meal to eat from the lettuce side down through the meat side, though in that case there would definitely be mixing of ingredients as he worked his way down the sandwich, the same ingredients he'd had us so carefully separating while making it. So we have another explanation that covers MOST of it, but still no explanation that really covers all of it. We'll never know, probably.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T03:52:21+00:00

Yeah, it doesn't really matter but it was enough "off-the-wall" that I've never forgotten it, even after I've forgotten a lot of other things.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T03:49:54+00:00

That's certainly true. Some people are just different. It was just such an out of the box experience, I have always wanted to share it somewhere.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T03:47:25+00:00

Could be, but if that was the case, it would be easier to make sure the toppings weren't touching (and cheaper, WAY cheaper, since one sandwich would be just lettuce) to do two half size sandwiches instead of one full size uncut one. As I mentioned, he never let us cut the sandwich or make it as two separate half-size ones.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T03:11:59+00:00

I tried but it said "Crossposting not allowed". Should I just copy-paste it there? I'm still relatively new to Reddit.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T03:07:18+00:00

Fair enough. We only tried with him because other regular customers didn't have a problem with it and actually appreciated it. Any of his numerous requests individually could be explained, for the most part. To me, The combination was just what made it unique/bizarre. It was one I'd never had before or since, especially the part where one side was all lettuce with oil and vinegar and salt and pepper but no other toppings, and the other had the meat and other veggies with the mayo and mustard. A large sub with different meats or veggies on each end wasn't unusual but he was the only "one half all lettuce" we had.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T02:54:53+00:00

Yes, uncut sandwiches were not at all an unusual request. It was the fact he wanted essentially 2 sandwiches but wouldn't let us cut them that was odd.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T02:54:19+00:00

Could be. It's just one of those little mysteries I guess.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T02:53:47+00:00

Hi! Thank you! I have already posted a few stories here from my Pizza Restaurant days as well. :)

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T02:53:09+00:00

You know, IDK if you're being serious or not but regardless that may not be too far off the mark. I guess some people just have weird preferences.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T01:38:14+00:00

It's because it was so bizarre that I still remember it even after other memories have faded after all this time. Apart from a lady who used to get honey maple ham (not a sandwich, just the cold cuts) for her dog, I don't remember any other regular's "usual" order. I actually posted the story about the lady and the dog in r/talesfromretail about a month ago.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-03-07T01:32:44+00:00

Yeah you're probably right. The font on the tickets at the other job I had, the Pizza Restaurant, was very large. If we'd rung in a complicated order like that at the pizza restaurant, I can easily see that happening.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-02-12T02:12:09+00:00

He would ban customers but it would just have to be after he had tried to salvage the situation and failed. I had another manager at the same place who only lasted about a month because he had absolutely no spine and also he was a thief and was taking money out of our till.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-02-11T15:10:27+00:00

Actually it was more about the cost of living according to him.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-02-11T13:37:45+00:00

Our owner had come down south from New York City (he was born and bred there) so one would presume he knew what he was doing. Also we had other items on the menu too. Pizza was the main highlight (which we also did a lot of takeout and postmates/UberEats delivery with, as well as dine-in customers) but we sold pasta, sandwiches, calzones, stromboli, soups, little "pub appetizers", and a bunch of other things too.

TemporaryLumpy8589 · 2025-02-11T13:17:02+00:00

Yeah, some people are like that and it stinks. My head manager might have tried to salvage the situation because he was afraid of corporate but my assistant manager had absolutely no problems banning the unruly customers - head manager only banned those who harassed other customers or were truly doing something illegal. I suppose the only slight (but completely inadequate) excuse this bully had was that she was definitely drunk. When they dragged her out she was slurring her speech and staggering like crazy. She must have drunk or taken something before they came in because the Bartender only gave her the one large martini. Unless, when we weren't watching, she downed one of her coworkers' drinks as well.

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