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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging
the freedom of speech, or the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a
redress of grievances.”
-First Amendment, United States Constitution
You are your inheritance: Who are you?
By J.A. Scruggs
Staff Writer
Jscrugg 1 @m\.westga .edit
This weekend I
had the opportunity to
go see the movie “The
Kingdom.” At the end
of the movie, there is a
scene where a mother
asks her son what his
grandfather said to him
before he was killed by
the FBI for being a leader
of an Arab terrorist
organization. The young
boy responded “Don't
worry, we will kill them
all.”
Now the statement
made by this young
child reminded me of
something that I have
known for a long time
we inherit things from
our family, not just
Campus Quiznos Sub: eating establishment or anger management clinic?
By Ellis Smith
News Editor
ellisthered@gmail.com
Everyone knows
the commercial with the
construction workers where
they compare a delicious
looking Quiznos “Prime Rib”
sub to an anemic Subway
sub. And boy does it make
our collective mouths water.
I love that commercial. and I
love Quiznos.
So you can imagine the
high expectations I had when
1 paid a visit to the Quiznos
located in the UCC hereon the
University of West Georgia
campus. Unfortunately, the
horror began immediately.
After waiting for about
five minutes for the helpful
employee (who we'll refer
to as “Michelle”) to do some
housekeeping tasks around
the kitchen (slice beef, stack
the cheese), during which
she asked me to “Wait just a
minute” not once but twice, 1
was finally able to present my
order. There was a problem
immediately. 1 noticed that
the bread available at a
different Carrollton Quiznos
about a mile away, what
I refer to as the “Cheesy
Rosemary Bread,” was no
longer available. Apparently
the bread selections available
at this particular Quiznos are
“regular,” as they refer to the
white bread here on campus,
or wheat.
So after 1 made my
bread selection, I noticed
that although the sign for the
Steakhouse Beef Dip says it
comes with Swiss cheese,
which can be recognized
by it’s distinctive holes,
she was clearly putting a
wildly different type of
cheese on my sandwich,
one which contained no
holes whatsoever. 1 politely
inquired if that was, in
fact, Swiss cheese that she
was slapping down on my
sandwich. To this, "Michel le”
replied, “Oh,you want Swiss
cheese?” The intonation of
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materialistic possessions,
but behaviors, systems
of beliefs, and ideas.
positive or
negative.
Now 1
mentioned this
young boy in this
article not because
he was Arabian,
despite the amount
of negative attention
they get as of late.
But 1 mentioned
the boy to give an
illustration of how
he is now affected
by an idea whether
he realizes it or
not.
All it took
was one word by
someone who was
important in his life,
now he has the mentality
of a terrorist, a mentality
her question implied that
I had told her I'd changed
my mind, and wanted her to
make me a pizza instead.
1 pointed to the sign
behind her and replied,
“Whatever the sign says
comes on the sub, that's
what 1 want " Luckily, she
was able to deliver on all
the other key ingredients,
such as beef, lettuce, onions,
etc. Although they had all
the necessary supplies to
construct my sandwich this
time, many other times they
have been out of important
things such as chicken, beef,
bread, lettuce, tomatoes, or
just about anything you can
name.
Once this minor
altercation was finished, 1
followed the progress of
my sandwich through the
toaster oven. To my dismay,
when 1 arrived at the end of
the line, there were still two
other customers in front of
me. Interestingly, there were
four employees standing
behind the counter, but rather
than help these girls who had
been standing here for more
than 10 minutes at this point,
they were concentrating
on other, more important
tasks, such as exchanging
stories, unwrapping supplies,
fiddling with receipts and
other very important things.
When “Scott” finally paid
attention to the girl in front
of me (as my sandwich sat
bunting at the edge of the
toaster oven), she asked if
they would take the coupons
that Quiznos had sent her
in the mail and provide her
with a discount on her meal.
The reply shocked even me;
“No, we only take regular
coupons.”
Now, I have a question:
How much more regular
does it get than coupons
sent by the actual company,
Quiznos, to customers who
have likely signed up for
the right to receive them in
order to get discounts on
their meals'? How can they
that he inherited from his
grandfather.
Regardless of what
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the things that we get
from our parents and
turn down these seemingly
perfectly normal coupons'?
Upon visual inspection, they
tire just like the coupons
Blimpie, Papa Johns,
Burger King, and any other
restaurant sends out or puts
in the newspaper What kind
of coupons IX) they take ’
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Magic Marker or Sharpie?
Printed from home? i told
the female customer that 1
would tiike the seemingly
useless coupons. I was later
able to use them at another
Quiznos in Carrollton, less
than 10 minutes aw'ay.
Finally, after the
ingenious employees were
able to solve "The Case of
the Strange Coupons,” 1
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grandparents are positive.
What ideas and beliefs
have we gotten from our
fa m i 1 y,
friends and other loved
ones, which do nothing
was granted the privilege of
having lettuce added to my
burned sub by “Charles” (I
think he was in charge), who
appeared annoyed at my
request for lettuce.
I was then given my
beef dip. Ihis was the
"actionable. " as lawyers say.
part of my afternoon. Since
they were apparently out of
tops for the Styrofoan sauce
cups, I was given the beef
dip (au jus sauce) in a small
topless Styrofoan container
which was than placed
into another, larger, salad
container. Unbeknownst to
me, the hot dipping sauce
immediately began spilling
outoftheStyrofoamcontainer
and into the salad container.
but destroy the fabric
of society? Negative
characteristics such as
anger, hate, racism,
discrimination,and
all forms of abuse
have destroyed
the lives of many
people.
Have these
things invaded on
our lives to the
point that we bring
it to the forefront
of our characters
and affect others
with it? Have we
ourselves become
a little terrorist?
Racism will never
end if we continue
to pass it on to our
children and others
around us.
But fortunately,
inheritance is only an
the plastic walls of which are
not meant to provide needed
insulation from hot juices.
When “Helga” handed the
dangen >usl y assembled
Frankenstein of a container
to me it immediately burned
me and blistered my jxiinter
finger.
If I had to summarize
my experience, it would
be thusly: Keep the ss.ld,
Quiznos. Use it to train
your employees in a tew
key areas like sandwich
making, customer service,
efficiency, ordering supplies,
lawsuit avoidance, smiling,
cleanliness, timeliness,
reading skills, and English.
Before you judge me
for being t(x> harsh, keep
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option. We have a choice
of whether we assume
the ideas and belies of
those around us.
Much like inheriting
a throne to a country
and later deciding that it
is not for you, like that
of Edward VIII of the
United Kingdom What
ideas and beliefs do we
have that can be put
away so that we will not
later pass it on?
Allowing things
to continue as they are
will do nothing but to
continue to destroy our
social environment to the
point of self-destruction.
Put away those
things that we know to
be negative, so that we
can give the generations
that a follow a happier
tomorrow.
in mind that during the 24
minutes I was there, 1 was the
only one who had a sandwich
made for me. The girls in
front of me already had their
sandwiches aid were simply
waiting around for someone
to pay attention so they
could pay. Having worked
for another sandwich store
in the past, to which I have
no loyalty, I know that 1 can
personally make a sandwich
and take a person's money
in les> than 10 minutes with
a two-man team, and more
likely it would be closer to
five.
I was unimpressed,
to say the least, with this
restaurant, and 1 have been
appalled in the past at the
plethora of important items
(beef, chicken) that they seem
to run out of on a weekly
basis. In this case, the fact
that they had no lids for their
Styrofoam containers and.
probably breaking health
code regulations, put the
sauce in another container,
resulted in blisters on my
finger. People have been sued
for less (McD< maids coffee).
1 honestly think that
the best solution is for a
construction crew to tear
down this Quiznos and
simply leave it as a hollow
concrete shell. That way.
it could at least serve the
purpose of being a living
reminder of one of the w orst
eating establishments of all
time.
Irregular Coupons'? I'd
say this is an irregular store,
aid 1 refuse to accept it.
Therefore, it will certainly not
be receiving a score of 'A',
nor B'. C’, 'D',or even ‘F.
It simply gets a DNQ - Does
not qualify. It is not worthy
of being called a restaurant,
an eating establishment, or
even a place that serves food.
“Hot Dog Stand” would be
too generous.
Butthereisasilverlining:
as ai aiger management tool.
I give Quiznos five stars, two
thumbs up and an A+.