Serbian Subway

OK Everyone,

So let me start off by saying meals in Alaska can get a bit pricey, so today when Alison and I were on the road we decided to try and cut some costs and visit Alison's former employer, Subway. We figured it would be cheap and fast, we could hit the road and get out of there. WRONG and WRONG again.

My guess is you probably have seen or heard of Subway's 5 dollar footlong deal? Yeah, let me assure you that doesn't apply here. Try like 20 bucks and you are a bit closer, but whatever we are on vacation, no big deal.

What I wanted to share was when we actually got to Subway, there were not one, two, or even three people working behind the counter, there were in fact eight people behind the counter. That's right, but these weren't 8 well oiled cogs of a sandwich making machine, we found out it was 8 Serbian imports that made sandwiches about as fast as well as they spoke English. We stood in line for about 45 minutes, where they burned one guys sandwich, had a 5 minute discussion with this other guy about sandwich dressings. It's cold here so I needed something to warm me up, and finally ordered a footlong meatball and after telling the guy twice what I wanted he made my sandwich at a snails pace. You know it was one of those times, where basically they could have made me anything and I would have eaten it, so it shouldn't surprise anyone if I told you he reached for bacon and I was completely cool with him adding it. At the last second, he pulled his hand back, but today, in Denali National Park I almost had a meatball/bacon footlong sandwich, which doesn't sound all that bad. Maybe those Serbs are onto something, so next time if you find yourself sitting in line for 30 minutes with all hell breaking loose and 8 crazy Serbs squashed behind the counter, just hang in there, and at the very least just add bacon to your order.