What is this new passion for half a sandwich being foisted upon us, the consumer?!

Magus · 11-14-2011, 12:15 AM

Between Eat 'N Park, Perkins, and now Longhorn Steakhouse I've seen multiple ads advertising half a sandwich with soup and salad for 6.99.

For pretty much the last 20 years if you were going to spend 7 dollars at a regular old sit-down restaurant complete with waiting staff and non-flourescent lighting, you could at least be assured of getting a whole damn sandwich with your soup and salad.

I can only assume this is either a money-making/money-saving scheme on the part of the restaurant industry (like there is some kind of subliminal hypnosis within the commercial that makes the average human being long to eat half a sandwich for the same price they used to eat a whole one) or a new aspect of the "pretending to eat healthy by eating half a Philly cheese steak sandwich as opposed to a whole one" has struck our fat-ass culture, a culture which as yet still yearns for the time when they did not have to wear a XXL t-shirt AT MINIMUM. They cannot accept the new status quo that is Fatmerica so they pretend that they want to eat half a sandwich at full price.

You know you'll just sneak out to the kitchen later at your apartment to pig out on a hastily gobbled down bologna sandwich while your friends spend forever deciding what alternative hipster prog rock dubstep experimental jazz band CD to play while settling down for an ironic game of Sexopoly, the parodical Monopoly game you got at Spencer's Gifts last year, before finally deciding on the new Nickelback album you swore you weren't going to buy because they're total sell-outs to the RIAA, America. Just like you knew you would when you decided half a panini for twice the money was exactly what you wanted. You can't just buy a whole panini someplace else and take half of it home to eat later, for you are incapable of even that level of self-control, America. That's why you bought the new Pink album, too, goddammit what is wrong with you? "This used to be a Fun House/But now it's filled with Evil Clowns"? What kind of lyrical talent is that? Why would you ever buy anything from her again? Why?

The only thing worse than this farce in the world of retail sandwiches is the outright idiocy of the new Subway ads purporting the new low price of $2.49 for a six-inch sub. This is, of course, totally different from their long-running $5.00 foot-long ad. Different by two cents, that is.

I foresee a sandwich-based backlash, ladies and gentlemen, of epic proportions. This madness must stop. I propose an immediate end to this price-gouging upon our restaurant-quality sandwiches! Let these fractional sandwich philanderers peddle their goods elsewhere, someplace where people will accept such nonsensical healthy options as half-sandwiches, like Canada.

Aldurin · 11-14-2011, 02:17 AM

Irrelevant, the truly big issue is why hasn't Subway started selling the Sandvich and using the Heavy in advertising for it.

Seil · 11-14-2011, 02:59 AM

Hey hey hey - I'm still campaigning to stop them from putting butter, or god forbid mayonaise on my sandwiches. And who the fuck told you I want honey mustard on my BLT?

Geminex · 11-14-2011, 04:22 AM

Clearly this is Obama's fault somehow.

Magus · 11-14-2011, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Geminex

Clearly this is Obama's fault somehow.

I blame Michelle for this encroachment upon sandwich-dom. I ate a whole box of cookies in protest!

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Originally Posted by Seil

Hey hey hey - I'm still campaigning to stop them from putting butter, or god forbid mayonaise on my sandwiches. And who the fuck told you I want honey mustard on my BLT?

I think we had this conversation before about your hatred of condiments. It's deja vu on par with the final scene of the final episode of Seinfeld!

Although mustard on lettuce...what are they thinking in these establishments?

pochercoaster · 11-14-2011, 02:02 PM

Or maybe people aren't hungry enough to eat a whole sandwich? I actually usually end up taking at least half my plate in a box when it's some kind of burger or greasy sandwich because it fills me up in two bites. While eating half a philly cheese steak isn't healthy, you are still halving the calories. I'm a small person so I don't need to eat that much and ordering half a sandwich would actually be convenient for me.

Magus · 11-14-2011, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by pocheros

Or maybe people aren't hungry enough to eat a whole sandwich? I actually usually end up taking at least half my plate in a box when it's some kind of burger or greasy sandwich because it fills me up in two bites. While eating half a philly cheese steak isn't healthy, you are still halving the calories. I'm a small person so I don't need to eat that much and ordering half a sandwich would actually be convenient for me.

My main complaint is that while the portion is halved the price is not. It's the same price they've been charging for years for your average luncheon, but with half the sandwich. And we are supposed to think this is totally great (I mean, the basis of all commercials is we are supposed to think this is totally great), because, like, "Oh, man, half a sandwich for what appears to be the same price they were charging last year at this time for a whole one? This is some high-class, sophisticated stuff right here!" It's bizarre to me what goes through the heads of whoever designs these "deals" and commercials.

So yeah I think it's totally great that people can order a half-a-sandwich meal, but the price should be maxed at like, 5 dollars or something, not 7.

11-14-2011, 12:15 AM	#1
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	What is this new passion for half a sandwich being foisted upon us, the consumer?! Between Eat 'N Park, Perkins, and now Longhorn Steakhouse I've seen multiple ads advertising half a sandwich with soup and salad for 6.99. For pretty much the last 20 years if you were going to spend 7 dollars at a regular old sit-down restaurant complete with waiting staff and non-flourescent lighting, you could at least be assured of getting a whole damn sandwich with your soup and salad. I can only assume this is either a money-making/money-saving scheme on the part of the restaurant industry (like there is some kind of subliminal hypnosis within the commercial that makes the average human being long to eat half a sandwich for the same price they used to eat a whole one) or a new aspect of the "pretending to eat healthy by eating half a Philly cheese steak sandwich as opposed to a whole one" has struck our fat-ass culture, a culture which as yet still yearns for the time when they did not have to wear a XXL t-shirt AT MINIMUM. They cannot accept the new status quo that is Fatmerica so they pretend that they want to eat half a sandwich at full price. You know you'll just sneak out to the kitchen later at your apartment to pig out on a hastily gobbled down bologna sandwich while your friends spend forever deciding what alternative hipster prog rock dubstep experimental jazz band CD to play while settling down for an ironic game of Sexopoly, the parodical Monopoly game you got at Spencer's Gifts last year, before finally deciding on the new Nickelback album you swore you weren't going to buy because they're total sell-outs to the RIAA, America. Just like you knew you would when you decided half a panini for twice the money was exactly what you wanted. You can't just buy a whole panini someplace else and take half of it home to eat later, for you are incapable of even that level of self-control, America. That's why you bought the new Pink album, too, goddammit what is wrong with you? "This used to be a Fun House/But now it's filled with Evil Clowns"? What kind of lyrical talent is that? Why would you ever buy anything from her again? Why? The only thing worse than this farce in the world of retail sandwiches is the outright idiocy of the new Subway ads purporting the new low price of $2.49 for a six-inch sub. This is, of course, totally different from their long-running $5.00 foot-long ad. Different by two cents, that is. I foresee a sandwich-based backlash, ladies and gentlemen, of epic proportions. This madness must stop. I propose an immediate end to this price-gouging upon our restaurant-quality sandwiches! Let these fractional sandwich philanderers peddle their goods elsewhere, someplace where people will accept such nonsensical healthy options as half-sandwiches, like Canada. __________________ The Valiant Review

11-14-2011, 02:17 AM	#2
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	Irrelevant, the truly big issue is why hasn't Subway started selling the Sandvich and using the Heavy in advertising for it.

11-14-2011, 02:59 AM	#3
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	Hey hey hey - I'm still campaigning to stop them from putting butter, or god forbid mayonaise on my sandwiches. And who the fuck told you I want honey mustard on my BLT?

11-14-2011, 04:22 AM	#4
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	Clearly this is Obama's fault somehow.

11-14-2011, 02:02 PM	#6
pochercoaster rollerpocher tycoon Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,808	Or maybe people aren't hungry enough to eat a whole sandwich? I actually usually end up taking at least half my plate in a box when it's some kind of burger or greasy sandwich because it fills me up in two bites. While eating half a philly cheese steak isn't healthy, you are still halving the calories. I'm a small person so I don't need to eat that much and ordering half a sandwich would actually be convenient for me.