Subway. Yum! Yum!

Yep. Not only do we eat at Subway FREQUENTLY, we also make Subway sandwiches at home. And we call it that too. Is that illegal? Well, anyway, we LOVE Subway. We love their subs. Ward Cleaver eats there several times a week for lunch, and I take the kids there at least 3 times a month for lunch. We used to go more often before we discovered that we could buy all the ingredients for a sandwich at the grocery store and make them at home and everyone is just as happy (for less money!). The kids will say, “What’s for dinner?” I’ll say, “Subway!” We all know that means I’m gonna slap a bunch of lunch meat on a sub roll with cheese and other yummy stuff and broil it for a couple of minutes.

I still love Subway despite all the ridiculous hype. Honestly! HSLDA is getting involved now? Pah-leeeeze. I’m not signing the petition. Is there an opposite to a boycott? Like can I eat at Subway every night for a week to offset some the boycotters?

I think that Subway should have been a little more creative, but it is understandable that they would automatically think home schools equals individuals and eliminated them from the big prize. It is just another example of people thinking they get us. They don’t. But it doesn’t warrant a boycott. That’s just silly.

May 27, 2008 | Filed Under Rants, Moods and Attitude 

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6 Responses to “Subway. Yum! Yum!”

  1. carrie on May 28th, 2008 12:13 am

    I agree completely. As soon as I read the complete story - that the prize was athletic equipment meant for a group, I couldn’t understand all the hype. Sometimes homeschoolers - and especially the HSLDA - just need to get over themselves.

  2. tribeofautodidacts on May 28th, 2008 11:34 am

    Subway was probably not aware of home schooling organizations who might also be able to use the sports equipment. (Though it could be argued that the school systems need them more.) It was a great opportunity to gently educate the community a bit. It sounds like somebody is going after a mosquito with a Howitzer

  3. jj on May 28th, 2008 1:44 pm

    Okay, this will sound really dumb but I swear it is completely, literally true.

    Just this minute reading your post, NotJC, it dawned on me quite suddenly that “Subway” is a pun! For the submarine sandwiches, get it, get?? LOL. I love puns and often write them and see them when no one else catches them, but I never did consciously process this one, until right this moment, and now I am laughing at myself . . .

  4. Juno on May 28th, 2008 9:56 pm

    I have to totally agree with you. I am pretty sick of the whole subject and am happy someone, besides our family, isn’t boycotting. Would the opposite would be girlcotting??? I dunno.

    Juno

  5. Not June Cleaver on May 28th, 2008 10:03 pm

    Girlcotting! I like it.

  6. Colleen on June 7th, 2008 12:26 pm

    I agree too. It seems obvious after reading the contest rules that Subway wanted to be sure all the sports equipment didn’t end up in someone’s garage. They just weren’t creative enough to realize that they could have added a caveat that homeschooled kids would need to donate the stuff to an organization of their choice. Seems silly to get in a huff over something so trivial.
    By the way, I saw the funniest Subway commercial yesterday. Have you seen the one where the guy gets a burger, fries and soda at a fast food place along with all the stuff that comes with it–gym membership, scale, larger clothes, therapist, etc? It was really funny. :)

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