Subway has a advertised deal of $5 footlong sandwiches so I decided to try one out the other day. It’s a mistake I won’t be making anytime soon. I remember back in the day when you could get a real sandwich at subway. Well, the times are a-changin’.
I ordered a ham, salami, and cheese on a footlong. The lady behind the counter put 6 small slices of ham even spaced accross the footlong piece of bread. She then asked me what kind of cheese and I reminded her I wanted salami too. Here’s where the cheap cost cutting nature of Subway shows its hand. She takes BACK two of the slices of ham and adds salami slices. This sandwich was so lacking that Subway should’ve just sold it for what it really is, a lettuce sandwich.
The worst part is that I was hungry when I should’ve just turn around and left so I actually bought the thing and ate it… and then I was still hungry after I ate it.
I thought about it for awhile and then I’ve come to realize the genius of Subway marketing and what a big con it is. The $5 footlong will basically get you the same amount of meat as a 6 inch, except you get to spread it out over a foot long piece of bread so don’t think it’s any kind of deal. Also this whole “healthy” thing is pure genius. Basically Subway gets to cut back on more expensive food ingredients (meats) and substitute with cheaper ingredients (vegetables) and charge customers the same for a “healthier” product.
I’ve sworn off ever going back to Subway ever again. Then again I’ve seen the lines there and maybe some people like lettuce sandwiches. 
the Subway here in Wise,Va has NONE of the problems I have read about. They put as much meat on it as you like and they change there veggies out plus they get breaks. I can make 2-3 meals out of one of there footlongs and it only cost 5 dollars try doing that at McDonalds it would cost 15!
I was a subway worker. heres more reason to not go. i left because i wanted to serve clean tomatoes and green peppers but was told not to wash them and i disagreed with the management. they come straight out of a pesticide covered box and it saves time to not wash them. go figure. also my manager was a drunken crack addict. wow a strange world.