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March 8, 2006
farewell Sub Club
I had a nice tasty Subway sandwich today and noticed several things:
1) It appears that all those ads on tv featuring Jared have cost Subway a shitload of money cause they've certainly passed they're pricing on to the customer. I paid just under $10 AUD for a meatball sub and a medium drink. I remember back in the day...(approx. a decade ago; yes, dating myself here) when a meatball sub was $3.99 CDN. I realize that things like ingredient get more expensive with time...ie. inflation (I did learn something from all those bloody macroeconomics courses), but that sort of price increase would be like Argentinian infaltion.
2) The Sub Club is dead. You used to be able to collect stamps everytime you bought a sub and redeem them for a free sub. It was great. Then they required you to buy a drink in order to redeem the free sub...fair enough, nothing in this world is free. Now, you've only got a few months left to redeem your stamps before they're worthless forever...
Some people may wonder why I'd even bother to write about this. No, I don't have anything against big business and fast food chains....well, I lie. I do, but it's more for health reasons (in which case, Subway ain't half bad) and for lack of connection to the community....either way I digress.
There are several people out there who have a clue why I'm writing this. They are the Sub Club (Renfrew affiliation), a group of my friends in high school who travelled with me to Subway every Friday for lunch. I remember the good times we had, the crazy shit we talked about and how anxious we all used to be on a Friday morning while waiting in class for the lunch bell to ring. Gentlemen, I toast all of you know, you know who you are...although I'm not sure if any of you read my blog. Imp, Gill, Colin, Dagg, Squeaky...and sometimes Lecuyer. Things have changed, some of us are around the world, some are engaged, and one (possibly more) is/are fathers. Here's to the good ole days (of the Sub Club) and to the future!
Posted by Dr.Unk at March 8, 2006 11:07 PM
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