Pickles in Subway

June 16, 1997 Simon Presley

Subway
World Franchise Headquarters
325 Bic Drive
Milford, CT 06460

Dear Subway,

Normally on a Tuesday, I have lunch with my good friend Phillip. But this week, he was training for his new job as a directory assistance operator. (One would think they had computers for that by now.) So, I decided to get in my car and treat myself to one of your delicious foot-longs.
One thing that bothers me, though, is that you don't sell pickels! I mean, I've been to a lot of sandwich places (I do a lot of travelling) and they all seem to have pickels. They're usually next to the cash register in a big jar labelled "PICKELS." But you have no such jar.
Me, I think sandwiches and pickels go hand-in-hand like shoes and laces. Maybe I'll just have to start bringing my own pickels when I eat out. Or maybe you guys could start offering pickels for the public.
I understand from your napkins that each Subway shop is individually owned. But, I'm sure there are certain regulations that each Subway has to follow. I can see only benefits on both sides if one of those regulations was to make pickels a standard menu item - money for you and a complete meal for us.
Maybe you could even work it into your ads. Subway: The Place Where Fresh is the Taste - Now We've Got Pickels! Let me know if you use that.

Working toward a better Subway, Simon Presley

Note: I am painfully aware that Simon misspelled "pickle." It was intentional; please stop e-mailing me about it.