The Perfect Foam

Seriously???

Anyone needing to feel a little smarter today is in luck!  I thought I would pass along this wonderful little tidbit for you to nosh on.

I was at a Subway getting a sandwich the other day and I decided to have it toasted (upon being asked).  I vaguely remembered reading a sign posted at another Subway that toasted sandwiches would cost more, but I couldn’t remember the reason that was given.  Indeed, when I arrived at the cash register I noticed that my sandwich cost more than the last time I had stopped in for one of their now famous (as a result of those wonderful commercials that can be seen ALL the time) “five dollar foot-longs”.

I asked the lady working the register if toasted sandwiches cost more and she replied that they sure did.  The reason being that the state of California makes a distinction between warm and cold sandwiches.  Apparently cold sandwiches don’t get taxed, but as soon as you warm them up they are.  Those 20 seconds in the microwave cost you 8.5% extra on the bill.

To this I could only muster a “wtf” look on my face.  The lady summoned it up best in pointing out that California “is still broke” even with taxes like this.

As I left the Subway thinking about the ridiculousness of this tax rule, I couldn’t help feeling a little smarter in comparison.  Hope you do too!