Hoagie. Sub. Whatever you call it, if you live on the Mid Atlantic coast, sometimes you just gotta have a good sandwich. And sometimes your best option is a chain place- like Jersey Mike’s.

I went in to order, and found a young man in front of me in line- he must have been about 20 years old.

Here’s how his conversation went with the sandwich maker.

Can I help you?

Yeah- I’ll have a large turkey sub.

Ok- sure! Cheese?

Provolone please.

Yep! What else do you want on that?

(The young man paused, letting out an awkward sigh before slowly saying this, as if he was coming clean.)

You know, honestly, just lettuce and tomato.

The confession caught me off guard. Apparently this man had been perpetrating a lie and just couldn’t do it anymore. I guess he never liked the pickles, onion, peppers, and special proprietary Juice he must typically have gotten on his sandwiches.  And today was the day that he had finally had enough.

No more lies.

No more fronting.

No more deception.

No more unwanted condiments.

Honestly man- just lettuce and tomato.

Some burdens are just too heavy to bear.

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