Having already covered breakfast and dinner options, the question remains: what do white people like to do for lunch? The answer: expensive sandwiches.
In most cities, if you need to find a cache of white people get yourself to a sandwich shop. Generally these places aren’t open for dinner, have a panini press and are famous for their bread. There are always vegan options and the selection of meats and cheese are strongly European.
The waiters and waitresses in these places are highly coveted by the white population. They are not quite as cool as bartenders, not quite as snobby as coffee shop workers, but still artsy, young, and more than likely to be a musician/artist/writer (since they only have to work from 11-3).
If you are in the position where you need to take a white person to lunch for business or pleasure, saying “I know a great sandwich shop,” will always bring out a smile. The white person will then tell you about the great sandwich shop in the town where they went to college and how they had a crush on a waiter, or that there was some special sandwich that they always ordered. This will put the person in a good mood.
It’s important to note that this type of restaurant is best for business or friendship situations as it is very neutral and does not carry connotations like Sushi or Breakfast.
These sandwiches generally start at $8.99. Remember that whenever a white person says they wants to go to a sandwich shop you are looking at at least a $15 outlay after tip and drink, $20 if the place has a good selection of microbrews.
Also note: white people will wait up to 40 minutes for a good sandwich.
Stuff White People Like 
How can you leave off Zipcar?
Oops — that was meant as a general comment, not a comment to #63 in particular (which was brilliant).
I just overheard two co-workers discussing their favourite sandwiches from a downtown deli, and then read this.. how fabulous!
I’ve been known to wait in excess of 40 minutes for a good sandwich. So glad I found this site.
As you probably know, white people love that false sense of community that comes from commenting on complete strangers blogs. Thanks for giving me yet another opportunity to feel I belong to something. Seeing as how everyone these days just hates us white people.
I always get the rosemary foccacio, avocado spread, sauteed mushrooms, grilled chicken breast, warmed, and a Perrier (from the plastic bottles).
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In NYC, most of the sandwich shops are worked by people of color, unless they are real Italian delis. Artists and musicians want to get paid too much.
But Eric, don’t go there with Zipcar! I’m from the Boogie, where there are only two cars. Every person of color me and my man (he’s white Australian) talk to, especially sisters w/kids LOVE the zipcar idea, so we’re gonna go to the next zip meeting and suggest they expand them to the Bronx; there’s plenty in Harlem, with a lot of use by brothers and sisters. As Zipcar is a responsible co., we’re hoping they do the right thing and expand.
Mmmm…I could so go for a chicken pomodor panini right now with bacon & sundried tomatoes…and basil!
A variation on this would be Chipotle, which has surpassed Cosi as the place to stand in line.
haha you said tip, all the wait staff know you darkies don’t tip worth a sh*t
that was hilarious fuuudge. wow! joking that minorities are poor! you are brilliant!!! you should start your own blog. play indie music and munch on organic tofu panini sticks while you type about how affluent you are.
I admit it, I love Panera Bread.. Good post. You got me pegged on this one 🙂
I love Ziggy’s comment, and the fact that I, too, belong. “sniff”
My favourite sandwich place is So.Cial, at Le Magasin in Gastown. Hey, it already it sounds pretty white! Your meat is sliced in the deli while you wait, the only bread choice is focaccia, and you get a bag of sea-salted kettle chips with your order. Cheese choices are havarti or provolone. A whole 9″ diameter sandwich is just $10, and you don’t (usually) have to wait 40 minutes. If you have to wait, at least you can enjoy the faux cedar trunk stuck in the unfinished plank floor. The servers look all spiffy in their white chef’s uniforms. They’re young and predominantly white and probably actors or culinary school students. Not much for a white person not to like!
I also like Subway, because, well, fresh *is* the taste.
nezua: so its ok to make fun of whites but not everyone else.
I’m Black and he is spot on, in general we do not tip. I have gotten in arguments about if before, and it has nothing to do with poverty.
Btw, this site has me LMAO!
The Grove House Special – YUMMY!
Squaw Bread (lightly toasted)
Vegan Cream Cheese (so much better than Veganaise)
Plochman’s Spicy Brown Mustard (the only ‘ethnic’ part of the sandwhich)
Fresh, Organic grown Sprouts (grown in a little kitchen farm belonging to the Grove House)
Thinly Sliced Cucumber (also from the Kitchen farm)
Avocado (No white person’s sandwhich is complete without avocado)
and last, but not least
Grilled tofu with a tangy homemade, organic vegan barbeque sauce (but just a little kick, white people can’t have their bbq sauce too spicy)
Served with a vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie and a cup of fresh squeezed lemonade made with lemon from the grove next to the kitchen farm. 🙂
oh, lord, it only hurts because it’s true!
Love the blog.
Screw it!
If the sandwich is good, I will pay a good amount.
I like sandwiches the way my black brothers like fried chicken. If someone invented a fied chicken panini sandwich with sundired tomatoes there’d be peace on earth!
But it’s cool ‘coz I can say that ‘coz we we had a black housekeeper growin’ up.
Shout out to Loquitha! Wassup girl???
Natalie Merchant rocks!
Nice going, Nezua. Fuuudge didn’t say minorities are poor. Thanks for perpetuating stereotypes in your own backhanded way. Can’t we all just get along?
“haha you said tip, all the wait staff know you darkies don’t tip worth a sh*t”
Haha, this white person expects a black guy to just give him extra money for doing his job.
Are you an idiot?
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White people also love expensive cupcakes. The new trendy cupcake shops are crazy pricy.
Hey, my expensive sandwiches max out at 6.99 tyvm!
I’ve never grasped this, either. Pay good money for fucking deli meat on bread. You could actually buy all the ingredients and make a week’s worth of sandwiches for the prices of eating at one of those places. But that’s not trendy, is it?
My favorite sandwich costs only $6.50, but it’s French and involves caramelized onions and a roasted pepper mayonnaise. No wait, though, because they always have a basket of them ready when you walk in. I think I saw an Asian person there once.
This blog title is misleading: what you are in fact referring to and mocking is a certain subsection of white people in North America (mainly the US and to a lesser extent the non-Francophone parts of Canada), who are liberal/left-wing poseurs with above average incomes.
Most whites in the UK (where I am from) are nothing like that! Indeed, many whites from America itself are nothing like the whites you mock here. Moreover, whites from the non-anglophone world would hardly recognise any of the stereotypes you portray here. Talk about ethnocentric!
I suspect you are an Angry Asian Male (AAM) who has been brought up and educated among upper-middle class whites, subjected to their patronising behaviour and seen most of “your” fellow Asian women hook up with white men. This blog is your way of expressing your anger and getting some measure of revenge against the whites who have bothered you for so long. It’s funny and all, but please remember the target of your lampooning is a very narrow sub-section of the Caucasian race as a whole.
Oh, and Asians can be just as funny and weird too.
Hilarious!
Every white guy I know loves the movie Brave Heart.
LOL look at Joe getting all defensive about the specifics of racism. You can tell he’s offended because he starts antagonizing Asians.
Classic.
lo, its true, its sooooo true
White people like commenting on the things in this blog that they don’t like. EX: I can’t go to sandwich shops because I’ve been ruined by a specific one – it’s a deli in rural New York. The decor is concrete. You get a 12″ sub with about a pound of Boar’s Head meat and all kinds of other stuff for $5.
I can’t help but think that most of the white people commenting here don’t actually get that this humorous site is making fun of them. Hellloooooo he’s making fun of you. But you deserve it.
@unconventionalCaucasian:
Can’t (white) people enjoy sites that make fun of them? I say we can!
@White Girl:
I’m very white, and I don’t like Braveheart. (Too long.) But I loooove me some sandwiches!
I am not white, so this past week while I was eating a Subway sandwich ($5 for a foot-long!) my white co-worker confessed he had never been to a subway and didn’t know how it “worked”. He asked, “so they let you put anything you want on it but it’s still the same price?” It was a confusing time for him since he lived in SoHo and had never paid less than $8.99 for a sandwich and could count the ingredients with one hand b/c everything is extra. He’s certifiable.
Suck it, Subway!
Funny thing, Esquire just published an article on fancy sandwiches http://www.esquire.com/features/food-drink/sandwiches
My favorite sandwhich shop is a little out of the way banh mi shop in Chinatown (though it’s Vietnamese.) It’s very hard to find but you get a big slab of bbq pork and some kind of pate with carrots and daikon for only $2.50.
Otherwise, I just put my order for Chipotle in online. Then you don’t have to stand in line.
Oh yeah, I’m pretty white.
So white people who can afford not to don’t sent their kids to schools where they can get the shit kicked out of them or shot, and don’t live in neighborhoods with a crack dealer on every corner?
How’s that news?
Maybe the reason white people only like other culture’s foods is because that’s the only part of a lot of cultures that isn’t dependent on drugs, rape, and violence.
The best sandwiches on the planet.
http://www.lunch-box-deli.com
lol this is brilliant. I am an asian male with white (Aussie) friends and I could never figure out white people’s love for sandwiches?!? I still don’t get it – i kinda find sandwiches a lil’ boring. I like a good sandwich every now and then but i will never wait 40mins for one. I always found other lunch alternatives like pasta, noodles, kebabs, curry more appealing….
I had to endure years of sandwich-eating in highschool to avoid being labelled the “asian kid who brings a lunch box of rice!” lol
Although i have no qualms now infesting the work office of last night’s malaysian curry and rice….haha
Mea Culpa. I do this. Expensive sandwiches are like a Caligula food orgy. Well I suppose we must all have our vices. Have to exercise if you indulge in the sandwich habit.
Good quality food is up there in the reasons to stay alive category.
Well how about that. I’ve got a lunch date with an Asian friend on Wednesday, and I suggested Panera. Should I apologize and try something else? But the sandwiches are soooo goood there. Surely he just hasn’t paid enough for a sandwich before, he doesn’t realize how good it can feel.
this sounds like tartine bakery…
Joe: “I suspect you are an Angry Asian Male (AAM) who has been brought up and educated among upper-middle class whites, subjected to their patronising behaviour and seen most of “your” fellow Asian women hook up with white men. This blog is your way of expressing your anger and getting some measure of revenge against the whites who have bothered you for so long.”
And if I may continue in your vein of web-based psychobabble inflected with your own racist remarks against Asian-Americans, shall I diagnose you as a white guy who got rejected by an Asian woman–after of course, being rejected by “your” fellow white women (since, after all, we exotic ladies are the lesser white man’s compensation prize)–all of which has made you eager to jump at an chance to emasculate and demonize Asian-American men? Or perhaps, you bristle at these satirical entries–they perhaps make you confront white guilt, which as much as you’d like to quarantine it to Americans, you can’t really forget that whole thing called British colonialism, and lashing out a model minority makes you feel a bit better. After all, you don’t eat white people sandwiches, so you Asian people are just bitter. Can’t you just shut up and be happy with our science and engineering jobs?”
By the way, my favorite sandwich is the vegetarian at Bouchon, good at the Columbus Circle and Napa locations.
–Angry Asian Female (AAF)
I dislike or either am not ambivolent about everything listed.
could this mean…. HOLY SHIT IM BLACK I thought by now i would’ve noticed. Well since imblack instead of an expensive sandwich i want a watermelon and some KFC.
You got our number!
The $9.00 sandwich (no drink!) is the reason I am the one who gets the toasted bagel for lunch when dragged to Panera… I can’t justify standing in line for a sandwich that costs as much or more than a pork roast or 3 pound turkey breast (which I would cook in the crock pot) and would feed four.
I thought I was just cheap. But maybe, just maybe, I need to do some geneological work. It could turn out that there is more in my wood-pile than my neon-lilly-ass (don’t look directly at it, you will be blinded!) suggests…
That or the white ethnic stock from whence I hail – poor white French Canadians, Hungarians and Scots – are just REALLY to cheap/frugal to pay $9 for a sadwich… Even if it is on artisan bread with sun-dried tomato & pesto sauce.
I am getting hungry for a grilled cheese.
When I do get suckered into spending $9 on a sadnwich, no drink, I always leave angry that I am still hungry after I have eaten every bit of artisan crust and gourmet potato chip… hmmm…
Really, you have forced my hand and I have to print so I can give it to my co-workers next time they start lobbying for a “Panera Lunch”. I would rather spend $5.39 on a value meal at McDonalds and return to work less poor and full. (Even if that full feeling is rather more bloated and tired….) I would rather have $3 more in my wallet, and not be extra hungry again by 3.
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stuffmexicanpeoplelike – eating beans! hahaha!!!
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aren’t i funny and clever!!!
don’t you dare call me a racist!!!
I must say, if you are a homeowner and your kitchen is disabled, and you have good insurance that pays for your meals until your kitchen is repaired, that is an excellent time to sample $9 sandwiches. I have been eating them all over town, including at the upscale supermarkets, and they have been delicious. Sadly, my kitchen is nearly repaired, and I will once again be forced to eat microwaved organic casseroles (Amy’s). I’m pretty sure Amy is white.
Great blog. I do take my share of hits, but the great thing is that my friends and neighbors take so many more. I would never wait 40 minutes for an expensive sandwich, but it’s kind of a civic ritual here:
I have several bikes — but no expensive ones. Have run races, but am too lazy to train for a marathon. Have the old house in the funky city neighborhood — but am too much of a slacker to remodel (though we do have that cottage on the water). Love the outdoors, generally avoid suburbs, love cities — but avoid theater like the plague. Like Wrigley and the Cubs (but grew up there so am grandfathered). European travel? Belgian ales? Microbrews? Guilty, guilty, guilty. But organic is silly and Whole Foods prices are sillier (though they’re really not bad on..ahem…wine).
Will be checking back to see when my sailing habit comes in for abuse (I’m sure it can’t be long).
I hope somewhere on this site you mention the love white people have for Mexican food, starting with cheap margaritas.
As a person that works in a specialty deli during lunch hours, I can attest to the fact that white people do love expensive sandwiches.
ROTFLMAO – I admit it, I’m white and love expensive sandwiches. I don’t even know why. I think it’s the crunchy bread.
I hate kettle chips, though. Those stale, greasy, rock hard excuses for potato chips are damn near inedible. Give me a Dorito or a cheese puff any day over a kettle chip.
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9 bucks for a sandwich? Not on your fricking life. Not even if I had the money. That’s just a waste I wouldn’t indulge in.
I’m white and I like food that tastes good, and if it happens to be an expensive sandwich, then I’ll have to depart from your fashion sense. I’m sorry I made you angry.
But expensive/good sandwiches are the perfect food.
Except when they cost 1.50 at the Vietnemese.
i’m brown, and having lived in white suburbuia i readily admit that i buy into the expensive sandwiches. i think i do this more than my white friends, who strangely have a stronger affinity for asian fusion than i do. thanks to this blog, i now have an explanation of why.
so today i had a grilled-tofu sandwich with guacamole, caramelized onions, tomatoes, lettuce, gruyere cheese, and capers on nine-grain bread. after a bottle of orangina, i realized my bill was equivalent to a downpayment on a kia. yikes.
and joe — i’m a very asian male. or at least i used to be until i ate expensive sandwiches. i saw a few asian ladies hook up with white dudes, sure, but you know what? rather than get mad, i just started dating white ladies. if i didn’t know better, i’d say you were kind of mad at asian men…are you one of the thousands of telemarketers who got outsourced to india?
i’d apologize as an asian, but you probably have a fellow white man to blame for that one.
I am white and I will permit exactly four things to be served to me between two slices of bread:
1. Peanut butter.
2. Jam.
3. Nutella.
4. Banana slices.
If the sandwich contains any ingredient not on the above list, I probably won’t eat it. If it contains more than two of said ingredients, I will look at it askance, because that’s just too damn complicated for me.
And if it costs me more than a few bucks, I will flee, because I’m also a cheap bastard.
Needless to say I find the phenomenon of buying sandwiches in shops bizarre and appalling.
I’m white and I enjoy an $8 reuben panini with one slim, carb-conscious corned beef shaving and a thin layer of sauerkraut coated w/ low-fat Russianesque “dressing”. I’m kinda weird that way.
Today I noticed that Chicago-area white people would RATHER NOT test for the 473 postal service employment exam at 8 am in the morning. My theory is that white people don’t especially excel at fill-in-the-bubble tests and so thus are intimidated?
Just wondering,
Joe
As an Expensive Sandwich Shop employee, I agree with everything this post says.
That looks to me like a scrumptious grilled Ruben sandwich–ie, Jewish deli soul food. YUM!
A sandwich is a snack, not a meal.
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As a white person, I can say that I completely agree with this post! Although, I usually don’t call them sandwich shops, I call them cafe’s. I’m too broke to eat expensive sandwiches now, but boy are they good! =)
” Tom
Well how about that. I’ve got a lunch date with an Asian friend on Wednesday, and I suggested Panera. Should I apologize and try something else? But the sandwiches are soooo goood there. Surely he just hasn’t paid enough for a sandwich before, he doesn’t realize how good it can feel.”
Love it – you just combined #63 “Expensive Sandwiches” with #62 “Knowing what’s best for poor people”. Very well done. 🙂
I got a pound of bologna for a buck. Making yer own doesnt? Nothings worse than an over priced sandwich, and hands down nothing beats a sandwich. oh a ketchup on regular bread is a no no. gets soggy, works on pasta tho, adds a tang.
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Brunch – Decent coffee and a Bagel w/ cream cheese and plenty of eye candy around.
Lunch – Decent coffee and a Bagel w/ cream cheese and plenty of eye candy around.
Dinner – Decent drinks and a steak with eye candy met at lunch
Breakfast – is for sex
I’m a black woman, and I like a lot of the things you list here (the two Michel Gondry films I saw, expensive sandwiches–although I only recently first ate one because a friend took me to the shop and the bread *is* good–and something else you mentioned). I think I agree with the poster above that says that you’re pointing out things that a subset in America (and probably Canada) likes–a socioeconomic and/or a cultural subset, rather than a racial one.
That being said, your blog is funny, and left-wing white poseurs (as well as other people) do enjoy these things.
this is the funniest website i have seen in a long time
even funnier are the posters who don’t get it or only get it half way and try to defend their ethnicity( or lack there of)
That is so TRUE!
My favorite local sandwich shop recently increased their prices from $7.25 to $7.75.
I’m anxiously awaiting for when we break the $8.99 mark!
I can’t tell for sure, but I think a lot of the people who are so offended by this blog are not really the $9 sandwich demographic that the blog is so clearly making fun of. I am one of those lefty-affluent types, and this blog describes myself and many of my friends more than I would like to admit! I don’t take offense to it, though, perhaps because I have the ability to laugh at myself. I don’t really see the harm in laughing at wealthy, liberal, white people. They aren’t exactly what we lawyers call a “protected class” when it comes to discrimination.
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White people like to pay too much for food. See also the organic food, wine and micro brewery entries. Other people would say “this food is great, how much it cost?” “Two dollars!” “That’s a great deal!” Not white people. They find out it was cheap, and they suddenly hate it.
don’t forget dijon mustard…
umm, I believe the correct pronounciation is “sammiches”
LOL! So true. I work in Downtown Chicago and if I get a craving for a sandwich, I have to take my lunch at 11:30 before all the White people get there.
Chipotle is another big one.
I LOVE EXPENSIVE SANDWICHES.
Huh, Someone forgot to send me that memo…. If I have to pay over 6 bucks for a meal, I pitch a hissy fit.
I am a tightwad.
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hey so screw the whole sitting and expensive trendy part… but the sandwich deal is so true… Bay Cities, Santa Monica California= orgasmic (bcdeli.com) and i will wait forever but also why wait if you can be lazy and order ahead of time so it there for you. def have had the my sandwich place is better than urs routine and ur all wrong bay cities kicks all the others to the curb. Also the bread part too crazy good bread here… not panini that shit sucks good old fashioned Italian sourdough just like how they did it when they started in 1925
” Tom
Well how about that. I’ve got a lunch date with an Asian friend on Wednesday, and I suggested Panera. Should I apologize and try something else? But the sandwiches are soooo goood there. Surely he just hasn’t paid enough for a sandwich before, he doesn’t realize how good it can feel.”
Love it – you just combined #63 “Expensive Sandwiches” with #62 “Knowing what’s best for poor people”. Very well done. 🙂
Let’s not forget #55, Apologies. I assume your friend is competent to express his opinion? All you did is suggest a place to eat, and now you’re racked with guilt.
LOVE this blog!
The ultimate non-yuppie ‘kiss my ass you liberal arts moron’ white guy’s sandwich.
http://www.originaltommys.com/burger.php
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As a person who loves to cook. I don’t mind taking a break and ordering a sandwich with my husband outside. but other days like when it’s stormy or snowing I like to cook a warm hearty sandwiches. In fact my husband prefers to have me make his sandwiches at home because he can’t get enough of my good home cooking.
I recently waited half an hour for a fresh angus hot dog with organic sauerkraut. I’m worth it.
Mike post 21
Tipping isnt getting paid extra money just for doing your job, tipping is implied, its the reason that it is legal to pay servers 2.13 an hour, the tips are implied to make up the gap between the 2.13 wage and minimum wage, at least. And servers are actually supposed to make much more than minimum wage, if they didnt they wouldnt put up with most everybody’s nonsense on a day to day basis.
If the eating establishments all had to pay full wage for servers(like 10+plus dollars an hour) and didnt take tips, then your expensive sandwich would be, well, more expensive. And the service would be even worse than it is now. 20 dollars a plate at Denny’s is in your future.
So tip, or don’t go out to eat :p
And I never knew what Panera Bread was until my part black girlfriend at the time took me there. And she is no parts white.
What is even better than the people who do not get this site?
Answer: The people who understand it, but then feel compelled to defend it using upper middle class left-liberal reasoning for why left-liberal whites, blacks, or other groups should not be offended.
This site does not seem offensive to other races to me (unless they’ve been trained to feel very offended very easily). But I’d never try to defend it the way some here do.
Someone even felt they had to take the trouble to explain that just because something is liked by white people that doesn’t mean the site is trying to imply that all people of other races don’t like sandwiches or home renovations. That this statement was even necessary speaks volumes about how much upper middle class white left-liberals have tied their brains into knots about race.
I’m afraid I fall under this stereotype… I can’t resist a good gourmet sandwich. About a month ago, I bought the cheapest sandwich I could find at Cosi. (mozzarella and tomatoes – it was still $6.50 😦 ) Eating it was like having an orgasm. Except the orgasm was in my mouth.
Then again, I also can’t resist the $2 a pound salad bar at the local Chinese place. (mmm… cheap sweet and sour chicken) Haha.
I like expensive sandwiches because the darkies can’t afford them.
to that person who posted that you could make the sandwich yourself from ingredients:
you can not make a restaurant quality sandwich from the store. And if you want to make a nice sandwich with a variety of ingredients, guess what, you have to buy them all individually, and probably waste enough vegatables for 5 sandwiches to make one. (like if you slice up a cucuber, avocado, tomato, or any other fruit/vegetabe)
since i’m not going to eat a sandwich every day, 5 dollars is well worth it to me for a sandwich. (jimmy johns) A loaf of bread will rot faster than i can eat it.
yea 10 bucks is too much. Most sit down places will be about 6.99 for a deli sandwich or maybe a little more for something like roast pork.
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I am a black woman and black people are by far the worst tippers EVER!!! Sad, but true. 😦
Nothing beats a delicious sandwich for lunch
http://mydclunch.blogspot.com/2008/02/first-blog.html
Fight the expensive sandwich!
Also in this category but necessary for its own # on the list: TGI Fridays/Chilis/Bennigans/Applebees
White people love greasy dishes with fun names.
That’s exactly why I do high end fast food. Still the $9 charge, no tip 🙂
I miss my expensive sandwiches. I’d love a reuben right about now.
this is my favorite entry. I almost started crying just reading the title… white people really do f-ing love expensive sandwiches. Last night I got a 9 dollar grilled cheese. IT WAS DELICIOUS. Plus, so hip!
On point! A majority of the time I go out for lunch with a white co-worker and they pick the spot, I always end up spending $10 minimum.
I disagree with this post. I love the institution of sandwich to support it’s bastardization. I know, in my heart, that a sandwich should always be under 5 dollars and under 10 minutes (that’s if there’s a line, which there should be).
I am white and I love to eat my expensive sandwich with a knife & fork.
40 minutes for a good sandwich
an 1 hour and 30 for a table at the most overrated franchise in white history: the Cheesecake Factory! More expensive that better tasting, local cuisine. White people are strange.
than
….must be served with Starbucks’ mocha latte!
This white girl loves cheap sandwiches.
Burger King, Taco Bell,…I’m getting hungry. Think I’ll head down to Wendy’s and get some oh-so-delicious 1.29 chili!
Yo, don’t sleep on the chicken sandwich at Cafe Orlin in the East Village. Chicken cutlet, chopped romaine mixed in with this crazy mayo,tomato and egg* on ciabatta bread.
* I always tell them to hold the egg cause I don’t know what the heck an egg is doing on a chicken sandwich,but maybe that’s because i’m black
I LOATHE expensive sandwiches. I will ride the bus all the way to my house and back between classes, cutting out half an hour of lunch time, just to make my own sandwich. Because it tastes better (i.e. not soggy with a pound of mayo applied hours before), and it’s not 7.95. My work place sells those sandwiches and I judge every last person who actually buys them. There should also be a blog about fruit cups…
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i love to eat these but hate to pay for them. i hit this place up downtown so many times they put a super high tech 5 camera / 2 flat screen displays security system for people to see it go down. can’t wait to hit them up 2day @ lunch. the displays are great i can watch people around me while i rack my lunch. it’s almost to my benifit.
If any of you guys come in to Cleveland, OH don’t forget to stop by Tomaydo Tomahdo.
P.S. White people also seem to be okay with waiting up to 40 minutes for a fancy ass pizza too.
happy to see a fellow ann arborite commenting on this post. as an employee for Zingerman’s, i can attest to the 40 minute lines and shoulder to shoulder waiting in the deli. do expect to spend $20 here as a good sandwich is $13 by itself.
on another note, the truly “booshy” white person does not count chains like Cosi and Panera as a real sandwich shop. don’t get me wrong, i like them both. but those who included those names in your responses need to step up your sandwich eating game!
This is the third blog post that has me pegged as a white person. Especially the part about reminiscing about that sandwich shop in college. It delivered! You got to say, “Hot roast beef,” with a sexual lilt in your voice, and then giggle when you hung up the phone. I know I’ve waited an hour for that $12 sandwich. And yes, I’m smiling thinking about it. Ha! I love this site!
LOL keep em comin
12 bucks for a sandwich? Screw that. Get a beef french dip for five at Phillipe’s down on Alameda.
I like all the things white people like but I’m black!
I am revoking my own ghetto pass.
At Panera, I only eat the free bread they have in the basket up front. Haven’t bought anything yet!
(homemade sandwiches ftw)
Um…white people like sandwiches period. They can eat like, an Egg McMuffin for breakfast, then a tuna sandwich at lunch, and then a burger for dinner.
And don’t get me started on white people and cereal.
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‘wichcraft in Bryant Park has to be a reckless example of white people’s taste for high class sandwiches. I moved to NYC from a meat & potatoes small town down South and when I went there with my intern friends, I could barely read the menu. What the f is frisee??? I know now, but wish I didn’t.
http://www.wichcraftnyc.com/homepage/index.html
124 replies to one post…not bad.
Why do I get the feeling the creators of this blog are going to somehow make a huge profit on this website in the near future and find themselves on the front cover of mags like Wired, etc…?
Would the blog creators like to go out and celebrate your success? I know of a great Jewish deli…um, is there an ATM around here? They don’t take credit cards but they REALLY should… 🙂
@ Rafael (#108), et al
Don’t worry about Cheesecake Factory or any of the PANERA-type places. As the chain continues to dot the ladnscape, the whites described here will abandon it–if they haven’t already. The “wrong whites” know about it.
Remember how whites mocked that gal on “The Bachelor” for asking the tire heir “What’s your favorite chain restaurant?”
(They just read about it, they don’t admit to watching it, as they don’t own TVs–or if they do only watch Free Speech TV and Link satellite etworks.)
someone should start a list called ‘stuff bloggers like’
————————————————————————
#43 – going on and on about things
#20 – taking a joke that only funny once or twice and stretching it into over 100 different posts
#13 – cameras
#10 – eating
#4 – attention
Man I hear that, think this web says the right thing about white people and sandwiches but everyone loves sandwiches so I dont think this website only about white people just people with sandards in life.
I think that this blog is very hilarious. I tried it out the little idea of asking a white person did they like sandwichs and of course, she said yes. So then i told her that i knew a great sadwich place and she said,” me too, i bought a sandwich from there.” That gives me the reason to believe that white people are so predictable.
I’m white and I don’t like to buy expensive sandwiches, but not to say that other white people don’t do that. I know my parents and my siblings like to buy the most expensive thing on the menu rather than just going to McDonanlds for a delicious meal.
Well for me expensive sandwiches are really not my type. I’d rather just go to McDonald’s and with the seven or eight dollars that will buy a sandwhich I’ll just buy seven or eight double cheese burgers. White people also are willing to wait 40 minutes for a good sandwich. That for me is too much time I’d rathetr again just go to McDonald’s thats around the corner and wait maximum five minutes for my food. I also don’t agree that the white people put too much vegetables on there shit. I agree that you have to have the basic stuff like lettuce, tomatoe, onions, and maybe pickles. But cucumbers what the hell is that, this ain’t no salad bar at Hometown Buffet.
I laughed at this and thought “Nah, I’m not one of those”. But then I realised I’m just a *cheap* one of those.
Yes, I had my favourite sandwichery in College. It sold 10 inch sandwich buns… 10 inch round, not long, for £1.50 (about $2 in those days, but don’t believe the exchange rate: £1=$1 in terms of what you can buy, always has been).
Now, I wouldn’t buy a sandwich: I see them as a snack, not a meal. And since I can get a 16″, 16-topping pizza delivered to my door for £6.99+tip, it seems silly to spend that much on a sandwich.
Yeah, tips are included in the wage offers in those industries where tips are traditional: “X/hr plus tips”.
I do love sandwiches. Do you?
http://www.simplysandwiches.net
This is a great site – you got me pegged…
My favorite spot.
http://nhgreenbean.com
/ot all white people eat sandwiches becuase Bill Cosby eats sandwiches.
All white people do not eat lunch at a sandwhich shop. There are several people who eat lunch at sandwhich shops. I myself eat sandwhiches at sandwhich shop no matter what the price is. I have known white people who don’t even like sandwhiches. I think that what the main subject of the story was that people shouldn’t stereotype people. The truth is that they really don’t know. Why stereotype a whole race only becasue you have seen a number of them do something. I thinl that when people do that it just makes them seem dumb.
Well for me expensive sandwiches are really not my type. I’d rather just go to McDonald’s and with the seven or eight dollars that will buy a sandwhich I’ll just buy seven or eight double cheese burgers. White people also are willing to wait 40 minutes for a good sandwich. That for me is too much time I’d rathetr again just go to McDonald’s thats around the corner and wait maximum five minutes for my food. I also don’t agree that the white people put too much vegetables on there shit. I agree that you have to have the basic stuff like lettuce, tomatoe, onions, and maybe pickles. But cucumbers what the hell is that, this ain’t no salad bar at Hometown Buffet.
I’m brown, and having lived in white suburbuia i readily admit that i buy into the expensive sandwiches. i think i do this more than my white friends, who strangely have a stronger affinity for asian fusion than i do. thanks to this blog, I now have an explanation of why.
so today i had a grilled-tofu sandwich with guacamole, caramelized onions, tomatoes, lettuce, gruyere cheese, and capers on nine-grain bread. after a bottle of orangina, I realized my bill was equivalent to a downpayment on a kia. yikes.
and joe — i’m a very asian male. or at least i used to be until i ate expensive sandwiches. i saw a few asian ladies hook up with white dudes, sure, but you know what? rather than get mad, I just started dating white ladies. if I didn’t know better, i’d say you were kind of mad at asian men…are you one of the thousands of telemarketers who got outsourced to india?
I’d apologize as an asian, but you probably have a fellow white man to blame for that one.
Since someone already brought up the whole tip thing…
Q: What’s the difference between a black person and a canoe?
A: A canoe has a chance of tipping.
Sandwiches in general are good and are an important part of White culture. I’m sure when the revolution comes and we are annihlated we’ll still be remembered fondly for our totally sweet sandwiches.
$8 sandwhiches is better than $40 for a large white plate with a 1x1inch piece of fish and a few sprigs of parsely in the middle.
I just had a salmon burger and a couple of beers at the 16th best beer bar in the country. Yummo, Rachael Ray! The place did look incredibly Euro-American. I even drove my german car with the stick shift (oh so white) to this wpp (white person’s paradise).
I was telling my Mother about the “Expensive Sandwich” blog and she says, “Oh like paninis?” Cracked me up! I guess we really are white!
And I have to admit, I LOVE Panera too… but not for the sandwiches… for the sourdough bread bowls and the potato soup! THAT is heaven!
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I remember when white people ate white wonder bread with fluffernutter or bologna and cheese or spam!! White people have come a long way man. It’s good for them to wait 40 minutes for a sandwich, shows they are willing to change and try new things!! All people of all races should have such character building exercises!! 40 minutes a day at anything so productive could really bring us all together and make the world a better place! Let’s do it!!
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A sandwich is a sandwich, but a manwhich is a meal!!!
I grew up in Sonoma, CA. A very white town. The best expensive sandwiches are at Sonoma Market. For good ol’ straight deli sandwiches, go to Broadway Market.
I don’t mind paying for a good sandwich, but I don’t like these places that make me choose a “free” side item, which I know is factored into the price. Especially when I try to get a heatlhier sandwich (hold the cheese, mayo) and the “free” side offered is not-so-healthy. (“Which slaw full of creamy dressing and a large sugary soda would you like with your lo-cal sandwich?”) Give customers the option of getting the sandwich only at a decent price.
Poor white people (aka “trash”) have a creative suggestion for the expensive sandwich people.
Trailerdilla: A grilled cheese with salsa in it. Oh mi Dio, es muy bueno!
Of course you do realize that white women do NOT eat bread? So usually they just eat the middle of the sandwich or make it open face by removing one slab of the butter/oil/aoili/garlic soaked panini? Carbs are the enemy my friend..
Where in the WORLD do you live that sandwiches are $8.99!?!?! That’s a serious question – I’d like to know where. I’ll assume the author lives in New York unless you tell me otherwise.
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This is so true about going to the sandwich shops for lunch. That picture of the sandwich looks so good.
I do enjoy my expensive sandwiches! I’m actually in the mood for one right now. I’m thinking a vegetarian with swiss cheese, tomato basil bread, chipotle mayo, light onions and an over-priced smoothie on the side. Yummy!!!
I do not agree with this because not every white person likes to eat sandwiches and the majority of poor peolpe are white and they cant afford sandwhiches or expensive sandwhiches.
what connotations does sushi carry?
Responding to buckweed
“Why stereotype a whole race only becasue you have seen a number of them do something. I thinl that when people do that it just makes them seem dumb.”
Sweetheart, you’ve said a mouthful. Now you know how hard-working, responsible citizens like myself, who just happen to be black, feel. I love this website. Keep up the comments. I’m so happy to realize that not all white people are bigoted ignoramuses! In fact, there have been only a small minority of them on this site. I am reminded that all of us are just people, who “happen” to be white, black, asian, mexican, native, islander or whatever. But of us are truly assholes and that comes thru in their comments. They know who they are.
Haha I work at a place that sells expensive sandwiches. How true, about 80% of our customers are white and love paninis. Some of the favorites are the “Organic All Natural Roasted Turkey Reuben” and the “Grilled Chiken Pesto.” Of course, they also like to buy the expensive cheeses. You should put that on your list. White people love cave-aged emmental and fromage d’affinois. They like to smell cheese and talk about its “ripeness” when really its just…rottenness.
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so true in San Francisco downtown …
How about the overpriced salads?
If you were to stop serving sandwhiches tomorrow ALL of ENGLAND would fall apart.
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Most likely because most white people can afford them expensive nasty sandwiches, lol…
mmm au bon pan
i used to work in ”the best sammach shop in town” (not really its name, but that what it was refered to as) AND YOU ARE SO SPOT ON!!!
Well I’m a white person and I do love fancy sandwiches. Today my ‘sandwich shop’ unveiled a new one and boy was I excited. It was “Coronation Chicken” with chicken salad, curry, apple, raisons on multigrain with a slice of real cheddar and it was yummy. Only 8.99! The place is known for its bread and has no dinner. Your description is eerily correct because I’ve never seen anything other than white people there.
Count me as a white person who thinks paying more than 2 bucks for a sandwich to be nuts. Beyond that, it better be a burger.
We’re already pushing it with the bun.
Remember, bun’s not meat nor cheese.
WORD!
I am a white person! I don’t get irony! I like sandwiches! Yes!
This makes me want an expensive sandwich.
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i am so hungry.
If whites are so much into this then how does McD’s make it.
I’m black but I’ll stand in line at Katzinger’s Deli in Columbus and get a $10 Corned Beef or Pastrami. I do tip well though 15-20%. I eat dinner at Popeye’s though!
This reminds me of the movie “Bad Santa” when the little boy and his grandma kept asking “Do you want me to make some sandwiches?” HA! Billy Bob kept asking “What the f@*k is up with you people and these fucking sandwiches?”
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Total BS…..We make our own sandwiches all the time, the turkey may be gourmet and it must have bean sprouts, but I will make my own sandwich!
I absolutely love “expensive” sandwiches! I don’t mind paying $10+ dollars for one at all. I don’t mind spending much on food period, especially if it is of great quality and at a good establishment…I pretty much dine out for dinner and lunch (when I’m not stuck at work) like 5-6 times a week. It’s just something about experiencing the many and different tastes (bistro-type) sandwiches have to offer…Only sandwich lovers would understand, can’t really explain it…But, I’m particularly a fan of cheese foccacia bread, basil, pesto, sundried tomatoes, artichoke, turkey et cetera…everything else!
…I just love great food, fine dining…
and the whole tip thing, I’m soo free-handed. It is impossible for me to leave the table without giving a decent tip (I think it’s a female thing)…I want to be remembered as being a good tipper, especially if I will be frequenting there…It’s like, if you have the money, give it. Or even if you don’t have the money, you shouldn’t be there in the first place!
People try to place themselves in certain establishments just for the look or to fit in, but when it comes down to it (the bill) they complain and use the “I’m broke” excuse…
By the way, I’m a young “black” female…with expensive taste which complements my lifestyle!
you should also throw rewards cards into this subset. For example going to the same sandwich shop 10 times gets you a free sub. it actually comes down to about 10 percent off but us white people love getting “a deal.”
Bay Cities Deli? 50 min. wait on the weekend–especially on the sunny weekends when customers can order sandwiches then take them to the beach. You know the view actually heightens the taste of the sandwich? So good though.
Don’t even get me started on Joan’s on 3rd (and how I love the place, though it is ground zero of hell with the customers). No parking, 30 min. wait for $32. We loove it.
Bay Cities Deli? 50 min. wait on the weekend–especially on the sunny weekends when customers can order sandwiches then take them to the beach. You know the view actually heightens the taste of the sandwich? So good though.
Don’t even get me started on Joan’s on 3rd (and how I love the place, though it is ground zero of hell with the customers). No parking, 30 min. wait for $32. We loove it.
And Chipotle? Please do not mention this. This is owned by the evil corporate empire, McDonald’s. No decent person actually eats there…
Bay Cities Deli? 50 min. wait on the weekend–especially on the sunny weekends when customers can order sandwiches then take them to the beach. You know the view actually heightens the taste of the sandwich? So good though.
Don’t even get me started on Joan’s on 3rd (and how I love the place, though it is ground zero of hell with the customers). No parking, 30 min. wait for $32. We loove it.
And Chipotle? Please do not mention this. This is owned by the evil corporate empire, McDonald’s. No decent person actually eats there…
The only thing more entertaining than this blog are the comments! HAAAAAAA
I’m a white person and I’m just tickled to bits that that nasty old Cuban hole in the wall, the one near my office, the one with the pernil and rice and beans and all that nasty cheap Cuban food finally got shut down and replaced with a proper shiny Soho deli with panini and other sandwiches which will cost me in excess of $10.00 when the tax is included. Happy happy.
(not)
(white people also like to quote really outdated tv show jokes, right?)
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Panera Bread… not neccesarily a sandwich shop through and through, because I do love a good bowl of Clam Chowder.
I cant believe you didn’t go after pricey Salads… ever been into a saladworks to order food anyone whos not white, of course not, cause you could make that same salad with the produce you bring hom from the farm every day. And that doesn’t cost anything, since they pay you 50 bucks a week you get food too.
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Of course they’re expensive. They’re all organic, brah. The chicken that got cut up for that sandwich spent its short life eating its own shit – that makes it better for you and the world. Didn’t you know that? Also, you pay for the pesto.
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White people will also remind less cultured white people that Panini is plural, whereas Panino is the singular Italian word for sandwich, thus affirming their superiority. White people often learn this fact while studying abroad in Italy.
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…ohh iinfact id would much rather prefer a torta from a local restuarant where i live “la rana” than an expensive sandwhich…boooooo!
from yours truly,
THE GREAT WHITE CHOSEN ONE
although im white, i really don’t care for white people, especialy expensive sandwich eating ones. i prefer my sandwiches cheap, delicious, and Vietnamese.
When they are not having expensive sandwiches, white people love to boast about their cheap ethnic food finds. One of their favorite ways to review a cheap ethnic restaurant is to comment on how good it is and then say: “it’s a hole in the wall!” They like to compete about who has eaten in the most obscure, cheapest ethnic restaurant and they get very indignant when they find expensive ethnic food (which is anything more expensive than a bag of Doritos). They always think it’s a scam for people who don’t know any better.
Judging by your article and this whole “Stuff White people like”, i can assume that you, yourself are not white.
It’s VERY easy to generalise and stereotype people if that’s what you’re aiming to do, the fact that you are devoting your time to writing these things would indicate to me that you have something personal against white people.
I mean, how specifically is it a problem for you if a white person is prepared to spend $8.99 on sandwich? Or the fact that they like them?
People spend their money on what they consider to be of value or importance to them whether you think it makes sense or not.
Someone else could very well write an article on how your nationally spends their money and what they like and while to you these things might seem normal, to others it might not.
Your article is simply a reflection of beliefs and feelings that you have about white people. It doesn’t mean you’re right. It’s just your opinion based on what you’ve choosen to believe.
I think that this type of thinking causes further racism, What do you gain from writing these articles?
Maybe you should put the focus back on yourself and deal with anything that is there, rather than looking for other people’s backup on your feelings.
Chi Chi x.
After reading this blog and “Stuff Black People Like”, i have discovered that I am an EBP AND! AND! a white woman! LOL!
White people are a buncha lame-ass pussies
if it ain’t Subway, fuhgeddaboutit
Yes! Thank you for this post! Definitely helps me understand all the annoying foodies in town who insist on trumpeting every new restaurant with expensive sandwiches as if they’re gifts from the culinary gods.
And what else annoys me about these people is that they don’t give kudos to the mom and pops that just serve up traditional, no hassle dishes. As if food could only be good if it’s complicated (another thing white people like) and expensive. Puh-leeeze.
Look here…
This site is mediocre at best. It is mildly entertaining. Half of the items on this list are garbage. The effort and thought put into this list is pretty embarrassing.
if you want some actual funny entertainment/blog/writing/insightful/great stuff
http://www.garbarrassing.com
go for it.
yeah, I peeped out your pitiful sight little man. It was garbarrassingly awful. I’d like to stuff you in an overpriced sandwich and throw you in the pacific ocean.
your sincerely
the blogsnog.
https://www.zingermans.com/
’nuff said.
I put chips,vinegar and mayonaisse in my sandwhich
Just yesterday I offered to go get lunch for a co-worker, and picked up a couple of really good sandwiches. The tab, with (non-alcoholic) drinks and a couple of cookies? $38. She was floored. (She is Indian and frugal to a fault–I don’t think she gets Expensive Sandwiches and that as a white guy I am drawn to them.)
I just came across this list and am embarrassed at how many of these things I like/do (Asian Girls, Sarah Silverman, Coffee, Apologies)–though I still can’t take soccer seriously.
Is splitting the bill evenly regardless of who ordered what a white thing as well? When I was in high school, we always calculated our share. The first time I went out to a white business lunch, I ended up paying for way more than my pro rata share. Needless to say, now I try to order the most expensive stuff to get other to subsidize my meal instead of the other way around.
Give me an old fashioned Italian or Jewish deli or a Chicago Dog joint instead of this yuppie sandwich nonsense.
Murray’s on 6th Ave. between 12th & 13th makes a wicked delicious sandwich on a bagel. Some are very expensive. The ones I like not so much.
208 Mr. Kristy Lee Cook
Lol! I’ve wondered about that split the tab equally myself. I like your “let them subsidize” idea, I’ll try it myself next time.
I am white.
I don’t like this site.
Therefore white people don’t like your site.
Is this any different than your thesis for this site? Its the exact same argument except it is what I believe represents white sentiment not you, because I am white and I therefore, as a representative of white people, what I like is what white people like.
Sorry bud, but your proto-racist collectivism is a little disturbing in its cute clothing. Like watching kids that look like boy scouts draped in Nazi symbolism and worshiping German nationalism. Ohhh…but they are so cute in their little costumes.
Get over yourself. You don’t speak for white people, rich people maybe, not white people.
I really don’t see how anyone could argue about or take issue with liking good sandwiches, lol. I don’t care if a Panera You-Pick-Two and a drink costs almost 10 bucks. It’s F-ing good.
I love sandwiches!! But I hate paying $10 for them. Although I’ll do it for a muffaletta because that sucker’ll last me for like 3 meals.
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This yet another example of a breed of white I people I do not know. To me, an example of an expensive sandwich shop is Carl’s Jr. Their six dollar burgers usually end up costing about 12 bucks–that’s a lot for one person. That’s why I like MacDonalds, plenty of cheap crap. Besides, if I want a pannini I make it at home, no, wait, that’s grilled cheese. But, if I add a couple slices of bacon to that bitch it becomes pannini. Ha! Goat cheese my ass! It’s Velveeta all-the-muthafucking-way, bitches!
I, too, am white.
That’s so right.
But only in the night, after a tasty bite.
The forty chickadees scream by in angry flight.
We’re so white, so whitey white.
Wish I may, wish I might, I damned sure I’ll still be white Tomorrow night.
Now,
Where the Asian chicks be at?
Give me a big old slab of tongue or cabesa anyday, and put it and cardboard covered with headcheese and lard. Prosciutto and provolone with mustard on sourdough is for pussies. Where’s my whiskey? This damned bottled water’s getting me all googly eyed!
“Poor white people (aka “trash”) have a creative suggestion for the expensive sandwich people.
Trailerdilla: A grilled cheese with salsa in it. Oh mi Dio, es muy bueno!”
OMG! Quoted for truth. For all the non white people who want to know more about white folks in general, take the trailerdilla to heart.
man yesterday i went to the asian deli in the asian supermarket near me and brought back a vietnamese sandwich for my boss. he asked me how much it was and i said $2.50 (that’s pretty expensive for a viet sandwich too. in Dallas they were 5 for $6) and his head exploded.
AAF,
“…consolation prize”, I believe you mean.
–Joan Dice
I pooped my pants
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Read again, he never said anything about being poor, he said… African Americans don’t tip!!! and anyone who’s ever waited on them, or delivered to them, knows this to be a fact.
I LOVE expensive sandwiches!
(Especially mozzarella, tomato, and basil pesto on kalamata olive bread)
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and procuitto.
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As an interracial guy, I like buffalo chicken sandwhiches that cost eight bucks. Prefer sourdough bread or bread that is mostly flax seed. With no mayo. I only like pine nuts on my buffalo chicken sandwich about half the time though.
Are gourmet hamburgers included in the expensive sandwhich category?
Gourmet hambugers are always served on:
Multigrain/wholegrain kaisers
Brioche
Focaccia
Challah bun (as a jew i don’t see how this gourmet)
Meats include:
Bison
Free Range/Organic AAAAAAAAAAAAAA grade meat
Lamb
“kefta” pattie
Tempeh
Soy based anything
Anything with Quinoa in it
Kobe beef
* chicken and turkey and salmon burgers are considered mainstream and not technically gourmet since these can be found at Kelseys and a variety of “pub like” restaurants.
Condiments:
Heirloom vegetables especially peppers and tomatoes
“wasabi mayo”
“chipotle” anything
chutney
“preserve”
“compote”
“home made” ketchup
hummus
tahini
tzatziki
grilled eggplant
prosciutto
brie/blue cheese/goat cheese
roasted red peppers
Anything with mango in it
any type of “thai” condiment
Tapenade
Grainy mustard.
Avocado
Points are given when served with sweet potato french fries, plaintain chips, organic baby greens, or “latin american style rice”
More points are added if these are served in “mini form” at parties.
Oh one more thing – what about “wraps”….it seems like anything in a wrap is “funky and neat”.
Raucous laughter! What IS this about? The sandwiches at these places are usually expensive! Every now and then, you take away the price and the sandwich does not taste or is any dfferent from something you’d fix athome.Just overpriced!
How can you fit all that in your mouth when you probably also have some other dude’s crank stuffed in there as well? Just how big is your mouth??
My condolences on the passing of Mr. Copeland. He was a true fast food visionary.
Man you take yourself seriously. Let me guess, just about every one of these applies to you!! And now, you’re upset, and you have no way to express your frustration. So, off you go to blog about the lack of political correctness. Are you sipping bottled water as we speak? Trying to figure out which new set of biking cleats to buy? How you and your Asian girlfriend (whom you met while teaching English in Japan) will fit your stainless steel fridge into the home you’re renovating?
Relax E.O. Sit down. And have a nice steaming cup of SHUT THE FUCK UP.
and you have to have a side of low fat low sodium organic soup to go with it. or a weird salad combo or trendy side.
roast turkey, brie, sliced pear, romaine and cranberry mayo on crusty Italian. could i be more white?
I’m white and I hate expensive sandwiches.
Give me a Subway anyday (except for Monday’s McDonald’s day).
The same could be said for you. You are an Angry White Male who was raised in a prominently Asian community and are angry because all the Asian females you fell for never gave you a second glance.
This blog could be look at as a satire. Also, this blog is very true in the same sense as stereotypes or cliches; they are all based on some truth.
Obviously, some people think Asians are weird and funny as there are ‘Chingrish’ blogs directed to pointing out the errors on Asian products with English writing.
Not true! African Am’s do tip. (I’m one, and I TIP ALL THE TIME!!!) ……we just don’t like to…..
Um, I work in a sandwich shop and black folks, in fact, are not known for being inordinately generous tippers. Teenagers are also not known for their tipping prowess. And old folks are apparently required by law to order coffee. And white ladies in their thirties and forties will eat the hell out of some salads(low-cal dressing on the side).
If the generalization is true, is it still offensive and somehow still wrong-headed ?
In the restaurant game, negroes are known as Canadians. As in, “those Canadians don’t tip”
get it neggires?
Chipotle is one of two title sponsors for a U.S.-based pro bicycling team–one that has an invite to the Giro d’Italia, no less.
Team Slipstream-Chipotle. I don’t know whether to cheer for them, High Road (who got George Hincapie when Disco folded), Rock Racing (go Super Mario!), or Astana.
(Yeah, I’m white. Lots of really good riders on those teams–some may be surprised–aren’t.)
So, I’d try Chipotle, if there was one around here.
BAHHHHHHHHHH hahahaha!
Oh, Snap.
I’ve read a few of these and just can’t contain it any longer – White People are MESSED UP!
I love how you’re turning all the annoying little tendencies into something so funny. Some of the pretentious etiquette (especially with the yuppie dater or the corporate bigwig) is just so damn exhausting when you’re used to living in reality.
I don’t know if money and privilege wash out the intelligence or what but..
Dude… it’s a SANDWICH.
Does the kind of Stuff White People Like include things like
Truth, Equality, and Justice?
http://www.survival-international.org
Actually I do tip. As a matter of fact, based on the idea that black people do not tip, I usually oversompensate by tipping too much. Perhaps I shouldn’t tip at all if it is the common belief that all black people do not tip. I’d still be a darkie regardless. Right now I’m just a darkie that tips.
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Dallas…well Plano…which is the big ass suburb of dallas, has a ridiculous amount of expensive sandwich shops. crap, im not even white and i find myself wanting which wich, or corner bakery, or one of the other 398545743 expensive sandwiches.
As a former food service employee, and “darkie” I always gladly tip. It’s my “honky” boyfriend that is the cheapskate.
Yeah, I’m guilty of this one too…
Oversompensate.
My white ass just imagines this is some sort of uncle tom type thing that is frowned on deep in black culture, but is occasionally used to ingratiate oneself with whitey.
I am not white and I just love the heck out of sandwiches and the expensive ones often have the flavor in the meat and other things rather than slabs of mayo and cheese that really dont taste like anything.
That looks pretty good right there.
I used to be a waitress/bartender in places that only white people frequent and many of them don’t tip well. I found this unacceptable because I see that rock on your finger and that big expensive car you drove in…as a black person, i don’t hate on cheap black people because i KNOW what it’s like to want something to eat, and have to share just to cover the bill, let alone give somebody a tip…lol
I don’t.
In fact…I HATE THEM.
Take a reality pill and begone.
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THats why Schlotskys is good. Deliscious sanny’s w/o the inflated tag. And Plenty of other white people! oh wait, we dont like that, yea. Funny list, cant wait to read the rest.
Lol, I know it’s a bit late, but too all of you people (regardless of skin color) who think that Panera or Cosi are part of “expensive sandwhich” category – THEY ARE NOT! What this blog means is the little, undiscovered but uber-expensive sandwhich shops that almost require a dictionary to make an order. Chain restaurants do not count authentic enough for white people 😀
(only La Pain Quotidien excluded from the “chain” category)
this is more of a yankee thing. down south we dont have this kind of crap
Downtown Wilmington, North Carolina has some really great sandiwch shops. The best one however has to be Chelsea’s Wine Bar & Eatery…so, so, soooo fab! The fondue is fabulous, the panni’s are awesome, and they have a great slection of wine…plus they have a late night menu (for after going out)…it’s a really nice place, but doesn’t ‘feel’ like a sanwich shop, it feels more like a very expensive italian place…very great.
I’m black, I always tip, but I do know lots of black people who could stand to be more generous with their tips; the problem isn’t that we never give good tips, it’s that people are always expecting us to not leave a tip, so we often get sucky service. Hello!
Just got back from ARBY’s, of all places, which is probably the whitest of the fast food megachains, and a Market Fresh ranch turkey & bacon with no tomato and stuffed potato bites instead of curly fries, large sized with a diet Dr. Pepper set me back $11, including the coupon for $1 off that I had. Add $2.00 (optional) for the gasoline consumed roundabout in my SUV and we are talking a heavy case of white conscience guilt. For my $14 I could have waltzed out of a Wendy’s with enough saturated fats to put Lance Armstrong on Lipitor for six months, but no, I had to get the expensive sandwich.
My white boss loves sandwiches. When she offers to buy me lunch, its either the deli with a panini press for 9 dollars or a bbq sandwich place down the street, costing about 8 dollars for the sandwich itself. I don’t recall eating anything other than sandwiches with her actually. Honestly, I really don’t like sandwiches, maybe its cuz im not white. lol
For a footlong at subway doesn’t it still set u back around 6-7 dollars?
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See how a sensible person dines out here
See how a sensible person dines out here:
http://mrfroogle.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/money-advice-2-eating-out/
LPQ just came to Toronto and it is really bad. Got trashed by the Globe & Mail too. BTW does anyone know the name of the small frenchy chain in San Fran? Loved it.
Dude. What is up with that advice? You are not going to get great “performance” out of you server if you share an entree and drink water all the time. When you are at work, do you set yourself towards decreasing or increasing your revenue? Keep that frugal stuff to yourself.
That is what broke people say. You should read my blog and maybe you will learn something about saving money.
I’m not broke. Talking about money is just such a bore is all, and actually really irritates me.
What am I saving for exactly? Money is only a tool to trade to have good and important stuff in your and your friend/family’s lives. Also helps to keep the economy moving, and is a way to vote for smart and fine products and services.
People who buy things because they are cheap, sorry frugal, are only supporting more crap quality in this already trashed world. Probably supporting overseas slave labour too.
I agree that diet soda is bad though.
It is nice to hear that you have no money problems, neither do I since I am so Froogle. But what about all those other people who are going through foreclosure and stuff? They can use all the help they can get. See my new posting about FREE moving boxes: http://mrfroogle.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/money-advice-3moving-boxes/
Left La La, California in mid-90’s with visions of white people at Corner Bakery frustrating over choice of the panini and soup du jour, or the goat cheese/arugala/pancetta pizza. Later I’d sight them at Jambo Juice heading out with their ‘healthy’ quart cups of blended fruit/yogurt drinks. On way home I’d see the Mexican domestics waiting at the bus stand to get back home. Ah! California the white nirvana.
Years ago my boss bought a submarine sandwich shop in Detroit. Everyone told him it was a bad idea because of the bad neighborhood it is in.All neighborhoods in Detroit are bad.
Even though robberies occurred often and many cars were stolen, he made huge profits. He told me how the black customers would turn a $5 sub into a $10 sub by ordering extra cheese, meat extra anything (except vegetables) and always bought a large pop.
So it seems black people there liked expensive sandwiches but were spending money they really couldn’t afford.
Haha thanks for the great post!
I’m half-white, and I don’t understand the attraction of expensive sandwiches. Maybe I’m not white enough. I’d go for a cheap shawarma sandwich or a semi-expensive but filling order of roast chicken almost any day.
Comin in here late, but I am white and this is true, I loooves me some gourmet
samiches.
My only beef is a lot of these places are so expensive yet aren’t full service with waiters to take your order. I hate being stared at while I’m trying to make up my mind!
thats funny cause lots of black people expect white people to give them extra money for doing no job (welfare)
Nothing better than roast beef with American cheese, real mayo, on sourdough French roll. or mortadella, salami, with jack cheese on sourdough French, or chicken salad on sourdough French. Anything on sourdough French is good I guess.
We talk about lunch all morning….money is no object for good sandwiches. And by goos sandwiches I mean Chicken Marsala Pizza
There are some new sandwich places in nyc that fit into this category. In my humble opinion, they aren’t even all that good.
http://death-sentences.blogspot.com/
‘YERMOM’ said:
thats funny cause lots of black people expect white people to give them extra money for doing no job (welfare)
WOW! what’s even funnier is you don’t know what the f*ck you’re talking about. The majority of people on welfare are in fact, you guessed, WHITE! Only 33% of people are black. You learn something everday, huh…turn off the T.V. and read sometime.
O, you don’t believe me, check it out for yourself:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,974473,00.html
Wanna be even whiter? Go to a creperie and get prosciutto and Emmental Swiss cheese and baby spinach in a crepe. (Oh, man, is that good.) There will be a nice long line too.
I’m a 53, no, I just turned 54, a proud, black American and I’d like to share a story with you white Americans. My husband and I were visiting Luray, VA about a yr after 9/11. We stopped at a Pizza Hut for an early lunch and it was completely empty except for 3 or 4 white waitresses sitting at a table. One of them took us to a booth where one of the seats had a hole in it so large, an elephant could have fallen into it. Mind you, the place is completely empty. I looked at the waitress and without a word, I walked out. Mind you, during my earlier yrs, I would have called this hussy every name in the book but now that I’m a born-again Christian, my attitude as well as my actions have changed. Now tell me, what kind of service do you think we would have gotten? A tip anyone?
One last thought: American ain’t ready for no black President, period. When will the color of one’s skin not matter in America? IF our REAL ENEMIES ever succeed in dropping that nuclear bomb on this great country, the color of one’s skin will finally not matter ’cause we wont’ have any. May God bless us all during these last days and times.
I’m a white girl, and I won’t pay anything less than $100 for a burger.
Based on where I work, white people love to spend all morning talking about the newest soup or sandwich at Panera, PotBellies. etc.
And then they go there.
And they come back from lunch to talk more about how great that soup or sandwich was.
And it’s rinse, lather, repeat. By the end of the week, they’ve spent 200 dollars on lunchfood.
Black people, however, will take 10 minutes to order a sandwich, and listening to them order the sandwich — you got spicy mustard? yeah. gimme dat — is painful, not because of a dislike for black people so much as a dislike of horrible grammar and bad manners.
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Apparently my idea of what ‘born again Christian’ means is completely off target….
It has to be a great business idea, making a full day’s profit in 4 hours. White people are definitely suckers for this stuff. It costs about $0.07 more to make a ‘fancy’ ham sandwich, but getting $9 must be sweet! The shop owners must close at 3 so they can 3 full hours to finally get their laughter under control before they get home for dinner.
Well, as I always say, “Assholes come in all colors and both genders.”
And I’m happy to adopt Dr. King’s maxim that people should be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Conservatives don’t dislike Obama because he’s black; we dislike Obama because he’s a Marxist. And possibly the Antichrist.
I think you’re probably old enough to remember that all the great segregationists were democrats. Al Gore’s father, for example.
If John McCain has the good sense to pick say, Michael Steele or Condi Rice as a running mate, I’m sure you would be pleasantly surprised to discover just how willing conservatives are to embrace a qualified black candidate.
Uh Yeah, What *IS* with this? Don’t get me wrong! I have been guilty of eating a *haute/uberchic/upscale sandwich or two* myself! The sandwiches CAN taste good and tastes good but for $20 dollars a sandwich it should! I guess I just find it “a little funny” that white people have an uncanny ability way of making things that are normally simple and cheap complex and expensive! It is not necessarily a bad or good thing- it’s just an observation!
ok ok ok ok…
get this….
i used to work at panera. ya’ll white ppl is some cranky bitches. put too much sause or if you don’t ask how exactly they want their sandwich and make it wrong, ya’ll thro a shit fit! i got cursed out on practically a daily basis. can’t you guys just come up and ask me to make it again with out the attitude?
you really should. know why? becuz bitches! me and my whitey white co-workers will spit in yo food!! HAHA!! Mmmm Good sandwich huh?
Totally Dude, Totally
mmmmmPaneraBread….
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You are oh so correct my friend.
Love,
American Whitey
Wild turkey ciabatta with honey glazed ham, brie, wilted rocket, sundried tomatoes and cranberry sauce where I live is about €10 ($16)… plus €4 for a small bottle of French lemonade (imported of course)… you give about €6 for the lemon and lime cream torte (never tart, never pie :P) with organic cream and the ever present kumquat that nobody realises is edible… you’ve got yourself a $30 lunch. RIP OFF!
But I love it… some things are ethe same for white people everywhere 😛
You’re right. One word: coffee. lol.
What really upsets me is that if you want a mug of tea with milk… VITAL to life in Ireland… in an American chain, its a ‘chai latte’.
give me a break! and its not an americano… its coffee, black, nothing fancy nothing strange. get over it!
Sorry, can’t afford them.
actually my favorite white person deli sells expensive sandwiches which start at $7.95 (still expensive, ok?)
even for an asian that sounds amazing…though i must admit i got quite whitewashed over in England. = P
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Just found this blog! I must admit, I love paninis. I have a press at home. If a place like this existed near where I work, I’d be there in a flash.
But it doesn’t…. so I’ll spend almost as much for our cafeteria food. Which is sometimes awesome, and sometimes really, really sucks…
/sigh
Don’t Fret! From cheap sandwiches to expensive sandwiches… they are all covered on SandwichReport.com All races welcome 😉
Thats http://www.sandwichreport.com
this is so true. my boss asked me to go to lunch with her and i had $5 in my wallet. I thought cool. well, when we got to the place the sandwiches were $8. Not a large sub either. It was mushrooms, swiss cheese, something else, feta, greens on some fancy thin sliced bread.
white people love expensive sandwiches!
I love sandwiches…I’d have them every meal of the day if I could…lol
Yep. I’m white…
Maybe “Pretentious Sandwiches” would be better, although, generally speaking, sandwiches with avocado, foccacio, sundried tomatos, olives, and on and on are both pretentious and expensive.
What I love are people who can order a sandwich in less than 1 minute. People who can get out of a checkout line without massive cranial drain, in less than 2 minutes, I worship them, and believe they are the rightful candidates for POTUS.
Also, these sandwhich shops will have two or three soups to choose from – one is potato leek or french onion and the other is some unpronounceable soup which is probably the leftovers from the day before.
Whatever happened to simple bologna and cheese on wonderbread?
that’s because expensive sandwiches taste good!
Me too. I’m in love with panera bread.
Have you ever tried Nutella? It’s a hazelnut chocolate spread that is awesome! The little Italian kids used to make a fortunate in the playground because these little sandwiches were like currency.
Ferrero is the Italian company that makes it. Boy, they make those lovely Ferrero Rocher chocolate too.
Thank you white people! Thank you!
Half Fast Subs on the Hill at Boulder, CO is my favorite sandwich joint. Try the Gobbler with Chicago peppers; it’s as if you are enjoying a Thanksgiving meal during a midweek lunch. Also, I would like to recommend their “Strong Islands”. Those will knock you on your ass. If you are in Boulder, try out the Mountain Sun or the Southern Sun. It’s a renouned local brewery. The Amante Coffee house has pretentious atmosphere, but has good expensive sandwiches, awesome Italian style coffee (I’m sure it’s not as good as the authentic one you had during your backpacking stay in Naples, Florence, or Rome), and shows soccer games on a plasma TV. Finally, the Great Harvest Bread makes some dank sandwiches. The Panera Bread is just too corporate for me:).
By the way, I’m a Korean-American male who went to school at CU. I love to ride my bike, eat brunch at The Buff or this little New Orleans themed placed by Pearl with my predominantly white friends, listen to indie rock, eat expensive sandwiches, and absolutely love sushi. Now that I have mentioned that delicious piece of raw fish, I want to say that it’s true about taking a white date to a sushi place. It’s foul proof if you are Asian, because we “automatically know where the best sushi places are in town”. For future reference, I think this website is long overdue for subjects such as cheese, Boondock Saints the movie, live acoustic music, and dancing (swing, jazz, tap, salsa, etc).
I think this has more to do with income demographics than skin tone…
Wooglins Deli in Colorado Springs…I think most of my student loan check went to that place.
Also, it was conveniently located next to a liberal arts college…more stuff white people like.
You want white, wheat, sourdough, french or rye with that?
I don’t think this user gets this site.
Anybody dumb enough to be hostile toward a food preparer, deserves it. Just don’t do it to me. I keep my mouth shut. And throw my change into the jar.
To the topic in general- it’s disheartening to hear about $8 sandwiches. Thank God for Potbelly (no plug intended)… I’ll stick with their somewhat undersized $4.20 sandwiches.
Grilled cheese anyone?
that sandwich looks effing delicious.
So… I was in Panera the other day. It was lunch hour in Redmond, WA (near the Microsoft campus), so there was a sea of white people (and a few Indians) in line and seated. I was waiting for probably 20 minutes before I got my salad to go.
While waiting for my order to come up, I swear to god I heard the following line. This is line which, if I hadn’t heard it personally, I would assume someone had made up for a blog like this. But I promise you, it’s true.
Three white folks at the table. The girl on one side picks up her complimentary fresh mini-baguette (which is served with most everything there), and utters the following line. Mind you, she did so without a hint of irony or self-awareness in her voice. She was dead serious.
Quote:
“The French have a different view of bread.
They believe it should be crispy on the outside, and chewy on the inside.”
And as she said the second line… She literally tore off a piece of her baguette…AND EXAMINED IT.
Luckily my order came up shortly thereafter, because I could barely contain my chortles at this point.
My only beef is a lot of these places are so expensive yet aren’t full service with waiters to take your order.
Bingo.(laughs)
She learned that from “Ratatouille.”
I would pay 13.99 for that sandwich and not a penny more. Oh it’s multigrain? Ok fine 14.99.
Sandwiches are delicious. I would pay $23,783.94 for one. If made correctly.
dude this is so true!!! i went into potbelly’s the other night with my friend and we are both hispanic, and we were the only hispanics there!!! everyone else was white!! but hey potbelly’s is amazing! I LOVE WHITE PEOPLE & POTBELLYS!!!
love it! http://www.SHOP-LUSCIOUS.com
I am so hungry for a sandwich right now!
Remember, kids, if the meat is green, you put your dollar bill in the wrong place.
Lol! allblab.com
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Just found this site from a Slashdot talkback. I think I found my new Fark. I love sammiches. Here is a pretty good (terrible) delicious (sodium filled) sammy:
1. Get a frozen turkey dinner (Hungry man does nicely)
2. Microwave it up
3. Take a good size hero/roll/hoagie (nothing round, something long) and lightly toast it up
4. Put the entire contents of tv dinner meal (or as much as you can fit) unto said lightly toasted roll
5. Enjoy!
Good sammiches:
1. White bread, real butter, peanut butter (house brand or name-brand equivalent; “natural” peanut butter isn’t salty enough and it has that disgusting oil in it), grape or strawberry jelly.
2. White bread, beef bologna, American or Swiss cheese, Miracle Whip, your favorite mustard.
3. Wheat bread and butter
4. White bread and pimento cheese spread.
5. White or wheat bread and chicken salad.
6. Grilled (American) cheese–white or wheat bread.
Expensive sandwiches fucking rock, I had one an hour ago a 10 dollar quiznos sub!
I forwarded this website to a few friends and was surprised to learn how many of them both white and non-white were oddly confused by the website.
I ended up having to send another email with the following –
All,
My apologies to anyone aggravated by the article I sent (oops, see #55).
The website: Is it sweeping generalizations and stereotyping (yes). That’s often how parody works. I see it as this guy’s observations of a mish-mosh of contemporary types fused into a single “concept”.
Marissa
P.S. Being Caucasian looking is NOT a requirement to be a member of the nation.
The ‘stuff white people like’ nation.
Um, this is kind of fun, but…
I checked the List carefully and couldn’t find any of the following items. Without these addenda, the list looks suspicously like “Stuff White Liberals Like That Make White Conservatives Feel Uncool.”
Here’s “Stuff the Other Half of White America Likes”:
1. Camo.
2. Furtively giving the IHOP a quick “demographic scan” before telling that joke.
3. Neighborhoods with no sidewalks.
4. A left-turn light in front of the SuperCentre.
5. Bumper stickers
…(oh, that’s already on the list, but the entry doesn’t include “Poor = Lazy” or “Drill Here, Drill Now” or “America Bless God”)
6. 50-mile commutes
7. Home-schooling in a good school district.
8. Israel (but not the actual Jews there!)
9. Hot sauce collections
10. Stockpiling canned food, in case the pre-millinnealists are right, not the post-millinnealists….wait, let me go check my Hal Lindsey library.
11. Pregnant white teenagers (not the other kind of pregnant teenager)
12. African immigrants (if they follow the right religion) as examples of industriousness and modesty.
13. Federal funding—from another region’s tax base.
14. Shopping centers that are less than 3 years old.
15. One-piece underwear (in Utah, mostly)
16. Gear that requires custom trailers
17. Trampolines
18. Race (not that kind, I’m talking about the Kentucky Derby, Daytona 500, etc)
19. Rude staring.
20. Pronouncing “One nation under God” as “One nationunder God”
21. Hockey
22. Softball
23. The Celtics (the team and borrowed Scottish pride)
24. Cherry-picking MLK quotes about hard work
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congrats! you got the point of the blog! by “white people” the author means “upper middle class urban liberals.”
if you need it spelled out for you, see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfRgjW4hFcU
My favorite expensive sandwich is the the TBM at Cosi; that’s tomato-basil-mozzarella. Expensive sandwiches are neat! Yum!
i like pesto, tomato, and mozzarella on whole wheat.
amer’s deli. faaantastic.
lol jon, lol.
Potbelly’s is actually downright cheap compared to some of the other places mentioned. I went to the U. of Michigan, and everyone raved about this place called Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor. I went there a couple times, and the food was decent enough, but not so much as to justify spending $12 for a freaking sandwich.
Even the dessert?
Quiznos?
WKOWP
hmm, i serve sandwiches in a deli. they are very expensive and fancy. apparently i am coveted!
Here is one of the best sandwich EVER…. Swear to God.
*Really good, kinda soft (not the hippie hard stuff) multi-grain bread
*1/2 an avocado-dead ripe
*sliced havarti cheese-dill or caraway seed
*sliced roasted red peppers
Place sliced avocado, cheese and roasted red peppers on bread. Dizzle with Annie’s naturals Godess dressing.
YOU’RE WELCOME.
J
One Word: Zingerman’s… If you have no idea what I am talking about you need to go to Ann Arbor and eat at their Deli (after your football team destroys us).
Destroying M*ch*g*n is easy to do this year. GO BUCKS!
As for a good sandwich shop. I like this placed called Ingredients. Best panini sandwich..EVER!
Hahaha, I sometimes do that late at night, after I get off of woek (Bartender in a Nightclub…btw, white people love me. They always want to know your name, so as to impress their friends the next time they visit, and in the hopes of a free drink…we like to give them funny fake names, btw…).
Anyways, the TV dinner sammich is an awesome white-trash staple since childhood.
My fave sammich is pretty not expensive, at least for San Fran.
Tommy’s Joynt *Made famous by Metallica as their fave hangout)
Sourdough roll, loads of turkey (They cook 10+ a day, everyday…), some mayo, pepper, I get a turkey gravy cup for the ‘au jus’ effect. All for 5.25. My favorite ‘sneak-in’ for the movies across the street on my days off.
OMG! THIS IS THE FUNNIEST CRAP I’VE HEARD ALL DAY! White people sure will wait for a good sandwich! HAHAHAHA!
Oh my gosh. I laughed too hard. I think I threw up a little.
white people like to feel superior and privileged and nothing reenforces this feeling more than paying more for something
GOD MADE BLACK PEOPLE AND WHITE PEOPLE AS WELL AND YOU REMEMBER THAT
Well I need to get up on this philosophy. What costs a lot that I can open up and business and sell to white people?
that looks like a good sandwhich
well worth the money
Incorrect train of thought.
‘What costs a little bit, but can be sold for TOO MUCH?’
There you go, instant white trend. Damn you iMacs.
8.99 for a SANDWICH?!?!?!?!? i think im gonna have a heart attack…
Yup, too bad he didnt make grammar…or even sense…
I’m black and love sandwich shops..Hell, I heart paninis cause its damn good:-)
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Too pussy to go all the way and be a vegan, huh?
The juxtaposition of these two posts are absolutely hilarious. I quite literally laughed out loud at work.
it looks like a ham and cheese sandwich with bacon on toasted wonderbead. man, tell me those ingredients aren’t all in your kitchen.
LOL I love people who think their opinions matter, especially when regarding things so trivial as this site. God made us all with a sense of humor, too.
What an idiot… “You darkies”??? It’s a wonder people hate white people. It’s the ones like YOU that give the rest of us a bad name.
I’m white and I wouldn’t pay 8.99 for a sandwich, unless it was one of those long party ones. That would be a good deal!! Lol, I can make my own fancy sandwiches at home, without having to wait 40 minutes.
This site is hilarious and everybody needs to quit being so opinionated about it. It’s not offensive to anyone. It’s just FUNNY. So, get off of your high horse and have a laugh.
$8.99 is a little riduclous. but i do love a good sandwich! so much better than a burger.
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where do you live? visit any city.
That’s because they’re nuts! You never have to wait in line for one of those gas station sandwiches
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Why do white people cut the crusts off their sandwiches? Just curious…
We don’t digest well. have a lot of allergies. Read the “Hummus” section of the website if you have any questions.
Yeah, it does seem white people LOVE expensive sandwiches. I work at subway, and even though it isn’t necessarily a really nice sandwich shop, I think the prices of our sandwiches are ridiculous. $9.00 for a footlong philly steak??!! You could get a real steak and put it on the grill for the same price. And it mostly white people that come get subs from there. I guess this blog give insight into why!!
Damn, I’m eating an $8 tomato, mozz, basil, and prosciutto sandwich called a Dissertation right now while reading this list.
Yes i’m white, i don’t know why you would even bother to ask.
And why buy a 591mm bottel of Coke when you can get a 2L bottle of RC Cola at the gas station for the same price?
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WOW…. Im in the wrong buisness!
Bread 1.24 for 24 slices
1 package of bologna 1.34
Fancy Name : Sammiches by Pier
Selling them for 8 buck a piece Highway robbery.
Mimicking British upper class?
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just kidding
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I would contend everybody likes sandwiches, white people obviously have more complex palates and need more then your average Arbys or Subway
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i do enjoy a good sandmich
White people will wait for an hour for a crusty, soggy sandwich. – Arunabh Das
guilty…brutally fucking guilty.
I get the “I’d tip you, but I’m really broke” line from time to time while delivering.
“Really?” I think. “You’re broke? You’re broke and you’re spending your last $17 on ten slices of pizza?”
$17 goes a helluva long way at the grocery store.
This blog is so painfully accurate…I swear to god “clander” was sitting at a table across from me when I ate my 9-dollar falafel and feta on focaccia with garlic aioli. Brutal…
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Hilarious! When my Japanese boyfriend came back to North America with me, he wanted and couldn’t get enough of the huge sandwiches here. They just don’t do ’em like that in Japan 🙂
I’m snackin on a ten dollar sub as I’m reading this.
OMG….THIS IS SO FUNNY I WORK AT A “SANDWHICH SHOP
” AND ALL DAY I WATCH THESE FOOLS COME IN AND CRAVE THESE SANDWHICHES THAT ARE RAPIDLY SENDING THEM TO THE POOR HOUSE…LEARN HOW TO MAKE SANDWHICHES @ HOME WHITE FOLKS..LMAO!!
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Those dumb white peoples are so stupid. they spend 8 bucks for stupid sandwich—A SANDWICH. without drink, chippers, etc.. how dumb can you white people be. afterwards it’s about 15-20 bucks, might as well go to a nice restaurant for that high price.
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Elysa, you’re so white:
https://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/05/28/101-being-offended/
I’m a vegan and can tell you for a fact that 9 times out of 10 there are NO vegan options. Veganism is not nearly as trendy in the liberal elitist community as you seem to let on.
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I WANT A MILLION DOLLARS!!! Can one million RICH WHITE PEOPLE send me one dollar apiece, puh-lease????
I don’t want money from any Asians, or Blacks or Hispanics. You guys NEED your money. I only want one dollar apiece from RICH WHITE PEOPLE who seem to WASTE their lunch money on expensive sandwiches.
Waste it on me instead. Thanks so much! (First person who comments “You ARE a waste.” is a rotten egg. You thought it. I know you did. Stop lying. See? I knew it.)
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that makes it white, cuz ur complaining about ur unusual choice of diet. which in turn, makes u happy because u are a crusader. I was vegetarian and dudee…..i was the same way ^^
I’m not white thnically, but i grew up in a white suburb in NJ. meh.
Thought he meant Nation of islam
haha there were so many of these sandwich shops when i went to new york and san francisco. i’m not white, so i couldn’t afford the high priced sandwiches, so i ordered half a pint of milk. it cost four dollars.
frozen yogurt should also be included in this list. whenever i pass by pinkberry, the only people i see inside are whites and asians.
Over a three day period I went from eating a goat cabeza barbecoa taco (TX), to a pulled-feral-roadkill-pork po-boy (MS), to a tempeh, sprout & avacado on some kinda mystery hemp bread (NYC: probably fail my next piss-test over that one?) and ALL of these joints had one thing in common… Cholula’s pequin & carrot hot sauce. The one place had Marie Sharpe’s! So, maybe White people are indeed finally developing taste buds? None of the places had any real beer though…
Ever heard of Cheba Hut in Boulder, CO.? Sandwiches are delicious, expensive, and the place really grinds my gears because of that. It is also full of Marijuana Pariphanalia (I know I can’t spell, I don’t give a shit) and they use that to attract that college atmosphere and thus are considered white and “in”. White people have no culture.
Fuck you.
give me a $4 falafel wrap any day…
ever had a ‘wish’ sandwich?
you have two slices of bread,
and you ‘wish’ you had some meat in between them.
cost? $5.99
Fuck you
I live in boulder and go there
I love it when white people said I’m not white enough to go into Subway, Quizno’s or Schlotzky’s (they just arrived in the Palm Springs area), I make my own sandwiches or bring in a lunch to work, the “brown bag/lunch-pail” Democrats of blue collar origins…or the jokes about Native Americans on the rez only eat baloney-white bread-sandwiches to wash down with wild turkey, malt liquor or listerine schnapps. +
Once a week you can go to Subway, Quiznos once a month or when a coupon from Schlotzsky’s comes to my mailbox. I would eat a big mac, whopper, famous star or jumbo jack, but hold the fries, have a small salad and drink water/diet coke/sugar-free lemonade. I walk a mile or two per day in the summer heat, still in my late 20’s and grew up in what doctors said underweight, therefore I worry too much on my health, wealth, youth and class (how white is that?) +
Thanks to the recession(s) of 2008, 2001, 1992 and 1982: all the good eateries in Indio Cal. disappeared: Wendy’s is the only fast food failure, followed by Hogi Yogi, Straw Hat pizza and Naegle’s Mexican restaurants. We lost Denny’s, Diary Queen, Baskin Robbins, and whatdayaknow Taco Bell with 3 del taco and 100 other Mexican eateries. Back in the 1970’s, my parents would eat in the A&W cafe (about 3 of em along old route 99) and sadly all of them burnt down in the late 1980s. I know where televangelist Jimmy Swaggart got arrested in the trendy tourist trap Clark’s auto/truck stop museum. “I have sinned all against you” (sob). +
“Made fresh out of San Antonio…where they know what salsa should taste like.”
“This stuff is made in New York City. New York city???”
(find a catch phrase). “Might as well be made in Fresno”.
In other words, not taste like Del Monte ketchup. +
Arby’s is closing down everywhere, same goes to IHOP, Fosters freeze, Pick Up stix and Sizzler. The restaurant business is hardest hit in the Palm Springs area followed by hotels, real estate, landscaping and agricultural from the ongoing drought. The recession has hard hit Indio, but the worst case scenario is the vacated malls and shops along Palm Canyon drive in Palm Springs. So far, Palm Desert has not died or turned into a ghost down, the Westfield mall is really priced out…and nobody goes there on the weekend. The Indio fashion mall and Palm Springs mall are empty, bankrupt and closing down. +
Remember when sub shops were popular among Jews or any stereotyped cheap ethnic group? God that was then in the 1970’s this is now going onto 2010, we have a half-black president, the wealthiest person on earth is Mexican of Lebanese descent and the Chinese have the world’s biggest economy in size. As a man of 1/5th American Indian descent, white people keep asking me “do I get a check in the mail…from a casino?” I tell them, “nope, the white man won’t let me”. +
Amber, they want to eat healthy or be like the Jared guy who lost weight (150 lbs?) by eating only subway subs, as well cutting out junk and exercising by taking a walk. I love the slogan “Subway, eat trash”. Better than fast foodie McDonalds’ “we love to see your big @$$ smile”.+
More like mimicking white ethnics in New York in places named “Goldie’s”, “Karcynski’s” and “Pinella’s” or the NY US expats in Toronto opened sub sandwich shops everywhere by the name “Subway” in 1965(?). So far, the New York escapees in Palm Springs area opened one sub sandwich shop every 2 miles with names like “Big Philly’s”, “NYFD pizza” and “the Windy City” to capture the bit of fresh air atmosphere. I don’t think the white people wanna be like the Brits, didn’t know the sandwich shop trend was theirs. +
Marissa, the six dollar burgers in Carls’ jr. here in the west (whom owns Hardee’s in the east coast) are angus all-beef restaurant-style delicacys for (get ready, this is true) $3.95 to $4.45! I’m not kidding, some burgers out there are much better than a dry, salty or blend sub twice the price. +
What do M&M’s and people have in common?
They come in different colors (or some have nuts inside).
It’s obvious a few idiots in America into creationism also feel whoever believes in the concept of race are “evil”. The neo-cons reject the primate genetic human evolution theory are claiming eugenics was a socialist ideology. For a left-wing socialist white liberal objecting to racism, that’s an odd way for religious fundies promote the belief god created people in all shades of brown…from a speck of dust. +
How white are you? where you live is near (abandoned) gas stations, 10 liquor stores/convenient stores, one huge ethnic market and 5 bars/places serve alcohol by the drink. Sounds like a freakin’ ghetto does it? Nope…it’s a barrio near a reservation by the center of town. Indio rules! +
It depends on what kind of white person: Archie Bunker of the 70s-era TV comedy “All in the Family” is one of them, and then there’s Lucille Ball who isn’t on “I love Lucy” stars with her husband on TV and real life Desi “Ricky” Arnaz. +
I bought a stouffer’s microwaveable panini for $1.15 in a wal-mart, I saved 8 bucks (my average hourly wage) to blow it on crack, booze and hookers (I’m kidding!!!). The problem is, white people act like they can have 10 in the wallet, but normally I carry 2 to 3. I’m their equal huh? +
Big Macs for $2.99 may well be overpriced junk food, but the McDonald’s corporation wants to hire “poor” people and get paid starving wages to promote first-world poverty. The typical “I’m a white American middle-aged yuppie guy” rant: don’t you bother to see the back kitchens of any McD’s? +
I know you spambot wants to lure us white people to the state of Utah. No thanks, it gets too cold and snowy up in the mountains, and the thin air (4500 foot high elevation) of a place like Provo makes coastal sea-level dwellers out of L.A. or O.C. airsick. But hey, no smog and 90 degree heat, and it has the “four seasons” including the pollen allergy one. Don’t waste $10 on subs (Cal. price), it’s 6.50 in Utah without the tax depending on county. +
Fast food could be a dead industry whenever the next big recession comes about in the next decade. Don’t we wish to be in 1973 the last time the US economy was relatively good, stable and not prone to crisis-like changes? Screw the “big/easy” 80s and “it’s the” 90s to bring us to the ’00s stands for zero wealth. No more cheap eats, gas or bills, welcome to the world of debt, downfalls and downsizing. Now what do you want on your $8.30 (per hour) sandwich? +
Thank you for that compliment 😀 My maternal grandma grew up in Lakewood near Denver, and is that somewhere near South Park? Nope, Boulder is where that Mork alien lived with his human GF on that 70s comedy show. “Nah noo nah noo”. +
1. huh? Camaro? No vado, I have a Prius.
2. Don’t try this at (my) home (state) Cal. maybe at Norm’s or Ruby’s or Coco’s in Orange.
3. Any rural area would do, East side Tulsa is one spot.
4. Wal-Mart? May not apply in Quebec Canada or New Jersey.
5. Do intentionally bump into a car with a Palin or McCain campaign sticker.
6. Times two in southern Cal.
7. Becauses the classes have to be in Ebonics (in Oakland Cal.), Spanish (ESL Jr. High Escuela) or Cantonese (UCLA High school)? School segregation seems nostalagic now.
8. Oy! You won’t like the Palestinians either (they’re terrorists), white people are more afraid of them Arabs.
9. Blacks, Mexicans, Thais and Cajuns love it hotter.
10. Send the canned food to those rednecks in the trailer park over there.
11. Ditto, white nerds prone to weird fetishes. 😉
12. Jamaicans? They never pass the whiteness test.
13. Build an opera hall where a hospital is badly needed.
14. Most of them are vacant or new store plans fail.
15. Also whisper a Mormon joke when they aren’t looking.
16. White libs love rural camping, white cons hate rural poverty.
17. And bring on the girls (think of the “Man show”).
18. Never discuss race with anyone, but show off how you may be 1/100th “Cherokee” to someone from Oklahoma.
19. Only Filipinos, Mexicans and Arabs stare…at our women.
20. “God? who? He don’t exist, we follow the enlightened one, Buddha. Our faith has no god really.”
21. How come Nashville has a NHL team, but not Winnipeg?
22. “Chicks play it” but so can they play baseball, soccer, basketball (WNBA) and ice hockey (sexist s.o.b.’s)
23. Redskin nation are their worst enemies (racist name).
24. The inspiration for Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and the other civil rights leaders with “reverend” titles.
and may I add 3 more on the list?
25. The heat, but not the humidity.
26. World peace, after the war profiting stocks dry up.
and 27. Vegan diets, but will eat a BLT with cheese sub. +
Boulder is like one of the capitals of white people, along with SF, etc. …..thats true though….I betcha you still eat there anyway LOL
bread, mayo, mustard, deli meat, lettuce, tomato,===$8-12 dollars???!??!?!?!?!?
STUPID WHITE PEOPLE. what’s next driving a saab or volvo (passed on from rich parents/trustfunder deelite)
wait this is one of the things i dread as a white!!
i got food poisoning from one of these infamous sandwhich shops >(
….& these restaurants are also Organic? LOL
i’d wait about 20min for a $20 meal…fuck 40min….i can make sandwiches at home in that time…i dont think expensive sandwiches are a very funny and stereotypical joke of us anyway….come on you can do better than that….how ”bout doing one on expensive strollers…for jogging white women…hmmm??
WHAT AN ODD SPECIES
LMAO so true….this whole website is extremely accurate! I think about the things on here every time i see a white person now – I guess they have lost their uniqueness because of this.
ok hold up: if these white people are supposively non science majors and have unwealthy jobs, how can they afford to eat regularly 15 dollar sandwiches? and go camping, and eat sushi, and drive prius’, and travel, and all the other expensive hobbies that only upper middle class white folk can afford to enjoy???
good grief! you make me feel guilty for throwing away money I could use to feed you one of these sandwiches you minorities cannot afford on a daily basis >>
i thought you people liked “being offended”
no one is hiring , even those “science” majors–whatta gonna do, play with lab mice with a bachelors as some assholes tech and make $11-14/hr?????
ha! this is an awesome point!
Who hispanic people? There not that odd, now black people on the other hand are the oddest of all races!
Yeah most spics can’t spell…
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mexican people NEVER would pay 10-15 dollars for the sandwich–that is a total rip off.
Drug dealing.
– MPM
As a very white, very upper class person this post gets my stamp of approval. The best thing about this blog is that all the things I don’t like, even though all my white friends like them, are listed on this blog. It’s amazing!
um, because they are upper-middle class… He’s talking about class here, not necessarily race. I thought that was fairly clear…. ?
Found this site after perusing stuffblackpeopledontlike.blogspot.com and I have to say it is hilariously written and spot-on. I personally have no TV and am training for a Marathon.
The writer’s of this site are fantastic, keep it up!
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Im a minority and i would take that sandwich and shove it up your ass. I think that would be worth 15 bucks!
your poorness sickens me
what’s so awesome about the sadness that is “confused”?
they’re not talking about a 12 inch chicken “teryaki” from subway
sandwhiches?
god, is everyone stupid?
give me three examples of how you have more “culture” than anyone else
Greg buys expensive sandwiches. He likes to put them under his white robe in his lunch pail. He then stuffs this under the seat in his Ford pickup.
Only a liberal would own a ford. My wife makes my sammiches and they go on the front seat of my Chevy.
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OMG!! Sooooo true 🙂
I work at Panera, and besides the fact that we do open for dinner, you described it perfectly!!! I have never seen soo many white people at the same time in the same place, than at Panera during lunch time. And business meetings by the dozen. Perfect!
SANDWICH = favorite food
I am also African-American and I am a very generous tipper based on service. On great service (fantastic food and atmosphere), I have left as much as a 40% gratiuity.
Sometimes I encounter wait staff who have already ‘written me off’ and purposely ignore me during my meal.
OMG and if I order water with lemon, I really get some ‘looks’.
Once my husband and I waited well over an hour for our meals. We ordered from the Prix Fixe menu.
We saw people come and go, enjoying their meals. The people who filled water glasses apologized, as we waited and waited.
From some of the comments I have read, I guess they expect me to leave a lousy tip or no tip at all so I don’t disappoint, I give them what they expect and leave a note on the receipt.
So if you work at a restautant and receive the following comments from a black woman:
‘I was prepared to leave a generous gratuity based on service, but I did not appreciate being ignored, so you get what you deserve’ or
‘I have choosen not to leave a tip based on service’ realize it was me!
I get really frustrated when I receive rotten service. So I make a habbit of commenting on websites that solicit reviews (of course after speaking to the management) In fairness, I also comment on places that deliver quality food and great service.
This can become a viscious cycle.
I work with the public and treat everyone as if they are as important as the president of the U.S. It is not hard.
I want to be the change I wish to see and experience.
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Curse you, I was already starving!
This is a perfect description of going to Ike’s for Sandwich Friday and yes, you are waiting 40 minutes for a Sandwich…
two dirty rednecks…a liberal wouldn’t own American made heaps…and when either of you two can fork over the wolf-moon t-shirt money for a sandwhich more than $2.99 I’ll be amazed.
Except you call yourself a “baller” and added “banker,” which makes you the wrong kind of white person. sorry
What came to mind is they may have coupons or have the boss pay for it for company lunches. I believe Subway has those $5 footlong discount deals, and Quizno’s gotten into the act of $5 limited select sandwiches. These upper-middle class professionals know where to go for lunch…or better yet, bring their own lunch to work (more commonly done).
I came to believe this should start off a spin-off blog: Stuff Jewish People like! Delicatessens are definitely Jewish (but not every customer is one) and well known to cater to the trendy affluent crowd. It’s just as stereotypical like to claim KFC or Popeye’s fried chicken are popular with black people.
What about Jews? They are “cheap” when it comes to tips. But they LOVE deli-style sandwiches, esp. in New York and Philly with some living in Chicago known for its’ sub shops. Recent migrations of North East coast and Chicago people into Florida and the Southwest brought over interesting sub shops into new corners of the USA. The most likely place to find them is in Sun Cities and retirement havens, where many patrons or clientele are from NE and Midwest, and a great percentage aren’t only elderly, but Jewish too.
Or head over to Wal-mart for groceries, where you can meet alot of white people in your income range (not well off) and many of them are southern rural rednecks. OW! That was so mean. I bet you can shop for groceries where black people and Latinos go to: the ghetto, a.k.a. super-mercado Cardenas, authentic Mexican style butcher shops.
* stuff jewish people like – klezmer songs with a lone violin or clarinet played during sabbath synagogue service.
* stuff arab/iranian people like – huge family weddings held in hotel banquet rooms (same goes with indians, greeks, italians & armenians).
* stuff black people like – $200 nike sneakers, fubu jerseys, hooded sweaters & sagging baggy pants, and don’t forget the gold-painted tire chain necklace.
* stuff mexican/hispanic people like – 1970s’ soul hits sang by chicano singers played on their AM radio while driving a 1967 oldsmobile.
* stuff chinese/japanese people like – ginger root juice is the ancient oriental secret to remove business suit stains in their laundry shops.
* stuff american indians like – drinking listerine for liquor that was a waste of tribal check money.
* stuff chinese/japanese people like : play Evony or Worlds of Warcraft RPGs from their PCs all weekend.
* stuff Arab/iranian people like: give the “evil” eye to your nemesis, like the neighbor’s boy who won’t leave his/her daughter alone.
* stuff American Indians like: Listening to great-grandma’s tribal oral tales while she knits a native blanket for a veil.
and one more, stuff black people like: Liberal democrats, esp. they are black, church reverends & “preachs on!” and are community organizers.
Now if it was a black family waiting 2 hours long at a table, they (a small but real chance) would be yelling “Racism! We are being denied service! I will sue for discrimination. Call the NAACP, Jesse Jackson and the liberal media. This place is Racist against us!” and there goes the business license.
You don’t need a ghetto pass to eat in a pricey sandwich shop, but black people are finding their favorite soul food joints in many urban areas vanishing or changed over to Hispanic/Mexican eateries. As the demographic changes in America are affecting both blacks and low-income whites, the pricey sandwich shops are really making things worse.
And last but not least (#99) is attention whores/LJ drama, when you get banned on your best friend’s blog because he or she decided to without explaining to you why…and find yourself banned from the service for your whole life.
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i honestly think panera bread is a place for white people to be “seen” not really because they believe in the cause. like how white families go to church in the south.
I had an expensive sandwich at lunch today
I fucking love expensive sandwiches
i hate sandwich shops, especially the overrated chain ones like Panera Bread or Brown Bag. The clientèle mainly consists of overstuffed, arrogant yuppies who are there to kill time on their IPad between their next board meeting.
I have to go with wyatt. I fucking love expensive sandwiches. Panera bread rocks too. My old room mate used to work there and I got FREE expensive sandwiches almost everyday. Hey ron williams… you are a fucking dumb ass and moron if you dont eat good food just becuase of the clientele and the fact they have iPads. I think you need to change your maxiPAD. The world is filled with duche bags. Get over it. Should I stop coming to this website becuase you come here. you are a douche bag and by your logic no one else in the world should ever come here cause I bet most people would find you a total moronic douche bag.
Best comment ever. I also fucking love expensive sandwiches, and agree that Ron is a piece of shit.
Really, a flame war over sandwiches. Have we really sank so low
pastrami and swiss on rye is hands down the best sandwich ever, but only if the pastrami is smoked, never steamed. steamed pastrami is bland and rubbery!
I’m following suite and going to say i Fucking love expensive sandwiches.
Only in america will the middle-class citizens pay up to $15 for some bread and Turkey.
How things have changed! My (very white) kid goes to school with sushi, curries, falafels (okay, that might count as a sandwich), anything but a PB&J!
Last night I watched the movie, “The Jerk” for like the millionth time and apparently, we white people like “tuna with mayo on white bread, twinkies, and a diet Tab soda.
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Sounds like you need the maxipad. He brings up a good point, it’s great food and all but all you see there are housewives and granolas. Chill out and eat a fucking sandwich you loser.
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What’s wrong with me? I have my own opinion. Next on the list of stuff white people like, “Getting really really mad when someone disagrees with the majority’s opinion”.
Go fuck yourself you pretentious self absorbed shitwads.
Unless of course you happen to be a rich white Mexican, then you fall for every item in the list.
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#63A Fancy Versions of Non-Fancy Foods
Expensive versions of standard American fare are a great way for white people to feel like they are down to earth, without actually having to eat inexpensive food. When going out to a nice restaurant, they will say something like, “Call me crazy, but I just feel like having a burger and fries.” This allows them to feel like they are above the social pressures of the upscale restaurant scene, and to convince everyone that they would be just as happy eating at the dive bar down the street. The burger costs $20 and is made from Kobe beef, topped with gruyere cheese, caramelized onions and aioli, and the fries are cooked in goose lard and sprinkled with sea salt and cayenne pepper. (Side note – white people really enjoy interesting spices. If you can tell them about a spice you used when you cooked dinner last night that they have never heard of, they will instantly be your friend.) If you go to a white person’s house and get served a bowl of potato chips, they will most likely be made out of vegetables and cooked with sunflower or peanut oil, and perhaps also have cayenne pepper sprinkled on them. Do not bring regular potato chips over to a white person’s house, or they will think that you are unhealthy and low-class, and will not invite you to any more parties.
Inexplicably, white people do like corn dogs.
Yeah……….
leaving 5 cents is a tip………..I’ll take this slow for ya………
When a person says (follow me so far?) “black people don’t tip”, they mean they don’t tip the appropriate amount. That magic number being 18-20%.
And when people say “black people don’t tip” it (ready now?)doesn’t mean EVERY SINGLE BLACK. IT MEANS that chances are, if you check what black people leave on a table for tips, MOST of the time you will see very litte.
And now, you can get ANYONES opinion on it, like any bleeding heart liberal who will start screaming, or a red neck black hating person, and it really means nothing. Ask restaurant people, as waitresses (they ain’;t worth much, but they are experts in who tips and who doesn’t) TO THE SINGLE PERSON, they will ALL tell you blacks don’t tip…..if you think thats racist, fine, screw you. Blacks don’t tip, teachers don’t tip, old people don’t tip, teens don’t tip. There you go. Big tippers? Off duty waitrons. Restaurant people in general. Jews, believe it or not. THeywill work you to death, but they tip.
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I am black.
I am a server.
I will easily say, black people don’t tip.
there are lots of cheap foods on the market that taste like crap but there are good quality ones too *
All you have to do is buy a cheap panini maker and make them yourself. Seriously, they taste exactly the same and you don’t have to change out of your pyjamas to get one. And don’t forget the fact that it’s much cheaper.
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I have a mini electric toaster oven to make toasted sandwiches every day. They’re far better than a toaster. In fact, I no longer have a toaster.
Very few white people have these toaster ovens in their homes, unlike in Israel where neearly every household has one. If they knew, they would have one. If someone knows how to market effectively to the white demographic on why they need these electric toaster ovens, they will make lots of money.
The sandwich in that picture looks awesome. I would love to eat that right now.
I’m too cheap to by a panini press, but FYI a George Forman Grill makes a wicked good faux panini.
Then why would you single out black people instead of “people with horrible grammar and bad manners”? [insert eyeroll here]
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Funny…once again I thought “white people” loved fruits and small granola bars as snacks for lunch. I didn’t really picture anyone engorging themselves in fatty looking sandwiches.
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Everyone in my FiDi office gets an expensive sandwich or expensive salad for lunch…
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What’s wrong, Bill in Houston?? Why the hostility??
what is a sandwich and why does it cost 9 to 20 dollars?
i refuse to pay $10 for a got damn sandwich.
i will go to timmy chans and get a 7 piece wing dinner with rice & gravy on the side for $2.75
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LOL…you must live in NY…even in downtown sf I can get a good sandwich for under $5 and I ain’t talkin’ subway.
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I have a mental catalog of best veggie sandwiches in S.California, but I have two problems. My Asian wife doesn’t like sandwiches, so there has to be something, almost always a salad, there for her. The other one is sprouts have disappeared. What happened to delicious sprouts on a sandwich? Anyways, Googies in Malibu has the best veggie sandwich, but I moved too far away to go anymore so I don’t know if they too have dropped sprouts.
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