Tattoos, Quick Chek, and Hoagies
Saturday, August 5th, 2006I know the title of this post sounds completely esoteric, but trust me, I know what I’m doing.
If you’re not from the Northeast US area, you’re probably not too familiar with Quick Chek stores. It’s nothing big, just a chain of convenience stores. They do make good hoagies though.
And while we’re at it, I know I’m pretty much a north Jerseyan now, but I’ll always call it a hoagie, not a sub. When it’s a hot sandwich, I call it a sub, when it’s cold cuts it’s a hoagie. It’s a meatball sub. But it’s an Italian Hoagie. A grinder is a tool, Dagwood is a comic-pages character. Capicola, ham, salami and provolone (with trimmings: I prefer mayo, oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, oregano, tomato, onion, and hot peppers ) on a roll is a hoagie, end of story. (Feel free to comment if you disagree with me on any of these points.)
So Quick Chek had their 6″ Italian Sub *coughHOAGIEcough* on sale for $2.99, and today it was the perfect idea for a cheap lunch before a porn shoot. Quick Chek has a self ordering system for the hoagies, where you just order your hoagie using a touch-screen and it prints out a ticket which you can take to the register to pay while your hoagie is being made. I did this, and when I got to the register my hoagie was $4.29, even though the ticket in my hand clearly stated $2.99. I had to argue with the clerk a bit and she had to run back and talk to the deli guy, but I eventually got my $2.99 hoagie.
While standing in line, however I noticed the other cashier. She had a gorgeous intricate Henna design on her arm. Henna is one of those things that white people have no business getting (it’s a rich symbol of purity to Hindus, and can be offensive for a non-Hindu to wear it), and seeing a pretty young Indian girl with Henna on her arm will only reinforce that belief. Tribal armbands too. Get some creativity, noone is going to believe you’re a memeber of a tribe from Papua New Guinea, white boy. If you’re white you’d be better off with getting Celtic Tattoos if you’re looking for those cool designs, but don’t want to come off a some pretentious douchebag with a tribal tattoo, but I digress. Anyway the point is, this Indian cashier girl had a gorgeous, authentic Henna design on her arm that put all imitators to shame. So before I left I made sure to compliment her on her beautiful Henna. She smiled. It was a pleasant ending to what could have otherwise been a pretty stressful situation.
