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Gandolfo's Math
R. Alex Whitlock
I made an unfortunate discovery. A popular sandwich shop up here is Gandolfo's. In the morning they make tasty kaiser-based breakfast sandwiches for a decent price. A coworker and I stopped by there today and I got two breakfast sandwiches. I told my coworker even as I was buying both that it was a mistake. Over and over again, I buy two sandwiches and then feel worse for the wear all day long. But I continue to order two.
So today when I got back I emailed my coworkers and told them that they could buy my second sandwich off of me. No one bit until I had already chomped into the second sandwich (Well I wasn't going to leave it there!). So I sold her half of the second one.
and I'll be danged if 1.5 Gandolfo's breakfast sandwiches isn't the perfect number. One is too small. Two is too much. 1.5 is perfect.
Since they don't sell them in half-sandwich increments, this was quite an inconvenient discovery.
Observations
Seems to me that as long as your half-sandwich-buying co-worker is around, you've got it made! ;-)
Eric
Fire Ant Gazette
Pret a Manger has taken to selling half-sandwiches; the marketing is as snacks for willowy waifs, but I think the sandwich-and-a-half is a common use.
Eric, unfortunately that's a no-go cause she wanted a whole sandwich. She only bought half cause I'd already dug in.
Sam, what's Pret a Manger?
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