The tittle pretty much sums it up...
So my dear friend, Santos - who I have to say is quite the bargainer- found this coupon online where you could get any regular sub for free at Quizno's. Of course we planned our strategy. There is one Quizno's in the student center here at UCI. So, we agreed on meeting in front of the student center, brought sides - she brought chips and I brought some veggie leftovers from the day before- and she was getting water and I brought a small bottle of juice. With this plan, we didn't need to spend a cent there, have an awesome free lunch, talk for a little bit and walk back to lab. While we are standing in the big line at Quizno's we read a small sign in front of the cashier that read: "Sorry, we do not accept any coupons". At that point our little hearts just shattered, our master plan was ruined and we were pissed. We've been wanting do this and take advantage of the system in these shitty economy times!! We only had like 45 minutes to eat before going to lab, so with much sadness we dropped our idea of free lunch and stayed in line to buy a stupid sandwich. We automatically assumed that maybe cuz this was a Quizno's that was part of the student center, maybe not everything applied there. So fine we ate there.
Unfortunately, it doesn't end here... Next day comes, and we are even more determined to get the free sandwich that we felt entitled to. We decided to go to another Quizno's at the Bluffs - a small food center in Newport Beach. Since we were being all cheap, we decided to walk there (maybe a 15 min walk?). While we are leaving we decided to better call and make sure they were accepting the infamous coupon. Because if I would've walked there and couldn't get my free sandwich, there would've been the first Newport Beach masacre!
So, we get the number, call, and some one picks up the phone. I was able to only say: "Hi, do you guys accept..." Bitch interrupts me without even being done with the question, and says: "Sorry ma'am we don't" and hung up. Big WTF!!! So at this point I am so obsessed with getting my free sandwich that I called the other Quizno's around (for this one we would've had to drive), and of course: "no, we don't". So we ended up not getting our free sub, and in one of the attempts we even had to pay for one. Never going there again. Why even advertise this stupid coupon if no restaurant will accept it? Was that a shitty corporate strategy to get us to go there? Ughhh! Thank God that night, Santos (always reliable) found a coupon for 2 free tacos at Jack in the Box. We went, got 2 tacos, got some fries and had an awesome junk food date. Jack was our savior for the week, and we know we can always count on him.
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