DETROIT, MICHIGAN – A Detroit father trying to grab a simple BLT for his daughter before school ended up in a tense standoff with a Subway employee who insisted he pay for his meal before she even made it — and the viral exchange spiraled so quickly that she eventually refused to serve him entirely.
The encounter happened at the Subway located inside the Gulf gas station on Jefferson Avenue and Alter Road. The customer, confused about why he needed to prepay for a sandwich, started recording immediately — and the interaction has now blown up online.
The Argument Began the Moment He Asked Why He Needed to Prepay
According to the customer’s video, he stepped up to order a BLT, but the woman behind the counter told him he needed to pay upfront before she would begin preparing the sandwich. He questioned the policy, explaining that he had been to “multiple Subways” before and had never been asked to pay ahead of time.
The employee didn’t budge…