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Man claims Subway baked knife into sandwich

uk.news.yahoo.com — A New York man claimed in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday that he found a knife with a 7-inch (18-cm) blade baked into the bread of his foot-long "Cold Cut Trio" Subway sandwich.

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  • checkacheck, on 07/18/2008, -14/+30maybe the knife would have added something to a Subway sandwich? A little plastic/metal to go with the usual cardboard flavour?
    • chillypacman, on 07/19/2008, -6/+3'what's this hint of metal I'm tasting?'
    • maximize, on 07/19/2008, -1/+51this is insane. i work at subway and the bread arrives in cardboard boxes as little breadsticks.

      we then pan the bread so its soft. it comes from the freezer.

      then someone makes four lines in it with a knife. how the ***** does a knife fit in the bread? it can't be a franchise employee. it must of been someone at the company who makes the breadsticks (unprepared).

      after the four lines are made, they go into the baking center, then get pulled out and put in the sandwhich unit.

      but still, how does a knife get frozen inside of a small breadstick. the guy panning it would make four lines and feel the metal while cutting. the person dressing the sub for the person would notice while cutting it to open the bread firstly, then while cutting it in half.

      i call shens.
      • nomadxx7, on 07/19/2008, -0/+15Smells of the Wendy's "Finger in Chili" incident.

        "I found this finger in my chili!"
        "I'm going to sue you because that is so disgusting"

        "Oops. I actually put that finger there. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. Please don't arrest me for trying to cheat the system"
      • EvilFerret, on 07/19/2008, -0/+18I worked at Subway while I was going to school and max is correct. There's just no possible way this could have happened... Besides the fact that the un-proofed bread sticks are not large enough to hide a knife, when cutting the sandwich in half they would have discovered it. I can't think of any possible way something like this could be possible. Most likely the guy was unaware that although Subway "fresh bakes" their bread, the bread itself isn't made from scratch at Subway stores.
      • linagee, on 07/19/2008, -1/+2Subway employees use a knife in the last step of making the sandwich when it's "folded" (especially if you ask for a lot of ingredients and they have to smash it closed).
      • nick1971, on 07/19/2008, -0/+5Since when did lack of facts prevent law suits.
      • tidu, on 07/19/2008, -1/+1I'm surprised they didn't see the knife, I mean it's hard to miss considering they put .01 oz of meat on your sandwich.
      • djholybolt, on 07/19/2008, -1/+1@linagee:
        You're stupid. It is claimed to be *BAKED* into the bread, not rolled into the sandwich.

        @tidu: I don't know about you, my sandwiches are filled with plenty of meat. I'd actually have subway instead of quiznos.
    • billyf1, on 07/19/2008, -4/+7As Apple would say: "Thats a feature, not a flaw"
      • KillsTheWeak, on 07/19/2008, -8/+1You accidentally put Apple instead of Microsoft....
      • Jechkaar, on 07/19/2008, -1/+4and you accidently put microsoft instead of Sony.
    • An800lbGorilla, on 07/19/2008, -0/+0Maybe I'm missing something , but where does it say that the knife was baked into the bread? The article says, "he spotted the knife jutting out from the bread's crust," but that doesn't mean it arrived at subway that way. Couldn't the worker have prepared the sandwich, accidentally placed his knife in the sandwich, then wrapped it up? The knife could still poke through the bread.
      • nomadxx7, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1Sort of true. But everytime I've gotten a sub (usually footlong) they cut it in half. I don't know how you could forget a knife when you have to use it to cut the sub in half. Or if he got a 6" sub, the article stated it was a 7" long blade. Still gives you 1" of a knife blade or handle sticking out one end or the other of a sub
    • fsweep, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1First rule of eating at subway is to watch the employees like a hawk as they prepare your food. This guy was asleep at the wheel.
      • mikeon, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1and make sure it's not the same person handling the food and the cash.
  • dleesgeetar, on 07/18/2008, -3/+23what would Jared, the Subway/walking dude think about this? 7-inch blades have got to have an affect on your diet . . .
  • iMatt711, on 07/18/2008, -0/+35Tsk Tsk Subway, everyone knows knives are at the top of the food pyramid, how you could put something so unhealthy in a sub.
  • decadre, on 07/18/2008, -0/+54I call shenanigans!!!
    • Spuy767, on 07/19/2008, -0/+7Did he sustain any injuries from this, if not, no lawsuit, unless you try to claim malice against the person who baked the bread. I don't think that this happened because every subway sandwich I have ever had the misfortune to consume has always been cut in half by the counter employee before it is bagged. I find it very unikely that a knife is going to be able to hide out in a subway loaf unnoticed.
      • mattlohkamp, on 07/19/2008, -0/+4Yeah! Hey, you know, that's a fantastic point - a footlong is cut in half before being served, so how could he miss a seven inch knife? He obviously didn't think this through very well.
    • FizixMan, on 07/19/2008, -0/+13I agree. 7 inches? This means he had to have purchased a foot long sub. But it also means he asked for it NOT to be cut. Otherwise when the employee cuts it (at the half-way 6 inch mark) he would have found the knife then before giving it to the man to eat.
    • brogers810, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1I worked at subway for a little under a year and the dough for the bread is about 3/4 of an inch thick. An employee would have to have put it in there and when it was baked it would have stuck out a mile. Not to mention when you cut the bread open it would be pretty noticeable
  • MorphicMusic, on 07/18/2008, -2/+106I've heard of sharp cheddar, but this is ridiculous.
  • reyalp, on 07/18/2008, -2/+32The unkindest cold cut of them all!
    • Terr01, on 07/18/2008, -0/+6Actually, it's really easily explained. This poor guy got some scatter from the ghost-wizards "knife eyes" spell while fighting the McNinja family in a fish-hoovering submarine below Niagara falls.
      • Tawm, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2+5 to you. Not sure what, but you just got five of something. *thumbsup*
      • StephenCIreland, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2more lsd terr /?
  • trickapro, on 07/18/2008, -2/+23 'Steely Danwich'
    • Dylson, on 07/19/2008, -2/+5BOO!
    • BradBrown, on 07/19/2008, -3/+1Subway, don't lose that Ginsu
      You don't wanna cut with nothing else
      Send it off in a samich to yourself
      • eraser34, on 07/19/2008, -1/+1Considering i love steely dan/donald fagen, im diggin you up.
        Green earings!
  • jetblackz4, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7This reminds me of the finger in Wendy's chili. 1 million for a knife WTF
    • SteelZ, on 07/19/2008, -0/+7The finger in the chili was a scam. IIRC the woman who did it wound up in jail.

      Wouldn't surprise me if this was a scam too.
  • bstory, on 07/18/2008, -1/+15I don't know that it is worth a mill - only in America
    • EpicSelekta, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1Would you ask for less? It's a knife!
      • Spuy767, on 07/19/2008, -0/+9I'm sorry, but if he was not injured, there is no lawsuit in my opinion, and don't pull that mental distress horse *****.
    • psevium, on 07/19/2008, -0/+22Yeah, I would've had the weird idea of taking the knife out, before eating it and enjoying it, and possibly returning the knife. This guy acts like Subway plotted to kill him
    • andibarnes, on 07/19/2008, -2/+2It's not the safety aspect that would make me want to screw them in the courts so much as the fact that they didn't even apologise - I mean, WTF?
      • Konformitee, on 07/19/2008, -0/+3Apologizing would admit fault. Admitting fault would cost them a lot of money. It's best they "investigate" first. NEVER admit fault.
  • lesleye, on 07/18/2008, -2/+11Total bollocks.
  • nubnub, on 07/19/2008, -1/+4Damn I'm hungry.
  • RivalJr, on 07/19/2008, -2/+69"Finally I can cut my sandwich with another sandwich!"
  • steveoco, on 07/19/2008, -0/+36Don't they cut the foot longs into two 6 inch subs? The knife was seven inches? How did they cut through the knife? oR not see it sticking out?
    • masterm1nd, on 07/19/2008, -0/+11Well, I guess I should go back and digg the guy who called shenanigans.
    • dhughes, on 07/19/2008, -1/+2 Maybe they cut it 7" and 5", I've had that before...but yes I agree it's obviously fake, logic wins the day.

      The bread would have had a weird shape to it as well.

      One time I was at a Subway and the 'sandwich artist' cut her hand, the next 'artist' came over to finish the sandwich with the same damn knife, a bloody knife, human blood!
      • Jechkaar, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2HMMM.... human blood....

        But seriously, a knife with a 7 inch BLADE needs at least a 3 inch handle, making for a ~10 inch knife!

        There is no way someone/an employee could miss it.
    • murder1, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2Also it said that the blade was 7 inches. Would still have the handle to contend with,
  • Vendol, on 07/19/2008, -3/+1very interesting article man
  • EpicSelekta, on 07/19/2008, -0/+10Man, one time I found a pube in a sandwich there and I thought I had it bad...
  • BTom14, on 07/19/2008, -0/+13Whats a guy in New York doing buying a sandwich at subway?
    • Spuy767, on 07/19/2008, -1/+6Because a sandwich from a new york deli has too much ***** meat. It's like a cow with a cracker on either side. If I got a sandwich from a New York deli, and they asked me if I needed anything else, I'd say, "Yeah, a loaf of bread, and some other people."

      RIP
      • shakebabies, on 07/19/2008, -3/+1this is true.... so i'm NOT the only one that has noticed sandwiches getting bigger.
      • punkcat, on 07/19/2008, -0/+6you know ducks eat for free at Subway.
      • Relikh, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2We got 6 hungry ducks out here, AND THEY ALL WANT SUNCHIPS
      • albinorhino101, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2Don't bother ringing it up, it's for a duck!
      • mrgreenjeans, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1I had no idea what the duck reference was so I googled "duck subway".

        I'm killin' myself laughing!
  • RuisuX, on 07/19/2008, -5/+0That's a good way to cut fat.
  • Hellman109, on 07/19/2008, -2/+56Here in Australia atleast, the dough arrives at the store looking like a tall candle, that is thin long and round.

    There is NO WAY a knife could fit into it.

    If the knife was added when they went to bake it, it would be stuck to a side and fall off.

    And then, when they are cut in half, unless the knife was cut in half it would be impossible to miss some metal thing in the way.

    And when they cut the bread open it would also be noticable.

    I say the guy put it in himself, to get money from subway.
    • cobykryp, on 07/19/2008, -0/+6agreed, had a few friends who worked at subway when we were younger and the bread comes frozen in boxes not much wider than a knife definatly something fishy
    • Jeffool, on 07/19/2008, -1/+3Bread comes that way in the US as well, but theoretically someone could've put it in the loaf after it was in the proofer and re-sealed it cut in the bread. It's more likely that, if he's telling the truth, it was dropped in the sandwich while it was being was made. He said it was "jutting through the crust," but it's a knife. It cuts through bread. As to how it made it to that point, often times employees don't cut them in half perfectly, and sometimes customers don't want them cut in half. So, it's not impossible that it happened, it's just, like you pointed out, not very overly likely.
    • EbenMarks, on 07/19/2008, -7/+0It was a foot long sandwich. That's 12 inches.
      • Jeffool, on 07/19/2008, -0/+13Typically in Subways they cut the sandwich in half before giving it to the customers.
      • pe5t1lence, on 07/19/2008, -0/+4Also, a six inch sub would be 6 inches, the nine foot sub is 108 inches.
    • quidpro, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1The knife handle is melted in places, as though it went through the oven at some point. It had to be either intentionally placed in the dough, or the cust found a knife with a slightly melted handle and put it in the sandwich. The guy seems to be gay, and his lawyer seems to me to be a lesbian, (none of this was stated, but I'm basing this from what I saw on tv) and I wouldn't be surprised if there were some other details to the story...along the lines of some subway employee acting out against this guy for who he was.
  • fernz, on 07/19/2008, -2/+2Pics or else i didn't happen IMO
  • Shaman760, on 07/19/2008, -0/+3The 'Merkin way. "Oh I'm such a ***** victim".......
    ROTFLMAO
  • felman87, on 07/19/2008, -9/+3Looks like he bit off more than he could jew
  • DeadHerring, on 07/19/2008, -0/+8If that happened to me I'd be like... "Awesome! You get a free knife!"
  • Pusod, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1YEAH UH HUH! Goodluck with your lawsuit man! I can see you on your yacht now!
  • chrisinsocalif, on 07/19/2008, -0/+3I don't know how this can happen. The bread comes pre-made in a dough like state. All they do is put them in the oven to cook for a fresh out of the oven, baked taste. This mans claim doesn't seem plausible and probably out for money.
    • AchaIemoipas, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1Who the hell sues for what might have happened anyway? (Canadian, so this is foreign to me).

      This guy lost half a sandwich. He should get half a sandwich. I don't believe his story. It's impossible to make sandwich with a piece of bread that contains a knife that's longer than the piece of bread and not notice.

    • linagee, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1Subway slaves/employees use the knife in the last step when they "fold" the sandwich. Obviously the guy wasn't paying attention and neither was the subway kid!
  • bezz, on 07/19/2008, -0/+14A million dollars? Could it be someone just made a mistake? How does this equate to 1 million dollars in damages? Sounds like someone just wants a free ride through life.
    • barc0001, on 07/19/2008, -9/+3Simple. He's an American. If anything happens to him that the rest of us would call "life" or "a simple mistake, no harm done", that is cause in America to try and get a million dollars in compensation.
      • mdcraig62, on 07/19/2008, -0/+5I've slipped on things in stores, burned myself with coffee from a shop, and have never sued anyone for it. That guy is just a douche, doesn't have anything to do with his being American, this stuff happens all over the world now.
        oh, and Canada is America's hat.
      • mrremy, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1Says the Canadian male. No surprise.
      • waydee, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2The real problem is not his nationality, it's more to do with the legal system in the US that even allows frivolous lawsuits like this to be filed with even a hope of success on the plaintiffs part, encouraged by previous wins in similarly dubious suits.



      • AchaIemoipas, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2To an outside observer, suing for things that didn't even happen is a very American thing. I don't know of another country that would allow that, they'd allow you to sue, but in the US it's actually possible to win.

        If the same happened in Canada, and I'd sue subway, the best I could get is the price of half a sandwich.
  • floridiot2, on 07/19/2008, -1/+14so get a new sandwich and stfu. you don't like it, don't eat there. no one gives a *****.
  • deathfix, on 07/19/2008, -1/+6That's awesome. I've always wanted to use a sandwich to cut another sandwich.
    • dhughes, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2 The Macbook Air can cut another laptop, that's pretty close although it's not edible.
  • neutronlaser, on 07/19/2008, -5/+1Sue him for stealing a knife from Subway's's''ss's's''s
  • oneredeye, on 07/19/2008, -0/+9Impossible. They always cut footlong sandwiches in half. A 7 inch knife wouldn't fit in a 6 inch half. Even though Subway buns are usually longer than 12 inches, it is unlikely the entire knife would be "baked in" all the way to one end.
  • Zdax, on 07/19/2008, -0/+5Apparently Digg = Reruns of the Colbert Report.
  • Millsee, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2If he wins, they will have to fork out a hell of a lot of money.
  • MajorMauser, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2LIAR!!!!!!!

    First rule of suing is you have to maim yourself. You should have stuck yourself with the knife you put in your sandwich!
  • icndvl, on 07/19/2008, -3/+0They use dull bread knifes at Subway. Another BS lawsuit.
  • mosten, on 07/19/2008, -3/+1I had this happen at subway as well, but I didn't sue. I still have the knife somewhere.
  • bigsteve3OOO, on 07/19/2008, -1/+0boring............let me know when someone finds more than 2 pieces of meat in a subway sangwich
  • flawedprefect, on 07/19/2008, -0/+7I think that was the sub that was intended to go to the local prison. The map to the underground sewers beneath the jail was baked into the cookie.
  • Dawnrazor, on 07/19/2008, -0/+3Putting the "cut" in cold cuts....
  • waspbr, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1sandwich is murder...
  • littlediggerboy, on 07/19/2008, -10/+0Listen 'digg', I've just registered with 'digg' and was outraged at the fact that you, being 'digg' have just sent out an 'invitation to join digg' to all the contacts on my email account without my permission and without notification from you. Toward the end of the registration process you asked me if I would like to invite contacts from my comtact list to become members of 'digg'. Which I said no by clicking on "do this later" (which was indeed the only option available to me). The next page informed me that digg has already done this... 'we have already sent an invite to your contacts'. That's a straight up intrusion and violation of my privacy'. Perhaps, just maybe, I don't happen to want all the contacts in my private contact list to be aware of everything I do and everything I join. But that is beyond the point. How dare you do that. Further, I would be prepared to put money on the fact that that email invitation that was forwarded to my contacts was worded as follows... "tony has invited you to join digg...", which is a falsity.
    I am sick and tired of people thinking that just because they conduct business on the interent they are entitled to push manners and respect for others aside and wilfully violate other people's rights and what is essentially the law, at will. I am here to inform you that I do have rights and I will pursue the realisation of those rights.
    • grungegbunny, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1All the contacts on your email account? How pray-tell did 'digg' as you put it get access to this list? Sounds like an IO error.
    • seventhc, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2They can't send anything to your contacts unless you provide them with your email address and the password that goes with it.
      If you didn't give out that info then there is nothing to worry about. If you did give out that info then there is nothing to complain about as it was your own fault for doing so.
    • mrgreenjeans, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2Why are you saying this here?
  • GenericFoster, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1I have a food allergy for knives.
  • grungegbunny, on 07/19/2008, -0/+6I'm skeptical of the claim of the knife in the bread just because of the fact that they cut the sandwiches in half. The article says the knife is 7 inches and half of a foot long sub is 6 inches. Hmm.
  • ravensfh, on 07/19/2008, -1/+0wow, i hope subway counter sues him for a million
  • yaryarhumphump, on 07/19/2008, -0/+3Bullspit... as people point out. (used to manage a Subway in college)
    Subway cuts the sub in half. - obviously longer then 7 inches.
    and to add to the detailed explanation, even after the bread has been proofed if someone put a knife in it the bread would collapse and be useless. There is no possible way a 7 inch knife was baked in to the bread accidentally or intentionally.

    Just another American trying to abuse the legal system.
    • mrgreenjeans, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2Wouldn't the employee, who handles hundreds of loaves, notice that this particular loaf weighed ~10oz heavier?
  • komarovsky, on 07/19/2008, -0/+0The AP version of the story says it was just the blade, not the whole knife. He says he had "severe stomach issues" for hours, which he attributes to food poisoning.
  • lead2thehead, on 07/19/2008, -0/+0I've seen this scam a million times. The guy put it there himself so he could sue.
  • matt1988, on 07/19/2008, -0/+0Someone I know actually works at a subway here, and ironically someone at her store did this around the beginning of the summer. The girl that did it didn't even get fired for it either but the store was getting sued over it. (Not subway corporate, just the store).

    I saw this on on the news the other day and thought it could have been hers for a second then I realized it was in new york.

    Anyway, I can vouch that it is possible because I know for a fact it has happened, I don't believe it is worth 1 million though :-/.
  • jotate, on 07/19/2008, -0/+5"You wanna know how I got these scars on my face?"
  • edebolt, on 07/19/2008, -0/+2what a puss. He didn't bite into it but has to sue. whatever
  • BodomChild16, on 07/19/2008, -0/+4pics or it didn't happen.
  • ktxxx, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1Free knife!
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