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<blockquote data-quote="Grydan" data-source="post: 6030092" data-attributes="member: 79401"><p>To borrow your metaphor for a moment...</p><p></p><p>Let's say I walk into a deli for a turkey sandwich. I look on the menu board and see that if I want to get a roast beef sandwich instead, I have a wide variety of breads, condiments, cheeses and other fixings I can choose from, ranging from the pedestrian to the gourmet. Further down the menu board, I see the ham sandwich gives me an entirely different, but equally broad selection. The same goes for the chicken sandwiches, the egg salad sandwiches, the tuna sandwiches...</p><p></p><p>...but when I find the turkey sandwich, the only turkey sandwich on the menu is turkey, swiss cheese, and mayo on whole wheat. No substitutions allowed.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to start to wonder what, exactly, is the deli's issue with turkey sandwiches.</p><p></p><p>I mean, there's nothing wrong with someone wanting a nice and simple turkey sandwich, but not only are there many different kinds of nice and simple turkey sandwiches (<em>my spin on the metaphor suffers here due to the fact I love the concept of fighters, but am not in the slightest bit fond of turkey sandwiches... though my preference in that department would be cranberries and stuffing, rather than mayo and swiss</em>) there are also numerous more complex turkey sandwiches that could and indeed should be on the menu.</p><p></p><p>I mean, I'm sure some of the folks who like the idea of roast beef sandwiches would love to have a simple roast beef sandwich, but that doesn't mean we take the options away from them.</p><p></p><p>Further complicating the issue is that all of these sandwiches cost exactly the same. I have to pay every bit as much for that simple turkey sandwich as the other fellow has to pay for his gourmet ham sandwich piled with exotic ingredients. My sandwich has fewer options, less interesting flavour, and certainly required less work to put together, yet costs the same. Furthermore, often in the past these other sandwiches have been larger and more filling than the turkey sandwich.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grydan, post: 6030092, member: 79401"] To borrow your metaphor for a moment... Let's say I walk into a deli for a turkey sandwich. I look on the menu board and see that if I want to get a roast beef sandwich instead, I have a wide variety of breads, condiments, cheeses and other fixings I can choose from, ranging from the pedestrian to the gourmet. Further down the menu board, I see the ham sandwich gives me an entirely different, but equally broad selection. The same goes for the chicken sandwiches, the egg salad sandwiches, the tuna sandwiches... ...but when I find the turkey sandwich, the only turkey sandwich on the menu is turkey, swiss cheese, and mayo on whole wheat. No substitutions allowed. I'm going to start to wonder what, exactly, is the deli's issue with turkey sandwiches. I mean, there's nothing wrong with someone wanting a nice and simple turkey sandwich, but not only are there many different kinds of nice and simple turkey sandwiches ([I]my spin on the metaphor suffers here due to the fact I love the concept of fighters, but am not in the slightest bit fond of turkey sandwiches... though my preference in that department would be cranberries and stuffing, rather than mayo and swiss[/I]) there are also numerous more complex turkey sandwiches that could and indeed should be on the menu. I mean, I'm sure some of the folks who like the idea of roast beef sandwiches would love to have a simple roast beef sandwich, but that doesn't mean we take the options away from them. Further complicating the issue is that all of these sandwiches cost exactly the same. I have to pay every bit as much for that simple turkey sandwich as the other fellow has to pay for his gourmet ham sandwich piled with exotic ingredients. My sandwich has fewer options, less interesting flavour, and certainly required less work to put together, yet costs the same. Furthermore, often in the past these other sandwiches have been larger and more filling than the turkey sandwich. [/QUOTE]
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