A Stupid Change - Stabbed Sammiches

For as long as I can remember, Primanti Brothers sandwiches were always featured cut in half, with that wonderful profile displayed for all to see.

I've always figured that the profile was so important, that clean-cut through the middle gives you a much better look at all of the components of the sandwich. It almost towers over the plate when it's cut in half. 

But recently, there's been a major change.

That has been reflected in how they serve the sandwiches, and it drives me absolutely bonkers.

Instead of cutting it in half, giving you a nice clean cut where you see that wonderful profile, they give you a sandwich that's been stabbed in the back like it's Julius Caesar, and you have to cut it yourself. 

Give me a chore, why don't ya?! 

I didn't come here for a some-assembly-required meal, I want it done when I get the plate! Beyond that, whatever cut you are going to make with that steak knife they give you is going to be worse than the nice clean cut of the chefs' knives. It's going to look far far worse. It also introduces silverware that has been previously completely unnecessary. It's food you eat with your hands. You don't need any silverware...oh wait, now everyone needs a knife.

Now I've been used to asking my server to bring my sandwich already cut. If you get your sandwich on the heel, it has always been served as one big piece. I've always liked that little halftime that happens in the middle of the sandwich, it gives you a breather, it makes you take a moment to appreciate your sammich, it provides a thoroughly necessary pause. So I've asked for my sandwich to come "on the heel, cut in half" for a long time now. But now it's necessary for everyone, and those who don't know suddenly get their sandwich with a chore. 

I've been alright with the switch from paper cups to plastic...maybe it saves some trees and they don't have to haul in cases and cases of cups...and there was that one time I watched three consecutive hockey playoff games and I had to be given a new cup because the paper was nearly completely collapsed. I've been ok with the switch from paper boats to square steel plates, it helps the servers bring more in one trip...but this...

This change of not cutting the sandwiches anymore is not recognized by the Reformed Primantiists and is declared anathema - it is a stupid new thing that the suburban locations  are doing that weakens the overall Primantis experience!