Rep. Souder leaves Capitol café in a huff
Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) stormed out of a café in the Capitol basement in a fit of irritation last week. The reason? His turkey sandwich — it was grilled, not toasted.
With just a few people in line at the deli counter, the café was not bustling. But Souder was apparently in a rush and preoccupied, hunched over his BlackBerry for much of the time. First, he asked for his sandwich to be grilled. Then, toasted. The deli employee grew confused.
“Big guy, you want lettuce and tomato?” he called out to Souder.
Souder then realized his sandwich was being grilled, not toasted. “I said toasted,” the congressman said. To which the employee replied, “Nah, man, you said grilled.” Still, he offered to re-make the sandwich.
Souder then mumbled angrily, “It’s already taking too long,” and left, sandwich-less.
Souder had a different take on the incident.
“Mr. Souder was asked for — and gave — his order three times,” wrote Souder spokesman Mark Green in an e-mail to ITK. “After around 20 minutes, he was still waiting, so he canceled the order and walked out so as to get to his next meeting on time. Despite the poor service, he decided not to file a complaint. We are disappointed that what happened has been misrepresented to you.”
14 comments:
mmmmmmm Toasty
oh man, that pic was good for a nice laugh out loud moment
Could this be a Kelty Kake type of thing?
A least he will have on less turkey sandwich contributing to his hulk and jowl.
Souder.
I wish there was a phone being thrown in this incident. Souder would have been a lot cooler in my book if he had done that.
I believe someone took a small incident and blew it out of proportion. Nothing like making a good story better.
This is a very minor Congressional sandwich story as these things go.
The all-time classic was Chris Dodd and Ted Kennedy trying to make a "human sandwich" with a member of the wait staff at a Capitol Hill restaurant in 1985.
The Congressman just wanted it toasted!
Anonymous 8:47 doesn't have a very good sense of humor. Give me a break.
The fellow got his job back with Souder's support.
Sylvia Smith reports on the sandwich issue at It's pastrami, not turkey
http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071115/NEWS03/71115015/1002/LOCAL
Do you ever try to do research or verify anything that you publish?
At least he didnt follow James dobsons advice, and order the "chinese fried fetuses"- "they're a delicacy in shanghai, you know".
even Andrew Zimmern of travel channels "Bizzarre foods hans t heard of or tried that one"
Souder doesnt eat turkey because for him, its cannabalism- souders the biggest turkey around. and no kool-aid with that, thank you.
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