I had a very funny experience at Jersey Mike's on Val Vista.
When I walked in for lunch there was one couple placing their order in front of me.
There were two food prep guys behind the counter -- and two "management" looking guys doing something back there as well.
For some reason it was taking a long time for the people ahead of me to place their order and have it made etc.
So I stood there waiting -- taking stock of things -- and noticed one of the food prep guys was just standing there doing nothing.
And the minutes started passing by.....
But still -- there I was patiently waiting-- as one guy worked -- and the other food prep dood stood staring off into space -- with TWO management type guys not paying the least bit of attention to the counter.
After several more minutes no one had said a word to me -- even though Mr. Hands-In-His-Pocket and I had made eye contact a few times.
Then it started to feel like I was in some kind of sit-com or something.
As other groups of people came in and the counter area started to fill up -- Mr. I-Get-Paid-To-Stand-Here-Doing-Nothing would greet them and say things like: "Someone will be with you soon" etc.
That's when I started looking around for a Candid Camera Crew -- figuring someone was playing a practical joke on me.
: )
After another several minutes - and having still not been acknowledged and feeling a bit like Rodney Dangerfield - I decided to head elsewhere and had a good laugh about it on the way to my car (and have had fun typing out my weird experience there).
PS: If the people at Candid Camera have been trying to reach me for permission to use the footage -- please just message me here because I won't be going back to this location ever again.....