You're Not Even Supposed To Be Here Today

Left: Byron Sneed (aka Dante Hicks)


After six years of managing two Subway stores (21st & J Streets; and 65th Street, near Folsom), Byron Sneed is moving on, and following former manager Eric Osberg's footsteps, to manage the Sonic Drive-In in Woodland (Eric has since moved on to manage a Subway in Yuba City).

Byron's last day at 21st & J was eventful. A man tried to shortchange Tim at the counter over some cookies, and in just seconds was threatening to bash him with a baseball bat. No rest for the wicked!

Byron claims his mother did some genealogy and tracked his ancestry back to 12th Century Transylvania's Vlad the Impaler (aka Count Dracula). Privately, I wondered if it was possible to track his ancestry any farther back than a New Jersey QuickStop, circa 1988. But if we track our ancestries back far enough, we are all related - even to folks like "Silent Bob".

I will miss Byron's steady hand and great humor. I remember the day I deliberately maintained a very low-key demeanor, expressionless and eyes downcast, and passed entirely through the sandwich line, standing directly in front of him, without him even noticing. Gosh, that was fun! I will miss his ribbing about the gubernatorial run, about Lauren Miller's feckless ways in "Titanic", and half a dozen other topics.