A while ago, probably a long while ago at this point, I recall reading an article, sent to me by someone, I'm no longer sure who, about how Subway switched it's official policy on how it instructs employees to lay cheese down on its sandwiches, adopting tessellation over its previous strategy which left some parts of the sandwich uncovered, and doubled up on others. I'll assume at this point that you know what I'm talking about, because I'd rather not go into a detailed description of the geometry of cheese. My thoughts on this subject gelled just this morning, for whatever reason I cannot tell, to the following conclusion: As a culture we're far more concerned with homogeneity in the products we buy than uniqueness. I won't make a big fuss over the idea, because it has been said far more thoughtfully, on more important subjects, and by better writers or orators than I, but I would like to point out; can you really notice the difference of how the cheese is lain while you are eating your sandwich? I don't think so. I'd rather keep my food heterogeneous, if only for purely aesthetic reasons.
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