Snapping the kabana

[haresfur]

I was going to put this in the Australia and New Zealand forum but I wonder if it is unique to us or cross-cultural.

 

New to me Australian subculture - snapping the kabana.

Apparently kabana originated in Poland but somehow became common here. I now know a kabana is a long skinny Polish sausage, kind of like a non-spicy pepperoni. Somehow I had missed that and that Australians have embraced kabana. 

When you buy one at the deli counter, they typically snap it in half to wrap it. According to the internet, only a mad person would want their kabana whole, but supposedly deli workers are trained to ask before snapping in case they encounter such a person.

I, of course, had to buy one. The clerk snapped it in half without asking. I was very disappointed.

Tastes good, though

 

How do you eat kabana? Do you get it snapped in half when buying? Do they ask first?