Cafeteria

My middle son's high school didn't have one. They basically just had a place to go sit and eat whatever they brown bagged. My youngest son's high school has one but it's mostly vending machines. My youngest daughter's middle school has one, but we have to fill out a menu at the beginning of each month because they "order out" every day. One day it might be Papa John's, the next day Arby's, the next day Chick-Fil-A, and several others. What am I talking about? Yep, a cafeteria.

I very seldom ate at ours. There were some days I would, but I hated waiting in line (probably one of the early warning signs of a Type A personality). I was either outside or in the gym or sometimes the library or some days I'd just hang out with whomever. Wait! Something just occurred to me! I didn’t eat lunch and I was thinner. I think I’m on to something here. :)

I don't think it mattered which side you used did it? If I ate, I usually ate on the football field side because that was the side my locker was on. I developed a phobia for the other side. One day I was supposed to have lunch on that side with a girl of interest and I hurried down only to find her hooking up with someone else. I guess it was meant to be though, because they ended up getting married and who am I to stand in the way of matrimony? :)

I will credit the ladies who worked in the cafeteria with one thing though, they taught me to like broccoli, cauliflower and asparagus. And tuna salad isn’t tuna salad unless it’s served with an ice cream scoop (or at least look like it was). I liked their Sloppy Joes too, although I developed an aversion to anything with Jello in it.

So the question is, did you eat lunch or just hang out?