College Cafeteria

Who are these people? What is this food I am eating? Kathy at the pizza station is pumping out pizzas. I like her, she always tells me, “Enjoy.” Thanks, Kathy, I will. Then there’s the little lady at the front door. Where are your thoughts today, Front Door Lady? And the manager with the gray shirt; you walk around taking care of business. Thanks for keeping things on track, Mr. Manager! And the team at the Main Station: you guys are great, thanks for scooping up the extra sauce for me. Especially the older guy with the squinty eyes. What are you so happy about, Squinty-Eyed Guy? And the morning guy, always cooking up those eggs. You must really love eggs, Egg Man! And the guy at the special station, always preparing up something special. Easy on the sour cream, Mr. Chili-Dog! And what about that mysterious baking woman, making all the muffins and cookies? Where do you get your recipes, Mystery Muffin Lady? And the old smoker with the long braid, always smoking on the balcony. I love you, Old Smokey! You cafeteria guys like to sit together whenever everyone leaves the cafeteria. I wonder what ya’ll talk about? You probably make yourself something extra special from back in the kitchen, I know that’s what I would do. I like to make my own special egg salad. Sometimes I eat it with bread, sometimes just plain. I like hamburger night the best. I like cooking my hamburger in the panini machine to get the bread nice and toasted and the cheese melted. Sometimes I even take a hamburger home for later, I know Mr. Manager doesn’t mind. Also, I like to make really good sandwiches. Let me tell you, there are some good sandwich ingredients over there! I usually like to use salami. I don’t really like the ham, but sometimes I’ll eat it only if I tear off the “ham rind.” All in all, when I go to the cafeteria I can almost always find something good to eat, but more than that, I really love all the people there.
November 2004