Phone Call from Honey

[etumukutenyak]

..who is in a meeting, but she had to report this: our son just called her to say that he just remembered that his lunch account is out of money, and could I come over with some lunch for him.

ROFL!

Nope, sorry, kid. We asked you this weekend where your account stood, and you didn't remember it then? Well, too bad. You'll remember it better if you're hungry today.

He'll probably cadge some money from a sympathetic teacher or admin person -- it's only $2.50 for the meal with milk -- but who knows? If he doesn't get any money, he'll be hungry for a while. It's another 2 hours to the end of the school day, and the after-school program has snacks.

He's forgotten about his account before, and we made him bring his own lunches for a week. I guess that didn't stick.

Oh, look -- it's time for my lunch. I think I'll go get something from my refrigerator. (It's a nice luxury, having a fridge of my own at work. I'm nice and share it with my techs, even though it's a small one.)

If only I could speak to him now, as I ponder my lunch choices. Yes, I am the mean one.

::insert evil laugh::

P.S. I'll bet he forgot about his apple! I happened to put one in his backpack this very morning. I should let Honey know.

Comments

[buddykat.livejournal.com]

He'll probably cadge some money from a sympathetic teacher or admin person -- it's only $2.50 for the meal with milk -- but who knows?

I'm even meaner... I'd call the school and make sure that they know that he's being taught a lesson, and that missing one meal won't hurt and they are NOT to fall for his pleas and give him money for lunch.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

That's tempting...very tempting.

I think we'll save it for next year, since we're down to the last week and a half now.

We also have the option of limiting his menu, since part of the problem is his tendency to buy extras. The basic lunch, for $2.50, is an entree, three sides, and drink (milk or fruit juice). He was buying a lot of extras at first, the butthead, so we learned we can limit his choices and it will come up on their screens at checkout.

If he doesn't make mistakes, he won't learn how to budget himself. ;-)

[buddykat.livejournal.com]

Good plan to wait until next year... by the time summer's over, he'll have probably forgotten the lesson anyways!

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

LOL..why, it's almost as if you could read his mind!

[buddykat.livejournal.com]

::snicker::

Of course, since you are so close to the end of the school year, I'm *sure* that he wouldn't be hurt by being made to bring his lunch for the rest of the year instead of having the luxury of buying his lunch.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

LOL..why, it's almost as if you could read *our* minds!