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A Day in the Life of the Lunch Ladies:

Every day, Lunch Ladies go through a long process that not enough people know about in order to bring us food.

Reporter Valiree Vining

Going into shadowing the lunch ladies for a day, I had a feeling that it was going to be really easy, but exciting. It was definitely exciting... but by no means was it easy.

The lunch ladies honestly don’t get enough appreciation for everything they do behind the scenes that not enough people know about.

Walking from class to class handing out lunches wasn’t so bad, but it was the carts that were rather heavy. Whenever you first look at the little brown bag, it doesn’t really look like much nor do they feel very heavy on their own.

But, whenever there are around 140 lunch bags per hall, the weight seems to pile onto the carts. I personally didn’t push the carts, but I helped put a box on it. It was much heavier than expected.

Walking around and marking however many kids got lunch was the easy part; things changed whenever we went back into the kitchen to restock the food.

The lunch ladies were very quick and efficient with restocking the boxes full of food. I honestly thought the bags were prepackaged before we would get there, but I was wrong. They took the chicken nuggets, which was the main course and put each one in a bag.

They were very quick with it and ended up packing about 160 lunch bags for C hall.

While we were walking around C hall, I was able to hand out some lunches and milk as well as ask how many kids were eating.

The lunches and milk were easy, but it was kind of nerve-wracking because I wanted to be quick so as to not hold them back.

The asking was kind of hard for me mostly because I didn’t recognize anyone and it made me feel like I was intruding.

I found it rather amazing how much the lunch ladies paid attention. There was this one kid in the class that had an allergy, and they knew to warn him about some food in the lunch bag.

They really paid attention to the kids around them and each of their needs, even though the students most likely don’t treat them like they should.

I couldn’t imagine dealing with some people that they encounter. I heard stories of how when we had the lunch lines, kids would try to steal or just be rude to them. They put up with so much and honestly don’t get credit or the respect they deserve.

When I was finished, I was exhausted and was glad that I didn’t have to do much at the end of class.

In the end, it was a wonderful experience to have, and it was a lot of fun. I’m glad that I got to participate and meet such wonderful women that do what they do for our school.