The Welcome Meal

The junior-high-school vice-principal came up to me at 12:28 today and told me that we had two minutes to get to the cafeteria. I had no idea that they were serving all the teachers a special meal today, but as soon as the VP mentioned it, I remembered having eaten such a meal last year.

The meal we were served today will surely be the nicest meal we have in the dorm all year. If you read my blog, you know how often I talk about the food that is served at school, and this one of the rare times I'm not complaining about it.

The funny thing is, the first thoughts that went through my mind when I saw the "welcome" meal last year and this year were not, "Wow! Amazing! Looks great!" but rather:

"Oh, the poor new teachers. I feel so sorry for them. They must think that every meal here is this good. Boy, are they in for a rude awakening. It would have made much more sense if they had served this meal on April 1, because then the new teachers would have known it was an April Fool's joke. Instead, it's just a bad joke. A really bad joke. Good luck to you all, suckers!"

P.S. I didn't make it to the chow hall until about 12:40, since I wanted to see the end of the NCAA Tournament Championship Game. Good thing I watched it. That was quite a finish!