In order to save money (surely not because he doesn't like the food), Dr. Hugh J. Martin packs a brownbag lunch several days a week. Just to be friendly, he decided to join a group of us at the Faculty Center today. Little did he know that he would end up paying for someone else's lunch.
It seems Dr. Hume could not afford the 99-cent stewed tomato over rice meal she ordered. (She attempts to mitigate this travesty by pointing out that she did provide 6 of the 7 cents tax.) Out of the sheer kindness of his heart, Dr. Martin fronted her the $1 she needed. Watching her try to count out pennies and nickels as the line formed behind her was just more than he could take.
On the bright side, since I don't eat pickles and not one but two-and-a-quarter were served with my grilled cheese sandwich, he was able to get a free pickle out of the deal.
Still, I predict it will be a cold day in hell before he follows Dr. Hume in line for lunch at the Faculty Center again.
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No one should have to pay for stewed tomatoes over rice. No one should have to eat stewed tomatoes over rice.
No one should eat pickles. Or meat with the bones still in it.
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