An LATFC Checklist, Part 1

Inspired by Dr. Hugh Martin's stirring descriptions of reviving ice-bound Europeans and crashing American test planes, the staff has compiled an LATFC checklist:

Collect colleagues
Avoid bus on Hooper St.
Check menu
Order anyway
Collect tray and accoutrements
Count number of FC staff (if few, do not order pasta or sandwich)
Proceed through line
Debate with self over dessert; surrender to the lemon
Assure clerk that you are indeed having a good day
Pay, unless your initials are JH, in which case you can force a colleague to pay
Assess seating situation (availability of Prof. Fink, number seats needed)
Proceed to eat

Coming soon: An LATFC Checklist, Part 2: Kaye Sweetser Demonstrates Item #12

Hugh Martin: In a Pickle

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.