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How to Buy a School Lunch

So I hear that you are just starting sixth grade? I can tell you how to buy a school lunch, since I am an expert at it, and do it almost every day. All that you have to do is get in line, look at the choices and pick out your lunch, pay for it, and sit with your friends, doesn’t that sound so do-able? These four steps will tell you all the bells and whistles about buying a lunch . The first thing that you will need to do after you get out from second period is to go to your locker and put your books away. Then follow the flow of students down the hall to the lunch line. If you are lucky that day your team will be dismissed first to the line and you will be close to getting into the cafeteria from where you are in line. It may seem like you’re far back in the line on days when your team isn’t first, but the lunch aids count by 20 to let students go into the café, so before you know it you’ll be in there. The only reason that you would go in the cafeteria last is if you forget you ID card. (**HINT**: If you want to avoid forgetting your ID card just leave it in your locker at the end of the day.) Now that you are inside the café you have to look at all of the choices. On the whiteboard you will see what soup they have for lunch and what their ala carte is. They also have regulars, food that is in the cafeteria everyday, like pizza, salads, bagels, and ice cream. Next, you have to do is grab a tray, pick out a drink and walk around until you get a whiff of something that you would like to eat. Once you have picked out your lunch you should estimate the total price as you go and make sure that you have enough in your school account, in cash, or in a check that you are bringing in, because lunch can be on the upper side of $3.00. Next, go over to one of the cash registers that has a smaller sized line. You will see that everyone is swiping their ID cards. When it is your turn, you will swipe your card in the card reader like everyone else and will see what your account balance is. Since it is your first day it will read a cash amount if your parents put money in the account in advance. If they didn’t it should read $0.00, but if you brought money, tomorrow it will have a cash amount inscribed on it. After you have paid for your lunch you can get any silverware and napkins that  you might need from the table in between the three cash registers. Then you can go find a table and sit with all of your new friends to enjoy a fantastic lunch for 30 minutes. After that you will be dismissed by table out of the cafeteria and down the hall to third period. I hope you think that this is as easy to do as one, two, three, and four. One, go to your locker, put your books away, and get in the lunch line. Two, look at the food choices, and pick out a lunch. Three, go over to a register line and swipe your card. Four, pay for your lunch and sit with your friends. Now that you know how to buy a school lunch, what are you waiting for?