Pizza party

[Guest guest]

      I might not have said anything, either, but a pizza party with a lot of

kids--it's hard to believe that none of them (not even a kid) would have wanted

(and asked for) a cheese-only pizza! 

 

       When my 2 daughters were in high school, we moved to a new community and

the school there didn't have a regular cafeteria for noon lunches.  Instead,

several times a week, different businesses would " contract " to bring in food

(usually not all that good, and mostly something like " fast food " ). 

 

     Anyway, parents took turns as volunteers to serve the brought-in food on

some of those days.  A few times, I was there on " Pizza Hut " day.  I remember

they basically ordered a bunch of 3 kinds of pizzas--cheese, pepperoni, and

sausage topped pizzas.  I don't know how the school planned for it, but the

largest order was for the cheese pizzas--more kids wanted that than any other

kind.  Sometimes they would run out of the other (meat) pizzas, but the kids who

came back for " seconds " took the cheese slices just the same.

 

    I suppose if the order had been called ahead of time, it wouldn't make sense

to ask if anyone was getting a cheese pizza or whatever might be appropriate for

veggie eating.

If that wasn't the case, asking if it would be possible to have one of the

pizzas be cheese or " veggie " might not have been a bad idea.  I guess it depends

on how comfortable one feels with asking, given the situation.

 

    If it's all settled and no cheese or veggie pizza is forthcoming, I would

have stayed for a polite visit during the party, then left to find an actual

meal elsewhere for myself--or would have stayed at the restaurant (AFTER the

party) and would have ordered my OWN food.

 

     I guess what it boils down to is figuring out what you need to do to be

polite, yet take care of yourself in the midst of the situation.  Being present

at a party doesn't always mean one has to eat at the party...but it would be

nice if the host acknowledges all of the invited guests by ordering food that

all (or any) can eat.  It wouldn't have been that complicated to have included

one or two non-meat-topped pizzas, and probably some of the kids at the party

would have gone for those, too!

 

    --Just my thoughts!

 

--Laura B., in Illinois