I’ve expressed my feelings about the food program I participate in before. They’re obnoxious. They drop by unexpectedly to watch me serve a meal, write down the specifics of what is served, and compare/contrast my attendance sheets with what I recorded online to make sure I’m not cheating and claiming more kids are here than are actually here.
It’s fine. They’re following the rules and they want to make sure I’m following the rules.
I get it.
Yesterday she dropped by and the first thing she says is that the last meal she observed had been disallowed because I recorded online that the children had eaten Pancakes and Apples when in fact she saw them eat Waffles and Pears when she was here.
I looked and her and said, “waffles and pancakes are on the same line…they’re interchangeable.”
(It looks like this when I make my claim: pancakes/waffles (062))
And she was all…”oh hmm, I’m not sure about that, but even so…the fruit claimed was incorrect.”
And then I was all, “siggggggh…you have to understand how frustrating this is for me. You SAW the kids eat fruit. For whatever reason, if I claimed pears than I guess I claimed pears, but the kids ate a healthy breakfast with fruit. You watched them. Pears, apples, apples, pears….what difference does it make? You sat here and witnessed them eating a fruit.”
You have to understand I’m ALWAYS doing something wrong. It’s why she comes back so often. I’m supposed to record the attendance and meals at the end of everyday and I never do it. I’ve given hot dogs and turkey sandwiches twice in one week for lunch. GASP! I’ve served cookies AND granola bars twice in one week for snack. GASP! I’ve forgotten to sign in my OWN CHILDREN on the attendance sheet. GASP! I’ve served mini rice cakes for a snack instead of whole rice cakes. GASP!
The list goes on…I’m always messing up. I just cannot get my act together. Something always gets overlooked and I’ve briefly considered just telling them to screw it and kick me off the program alerady. What a relief to not have to worry about them anymore!
Problem is they give me a check every month that I don’t want to let go of. I have no choice but to buck up and try to comply with every nit picky requirement.
What I won’t do for a few extra bucks…
Booooo food people.