Remember trading snacks at the lunch table in school?
By @maeforsure · Nostalgia
My coworkers were talking about this. I said I'd trade my whole lunch for a pack of Dunkaroos or a Fruit Roll-Up, no question. The younger ones looked at me like I was insane.
The full story
They just don't get it. A homemade sandwich was worthless. But if you had one of those premier, foil-wrapped snacks? You were a king for the day. Gushers, Handi-Snacks with the little red stick, String Thing. That was currency. My coworker said his mom never packed him any of that stuff and he felt left out his whole childhood. I get it.
How people voted
- Bad Move — 37% (43 votes)
- Needs Context — 32% (37 votes)
- Reasonable — 31% (36 votes)
Readers are split: “Bad Move” leads with 37% — 116 votes and 5 comments so far.
What people are saying
@brendan — i still feel this way about cosmic brownies
@mmkay — Was the homemade sandwich at least on good bread?
@hankmaybe — This is so true! A Lunchable was like winning the lottery.
@edieyy — That core memory of snack envy really sticks with you.
@owenyy — I feel like a homemade lunch is objectively better than processed snacks, though.
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