Marlborough school is facing a Café M line crisis, where students line up out the door and around the corner, risking it all for a hot lunch and the slim possibility of eating before third period.
The Café M line constantly wastes lunch time for students and staculty. There is one simple solution to this problem, and it does not involve changing registers or creating functional lines, but rather, bring your own lunch!
First, packing a lunch box is not just a lifesaver, it’s a time saver. Marlborough students sometimes unwillingly spend the majority of their lunch period waiting in a seemingly never-ending line or are inadvertently late to an important meeting or retake, while trapped in the sandwich line. It is not only an incredibly hectic and stressful environment, but Café M lines could be more efficient. It’s time to skip the wait and not be late. Packing your lunch is an easy solution.
Second, let’s take a moment to think about the environment. While supporting the majority of a 600-person student body, Café M goes through hundreds of paper plates and plastic utensils daily, and students are not mindful about where they put their trash. By the end of lunch, dirty paper plates are often left out on the field or in the wrong bin. Bringing your own reusable utensils and tupperware can help reduce Marlborough’s total waste. Each person who packs their own meal can make a difference!
Third, you have more control over what you eat. I can understand the struggle of showing up to the caf and realizing that you either cannot or do not want to eat the food they are serving. If you bring your own food, you can control exactly what you eat, even modifying your lunch to your cravings day-to-day!
Finally, packing a lunch is an opportunity to reduce your household waste. Taking leftovers to school can help reduce the amount of food waste your family produces. The average American throws out the equivalent of 650 perfect apples in the trash every year due to food waste. By bringing a lunchbox to school, you can do your part to reduce your carbon footprint.
Bringing your lunch to school can be fun and delicious if you know the right way to go about it. It’s all about trying new things and abandoning the beloved Café M food for one day can’t hurt. There are a million different ways to change up your home lunch. You may discover that bringing your own lunch is fun, tasty, nutritious and easy!
