in honor of halloween, let’s talk about something scary. research shows that most people would rather die than speak in front of people. my “roommate" climbs the sides of mountains for fun, but is petrified of spiders. i pee my pants when i see a snake. and not surprisingly, i’m also scared of running out of food. my fear is wildly irrational. i’m blessed and never in my life have been anywhere close to starvation. but nonetheless, when i camp or travel or even run errands, i have to have snacks with me just in case i get hungry. which is why when i was flying this weekend, i felt quite anxious when i overheard the flight attendant tell a hungry passenger that there were no snacks on board. no pretzels, no peanuts, no $11 craptastic sandwich. it's bad enough that they charge for snacks now, but to not even offer them should be illegal. i mean, obviously, i had snacks with me. but what about the rest of the plane?! what were they going to do?! the woman next to me was traveling with her teenage son (read: food bottomless pit). she did not pack any snacks and was disappointed when she heard the no-snacks-on-board news. enter moral dilemma. do i share my snacks and anxiously endure the rest of the flight knowing that i have no snack backup? or do i keep my peanut butter and crackers to myself in case hunger rears it’s ugly head before we land? in the end, i shared my snack. the idea of a kid not getting a snack was worse than my fear of not having backup. the woman graciously accepted and the world was less two hungry people. which is a good thing indeed.
snack shared: peanut butter and crackers
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i too share an irrational fear of running out of food. if even just one person is stopping by the place i call home i feel the need to have a plethora of snack options. and if its a party-- forget about it, we're talking bushels of food, and barrels of alcohol. anyway, never gone hungry a day in my life.....but i explained this fear to my mom & her response: "i'm sorry".....apparently its genetic. you are not alone miss sharing snacks. this fear may be what makes us family!
ReplyDeletemiss k, i've often wondered if my fear of running out of food was some sort of evolutionary hiccup. i think you might be right!
ReplyDeletehow very generous of you, and I agree with the snack fact! I was on a plane once where I ordered the chips and they place an entire pringle sized container of chips on my tray. I also had a bloody mary. I offered snacks to the girl next to me and she replied, "no thanks. i try to watch my sodium intake on planes". I felt like an idiot! :)
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