so last night i'm working at the concession stand for the volleyball game at school. what i saw there was SERIOUSLY out-of-control. i have never sold so much pop, candy, super nachos and super dogs in my life. hoards of kids were coming to the stand at 8:30 at night, buying huge bottles of mountain dew, candy bars and super nachos. then they would go buy root beer floats and come back for some more candy. i am, for once, not exaggerating. elementary kids would say "can i have a coke?" (at BED TIME, for crying out loud) and i wanted to say, "NO you can't."

my kids love the concession stand just as much as anyone. they eat their fair amount of sugar and junk. but they only get $1 to spend, and when it's gone, it's gone. the way people were eating last night...honestly, it was horrible. no wonder kids in america are so unhealthy. i felt like i was enabling them to be that way, schlocking an entire concession stand full of crap. there was not one healthy thing in there, unless you count the bottles of $1.25 water. one mom actually said, "$1.25 for water? for that price you might as well buy a pop."

i've worked the baseball concession stand for several summers, and i just have never seen the frenzy the way i did last night. it was a real eye-opener, for sure. all i wanted to do when i came home was eat an apple and brush my teeth. really, that might do the trick for me and the mountain dew. i was pretty disgusted with the stuff by the end of the game.