The Lunchroom
Before the first period bell rings, the lunchroom is quiet except for the noises coming from the kitchen, where the lunch ladies are preparing to serve free breakfast to a crowd of hungry, loud teenagers. The white tables are all lined up next to one another and they remain white for the time being. Meanwhile, the blue floor is clean, having been swept and mopped the day before, but it waits to be coated with dropped foods and spilled drinks by the hundreds of students that occupy the lunchroom each period of the school day. At the front of the lunchroom, a laptop is set up with an ID scanner connected to it. The first bell rings and the students line up to swipe their student ID cards to get into the lunchroom with a dean attentively supervising lunchroom activity. Between every first and late bell after first period, the lunchroom staffs rush to clean as much left over garbage, food and drinks off the table. By fifth period, the cafete...