Let them eat cake
And hamburgers, too.
Funny business, radio. Those of us who choose to call it our chosen career will often joke about the low pay and how we’ve learned to subsist on a diet of Mac and Cheese while creating a patchwork wardrobe from the dozens of free T-shirts we collect over the years. And then there’s the food.
Every now and again a local restaurant or store will drop off goodies. You name it, we’ve probably sampled it. It doesn’t happen every day but if you stick around this business long enough, you’ll nibble on your fair share of free food. Turns out today was one of those days.
Just after I got here at 8 AM, an enormous cooler full of hamburgers arrived. God bless the local retailer that dropped them off, and the fundraiser they’re doing this weekend in support of Crohns and Colitis. It’s not like I think the burgers are in any way bad. But at 8 in the morning? I was just starting my first cup of coffee. Burgers were the furthest thing from my mind…and my stomach.
Of course, about an hour later, the burgers were almost entirely gone. People lined up and garnished them with relish and mustard as if they were scrambled eggs and bacon at the breakfast buffet. Yup, that’s a radio person for you.
Funny business, this.