Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Church Coffee

I do better than this when it's my turn, but I tend to be minimalist for a specific reason.  If you start putting out good snacks, then it suddenly becomes a competition (especially among women of my generation), and people are intimidated from volunteering to do coffee this week.

I did fat grapes for the children until I realised we are not well-places to do choking hazards.  I did cheap donuts, Nillas, or sugar wafers but got tired of the sugar-grumblings from the young mothers who still believe the myth that it causes their kids to be hyper.  So now I do Goldfish, and cheese and crackers.

Swedes care about coffee, but we aren't as Swedish in the Covenant as we used to be.

2 comments:

Sam L. said...

The BEE strikes again.

james said...

Another problem with the "good stuff" is that the latecomers tend to get crumbs. I suppose that builds character. Or teaches you not to be too late or too courteous. (2'nd grade snacks were 2 saltine squares and a fluid oz of apple juice--which was more tantalizing than refreshing.)