Bringing your own food also invites creative solutions.
To this day I still have major problems with eating crumbed fish. I blame the lunch ladies I had in high school. It is their fault that I can’t look at a fish stick without feeling my gag reflex starting to bounce in my throat. I can’t even think of a bread crumbed cod without recoiling into the fetal position.
Even though they were disgustingly cooked and served without passion, neither I nor my classmates ever thought of taking our own food to school. Every now and then I spent my allowance on pizza or buns from the supermarket. Instead I should have had lunch boxes and brought food from home. I should have taken a piece of yesterday's dinner, or even put myself to work and cooked a good omelet or a stew.
But you learn from your mistakes. I would never eat crumbed fish in a school today no matter where I am. I always have a lunchbox with me in case it happens.
Required time:
1 day or less
Cons:
The staff in the dining room can take it personally when you set the table with candles, fancy cutlery and your own food.
Pros:
You won’t have to eat disgusting food.
