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[โ€“] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 79 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Beyond innumerable rules at home (no sneaking out of windows, no making potions out of toiletries, no growing mold in the bathroom, no snakes in the house, etc.) once as a kid I had $5 of birthday money burning a hole in my pocket, so at lunch I asked for as many $0.25 cinnamon rolls as I could get with a $5 bill. Although the cafeteria workers tried to talk me out of it, I spent the rest of the day parading around with a huge sack of cinnamon rolls which I didn't share with my classmates, as I was determined to bring my catch home to impress / share with my family. The same day, an announcement was made over the intercom to the entire school announcing a new two-per-person limit for cinnamon rolls. Details may be off as this was years ago, but that's what I remember!

I used to have people pay back borrowed lunch money in 5 cent cracker packages. I still remember the time i saved up about $5 in crackers because of one friend's debts.

[โ€“] Mothra@mander.xyz 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, what was your family's reaction? What what did your classmates say after the max of 2 rule got implemented?

[โ€“] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] lambchop@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Reading that as "I can't remember, I'm afraid" gave it a different feeling.