Who doesn’t remember Lunchables? They were probably the most fun a kid could have at lunch aside from throwing rubber balls at each other across cafeteria tables. Making your lunch out of miniaturized cheeses and meats with crackers and then stuffing your face with the result = epic childhood win.
Above all else, I remember trading pieces of my Lunchables for other lunch items with friends. This became a daily practice, and also taught me how fair trade works. I made business relationships with individuals, daily routine became ritualistic and common understandings were solidified. It was pretty serious, thinking about it now. If you ever broke these relationships; and started trading with other kids at the lunch table, you’d find that you just damaged a healthy relationship with Client A for Client B. On that note, the most valuable Lunchable was the pizza set.
Back in the day, you could trade pieces of the pizza set for some serious lunchtime-scratch. I remember getting two pieces of dessert for just the cheese! Kids would add shredded mozarella to their sandwiches! You could’ve easily taken control of an established lunchtime racket with Lunchables Pizza. If you ever traded a Lunchables Pizza for Lunchables Turkey and Swiss, you are a fool and never deserved to have parents loving enough to give you the best and probably unhealthiest Lunchables ever. Oh wait, they came out Lunchables Mini Burgers now. I wonder how the bartering system works these days. Do the Mini Burgers equal the Pizza? Does it depend on which region of the lunchroom you’re in?
Anyway, I’d love to hear how your trading went. I need to know who is worth trading with and who is gonna screw me over down the road.
Tags: bartering, childhood, elementary school, kids, lunch time, lunchables, trading
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