Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for July 10, 2017

Ah, the Trough and Brews have been revitalized?

Fill the pockets up with the egg rolls.

Clearly, a step above is also a step below, but this was already known.

While the convenience of the tray is lost, so also is the convenience of the tray lost.

The Funny Fat Guy. Mmmm I Wonder

What you can tolerate..

Staff is down to a minimum to cut down on service..

They aren’t actually “all-you-can-eat”.

That would be ridiculous.

They are actually, “some-of-the-stuff-you-can-eat”.

No bill on a tray…no bill at all.

Self Checkouts have been installed to cut down on payroll..

With the sketching, the legs look like they’re hitched together in a team. Thus the efficacy of Meh-thodology’s observation about Trough and Brews.

Either side the isle can stand to louse around a lb’s or two

These customers look like they’re on their guard.

Dieters credo.

if the plate is smaller, the portions look bigger.

Food… a hand full at each setting. FREE DOGSNIFF!!!

I remember my parents taking my brothers and I to a Smorgasbord chain restaurant in the middle 1960s.

It closed because of the terrible food waste caused by people heaping their plates, often with unfamiliar foods, and then leaving most of it and going for more.

The Golden Corral version has more recognizable offerings and is thus a more successful business model.

All that wasted air space.

Just pull up a chair and belly up to the buffet, there by saving the need for plates and tables as well. Please pass the creamed corn.

I draw a blank, which is harder than it sounds.

Radish- At least you are not drawing flies, which is more than these all you can eat kitchens can say.

And if you’re drawing flies, you should seriously consider drawing a bath.

Was no longer cost efficient to effectively organize the trays properly by color code..

Will the commenter who starred in and wrote the youtube video about “Frog Applause” please come forward? With more effort, I think you might have come up with a catchier song. The lyrics are pretty outdated now. Sort of. Where are you frogapplauseguy?

Who is Ushindi? (Mentioned in the comments.)

Teresa, I am sorry that I don’t have the musical talent to write or sing you a song on youtube. I apologize for being unable to write a good poem or even pen a haiku worthy of you. I don’t have a dreamy, manly speaking voice to read any of YOUR poetry and recite it online. (I remember you mentioning once that you wished someone/others would read your poems with different voices and accents. I might contribute to that effort if other lame people go first.)

College campuses are notorious for food waste. I think young people are still used to others providing for them, and until they have to pay their own bills, they will continue with their wasteful ways.

Meh. No tray, no problem. Just belly up to the buffet-bar with your plate in hand more often. There used to be, years ago, a pretty decent all-you-can-eat buffet near where I worked, and I would go there once a week or so. Alas, the place was closed down due to its inability to comply with stricter, and more strictly enforced, heath code issues relating to the protective covers over the food.

Interesting shoes and stockings on that crew of eaters over whom Sr. Teresa has scrawled arcane graffiti. They look like extras from a film version of Dickens’ Oliver Twist.

Please sir! May I have another bowl of watered-down gruel?