I'm going to be deliberately vague about the circumstances surrounding this story, but I've been giggling about it ever since it happened, so I wanted to share.
I'm part of an organization that hosted an event catered by a local deli. When this deli delivered the food, it included a ginormous container of lemon wedges. Seriously, they must have cut up five or six lemons to fill the container they provided. In my mind, this was an excessive quantity, especially considering that they were meant to go with a mere gallon of iced tea. Suffice to say, we had a great many lemon wedges left over.
After this event, I was working with a couple of other people to triage the remaining food. I asked them what they wanted to do with the lemon wedges, and wasn't surprised when they told me to toss them. However, maybe a minute or so later--after I had already turned my attention to some of the other remaining food--someone who's part of the organization but wasn't part of this event piped up that she would like to have the lemon wedges.
I can see speaking up for something like sandwiches or a fruit plate, but lemon wedges? Something that combines inexpensiveness, ease of preparation, and lack of palatability in the absence of some other food item? Doesn't asking for a leftover container of lemon wedges pretty much cement your reputation as an excessively frugal eccentric? I think if I had wanted something like leftover lemon wedges, I would have tried to abscond with them quietly for fear of drawing too much attention to my idiosyncrasies.
When I broke the bad news that I had already deep-sixed this valuable item, this person just gave me a dirty look and walked away.
Am I a wasteful person who just committed the food equivalent of blowing my nose on dollar bills? Have I made an enemy for life by throwing out a container of lemon wedges? Was I just dealing with an extreme case of someone taking life's lemons and hoping to make lemonade? Whatever the case, it was worth the entertainment it brought me.
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