social service agencies do it.
summer camps do it.
for-profits do it.
orphanages do it.
even families do it.
and they're all wrong to do it.
what is it? serving nice food to the "important" people and serving ordinary (sometimes even crappy) food to the regular "slobs."
every "parents'day" while i was in college, the dorms dished out fancy grub. t-bone steaks, baked potatoes with your choice of toppings, ceasar salad - not regular iceberg junk - and an assortment of desserts, catered from the local wherever. and they put tablecloths on the tables and centerpieces in the center. even the salt and pepper shakers were upgraded.
same thing at social service agencies when the people with the deep pockets stop by.
same thing at summer camp, also on parents' day.
same thing at rich businesses trying to get richer.
same thing at orphanages. (come on. you really think they served daddy warbucks that slop?)
it's even the same thing in our families. we save the nice dishes for holidays, when company will be over. we plan menus that go above and beyond when "special" family members are invited. on wednesday night with "just" the nuclear family? somethin' out of a box. or a bag.
i am not going to spend one second discussing why all of these places/people do this - we all know why. come on.
"Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."
did it to me.
