The lunch line seems to find new ways to get worse each year.

Not only are they still selling two hot-dogs in one pack and hamburgers stacked on top of each other (which is sketchy to say the least), but they replaced our beloved Powerade with new Powerade Play, which has less sugar. Of course, “less sugar” translates to “tastes much worse.” Powerade was suppose to be the solution to supposed health problems with Gatorade. Now we can’t even have regular Powerade? Powerade was already placed in the school to replace Gatorade which has a high sugar content. Plus, many students and especially student athletes enjoy drinking Powerade after practice. Now, many will turn to soda, which certainly has more sugar than a Powerade.

The lack of a decent sports drink is just one of the problems with the lunch line. Another common complaint that students have is that there are too few lines, especially at breakfast. Many people spend most of their lunch or breakfast just standing in line waiting for their food.

Although it’s easy to blame the lack of lunch lines for the long wait, it’s not all their fault. It seems like there’s always a few kids that just can’t make a decision. Save us all some time and at least have a general idea what you want. That way, the lines can stay moving and we can all get on with our lives.

All the blame can’t be put on the consumer though. Many times in the later lunches, popular items tend to run out. The popular cookies and the new Powerade Play are usually gone by the time C lunch comes around, and it can’t be because they don’t have more, because they put out more of each every day. So unless we’re receiving new shipments of each every day, there’s no reason to not put out more.

Although there are many bad things about the lunch lines, it’s admittedly cool that SportsCenter is on while we eat. It’s nice to know that on those days when you have a test in every class, you can count on at least thirty minutes of complete freedom from all academics.

The solution to all of these problems? It’s out of our control. It comes down to the county wide decision of what goes into our lunches. We’ll just have to deal with it until the county decides to change.