Students run from their classrooms as the lunch bell rings, eager to be the first in line. Many students tend to go crazy over the new pizza line.
This new lunch option began in late August. Since then, it has become the most popular line in Texas High’s cafeteria. The line goes out the door, and it’s hard for others to get in and out.
However, the new hit line has only two options: cheese and pepperoni. This leaves students with little choice. Other students, who prefer different types of pizza, may like it better if it had more variety.
Some students even believe that this line isn’t worth it. These students prefer to bring something from home or go to a different line. They believe that the pizza isn’t that good and the line is too long.
“I think it’s overrated because people will stand in line all lunch period just to get a pizza,” junior Madison Turner said. “The pizza is good, but it’s not good enough to stand in line that whole time.”
Several students want to get in front of other people and get their pizza first. Principals and school security guards have started monitoring the line, trying to ensure that no one cuts. However, some still manage to slip through and move up in the line.
“I hate that people are cutting [in line] already,” freshman Savanna Waddell said. “Too many people have cut in front of everyone else, so the principal and security guard are trying to stand over there and make sure no one else cuts.”
Despite these negatives, many students still get excited to get their pizza at lunch. However, the pizzas sell out quickly, usually in the first ten minutes of lunch. While many manage to get pizza before the line closes, many more students don’t, and they may be getting tired of it.
“I think the limit is probably the worst thing,” sophomore Kyleigh Watt said. “The pizza running out on me kind of sucked because everything else just doesn’t make me feel [good] when I eat it.”
Even with the limit, at the end of each lunch, empty pizza boxes get piled high. They can be seen all around the cafeteria and courtyard. Some students will stack up the boxes at their tables towering over those sitting there.
In the month that the pizza line opened, it became very popular. The students’ response to it likely foreshadows its return for the rest of the school year.
