But I don't wanna eat dinner with Becky!

A while back when Staff Training was in its darkest and longest hours, Danny Sudman presented an idea. The idea was to have a staff auction, where the employees of this fantastic facility donate items or services and bid on them, donating the proceeds to ACA scholarship programs. A great array of items were donated, ranging from t-shirts and back massages to shark-chumming trips and spear-fishing lessons. I myself donated an epic story. I offered to interview the winning bidder, turn a story of their exploits into a campfire story of daring and adventure, to be told in front of kids at a closing campfire. Miah (my supervisor) ended up winning it for 20 dollars, I was impressed, and actually kind of honored. Anyway, one of the big prizes that Riptide (me and my cabinmates) attempted to bid on was a dinner for 4 at the Kern's House. Tom Kern is the site manager, and dinner at his house is apparently a famed honor on the island. We REALLY wanted it, but Becky "Angeleyes" Morrow furiously outbid us until our minds overtook our stomachs. And the instant she did so, Tommy Kern, perhaps the cutest and most mischievous child I've ever encountered, calls out, "But I don't wanna eat dinner with Becky! She'll make me eat spinach! We could have played Grand Theft Auto!" I can't really add anything more memorable than that to the experience.