Guest Post: Wherein Child #2 Asks (Unsuccessfully) to Skip School Next Friday

...and what she learned about making fundraising asks at restaurants

[Editorial note: The below was written by Child #2 with only light editorial changes correcting her horrendous grammar]

Sup Substackers! It’s me again, the real Child #1.

If you’re a new or fake and didn’t read it before, I once wrote about how to score Chick-fil-A from your mom:

GUEST POST: Child #2 Makes an Ask for DoorDash

My dad still doesn’t feel 100%, so Imma be a real one and post this week. I’ll tell you about going to a diner with him last Friday when I tried to convince him I shouldn’t have to go to school this Friday because who cares.

He hasn’t said yes or no yet. So, if you’re reading this, I’m asking you to hit up the comments supporting yours truly.

Friday night, my dad and I went to an art show where two of the student teachers at my school were showing their work:

After the show, we went to this old school diner we like. Not because the food is good, but because the vibes are immaculate and there’s a little table-size juke box (Which he gets all irked about when I ask him for quarters to use it). Another pic:

“Child #2’s chicken parm sandwich was the real work of art Friday night.” -Dan

SIDEBAR
Fun Fact: My dad won’t order the same thing as anyone else at the table, which is actually so infuriating because who cares? If anything, it’ll make the server’s job easier.

For real, just get the chicken parm if you want it, Dan!

While we were eating, I asked if I could skip school next Friday and it sorta went like this:

Me: Dan, can u b a real one? I’m literally not gonna do anything at school on Friday, so can I skip?

Him: Please stop calling me Dan.

Me: If I do, can I skip?

Him: Probably not.

Me: I’ll get you more subscribers if you say yes.

Him: Gimme a bite of your sandwich and we’ll talk about it later.

I didn’t really expect him to say yes. I was just yapping and hoping he’d go for it. He didn’t.

But here’s some fundraising insight that we talked about later about asking for things at restaurants:

• He told me he never likes asking people for money during a meal at a restaurant if they don’t see it coming. He said he’ll do it if he has to, but he prefers to keep it chill.

• If you’re not sure how the other person will react to what you’re asking for, it can wreck the vibe and ruin the meal.

• He’d rather get to know people over food than get them to do something. Especially if they’re not expecting to be asked for something.

• It’s also sorta unfair to the server because they may interrupt you in the middle and mess it up but they’re just doing their job.

• He never orders food he has to eat with his hands during a food meeting. He’s afraid of getting it on his face. No chicken parm sandwich for you, Dan!

So I stopped asking to skip school and we split this piece of Oreo cheesecake instead:

Delicious

I’ll prolly go to school next Friday???

Unless you flood the comments and convince him I don’t need to go (Shameless plug).

Which would be amazing of you because I still don’t want to go.

Let’s all plan to skip wherever we’re supposed to be on Friday and meet up for chicken parm sandwiches at the diner.

I won’t ask you for anything so it won’t wreck our vibe. We’ll just ask my dad to pay.

See you Friday for lunch, girlies!!