strange kids

there is a breed of kid out there that i wasn't aware of.
i ran across it at mtsu in the dining hall where i work.
every student that comes into our eatery has an id card that along with other functions, tracks pre-paid meals allowing them to eat three squares a day on campus. [either mom and dad paid for this or it's awarded through scholarship funds]

out of the 1k students we feed every day of the week around 4% try to get in without having their card scanned.
one of these guys is a 7ft tall basketball player and apparently his entourage has led him to believe he's 'god's gift to the world' thus he has a huge 'i'm the man' type chip on his shoulder sitting next to his 'does as he pleases' chip.
my first day on the scanner and i look up to see this 7 ft tall basketball player with two puffballs on either side of his head that i'm sure is his hair but - they are so big and fluffy
well - whatever.
he glides on by me with nary a twitch in my direction like he owns the place. i back up and glide on over in front of him and stand looking at what appears to be a silver medallion of epic proportions on his chest. i lean back, look way up there past the glare off the medallion and ask him. "so - where ya going there - bucko?" "to eat" he replies "well, not without having your card scanned first your not." "huh? waddya mean. i never pay." something tells me he hasn't had his card scanned in a good while.
but than usually young college girls are manning the scanner. "i'm just going to eat" he informs me. "ya i heard that - let me see your student id first" his speech quickly degraded into this slurred mumbo jumbo that - to me - sounded like a new language that i'd not heard before. he kept on walking into the hall all the while telling me he was
going to see his boys and that i should go back to what i was doing and stop bugging him. "over here - my boys are over here, you got people waiting on you woman, you got customers, i just need to see my boys over here." i took his hand and gently tugged him over - back towards the door out of earshot of his 'boys' and told him "thanks for coming, come back with your student id."

within 10 minutes one of his 'girls' [i guess] and he are out in the hallway entrance singing one verse of a rap song over and over and o v e r again. it careened around the hall walls - burst through the doors, spreading out as it flowed into the dining hall and amplified as it bounced off the walls inside and gave all in attendance a good listen up - of this lousy, off key baritone and this tweety bird squeaking this .. well, like fingernails on a chalkboard - you get the drift. sure enough the student assistant manager [if this girl is any older than the puffball rapper outside i'll bite this card - i swear] comes up and asks me what's going on. i tell her "i think he's upset because i wouldn't let him in." she looks everywhere but at me and says "tell them to take it outside." i reply right away with "oh no, your paid to be a manager. so - go manage." oops. she huffed off saying she was calling security. i just went back to scanning cards ... grinning. not to long after a girl just bounces right on by me so i give her a heads up asking her "what's shaking." "i work here." she says to me. "are you working tonight.?" i query. "ya, sure." she replies. "ok, see ya later." and wave her in. the student assistant manager soon walks around my area, checking on things like she does, and i ask her .. "see that girl over there? she working tonight?" "no, she hasn't worked here in over a month." she says. sigh.

but i'm having a total blast. jord walked in to see me one night, he works in the dining hall in the next building over, and one of the college students i work with says to him "that's your mom? dude, your mom is cool." jord laughs as he tells me this. ya /grin i'm having fun. p.s. did i mention all the eye candy?? jeez luweez