Washoe County’s Senior Meal Programs - A Heaping Serving of Reality
TRIO is offering Oatmeal Crème Pie for dessert today, January 8th and 9th 2025 - we can’t wait to see their pie, or will it be more Little Debbie like.
You've got two types of seniors at these meal sites. First, there's the social seniors who come to chat, play cards, and enjoy some company (bless their hearts). Then there's the folks who genuinely need these meals to, you know, survive. But don't worry - the county's got it all figured out with their totally unbiased survey!
How unbiased, you ask? Well, they strategically cornered the dependent seniors in the food line for glowing reviews in 2023. Funny how they "ran out" of surveys for everyone else ... until they spotted a press badge, then suddenly surveys materialized faster than you can say "damage control.”
And now they're rolling out a THREE-PAGE survey masterpiece. Because nothing says "we care" like asking seniors to recall specific meal, we don’t remember what we ate yesterday. Here's a wild idea: How about just asking "Is the food good or bad?" Revolutionary, right?
Speaking of food - let's talk about their idea of "protein." It's like a game of "Where's Waldo?" but with meat. And those vegetables? Six lonely Brussels sprouts and a parade of broccoli and cauliflower stems that would make a compost bin weep. Don't even get Picon started on the "variety" of bread offerings - apparently, serving the same wheat roll, wheat bread slices (2) most days counts as variety in Washoe County.
But wait, there's more. January's menu is a real treat. Three straight days of “Do It Yourself” sandwiches (bring your own condiments, seniors), and the exciting appearance of the Same Salmon Patty: The Sequel. Nothing says "we're trying harder" quite like serving identical meals twice in a month.
Washoe County Senior Meal menu for January 2025. Is a cold sandwich considered a hot meal?
TRIO's certainly mastered the art of bulk buying and creative repurposing. That chicken sure gets around - it's like the theatrical understudy of protein, playing multiple roles in various dishes. But hey, at least there's an Oatmeal Crème Pie for dessert ... served two days in a row, naturally. Because nothing says "we value our seniors" quite like cutting corners on main courses to splurge on repeated desserts.
Washoe County will make sure these robust survey’s get in the right hands of the seniors who need to have these lunches in order to survive. Staff will stand a the head of the line handing the survey to the people they know, just as they did in 2023.
Remember folks, this isn't just about food - it's about treating our seniors with the dignity they deserve. Is that really too much to ask, Washoe County?
2025 “Robust” TRIO/Washoe County Senior Meal Program Survey.