Twice Menu one please: cunning in Corona times

I was recently been told an amusing anecdote about a young recruit, which I would like to share with you today. The powerfully-built 20-year-old, let's call him Paul, carried out his military service with a sense of duty and without grumbling, even when he couldn’t fathom the meaning of some of the tasks assigned to him, and he had to endure all sorts of adversity.

Blessed with a lavish appetite and a calorie burn that any model would secretly envy, Paul was only tormented by one thing during his military training: he didn't get enough to eat.

Cornelia Bisch, editor

As he described it, he either lacked the time to dig in properly, or the kitchen chef was mean in doling out the necessary calories. Over the course of the weeks, Paul discovered that the later one sat down, the more generous the chef became, as it seemed that he disliked leftovers just as much as greedy recruits. But this shot could occasionally backfire, and there was nothing left. The only thing to di then was to fall back on the so-called ‘Zwipf-Kiste’, which – as was explained to me – means eating between meals, to save the unfortunate rectruit from certain starvation.

The solution came with the tightening of the corona measures. It was decided that, in future, the company should dine in two different halls in order to maintain the required social distance.

Paul thought hard, saw his chance and changed his strategy. In future, he was one of the first to queue up in the dining room assigned to him, ate his meal there as quickly as he could, and then repeated the same procedure, with innocence and a hungry look, in the other dining room. The fact that wearing a face mask was obligatory helped him here, as, in combination with the uniform, this transformed all the young men into uniform recruits who were difficult to tell apart.

From then on, Paul really showed what he was capable of – when suitably strengthened – and tackled every task with vigour, did more than his duty, and was a popular comrade and much-praised recruit for the rest of his training!