Karen Evans Stout, an associate professor of education at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., makes sociological expeditions into lunchrooms.
Go into the lunchroom, collect the food that your friend wants and put it into your bag.
Sheik Musa Samory dashed into the lunchroom and spread out his maroon prayer mat.
Then, one afternoon at work, I wandered into the lunchroom and happened to glance at the television.
Finally, Michael Strahan strode into the lunchroom at Giants Stadium, carrying all the frustrations of the day and the week with him.
At Monday's rally, most of the 650 workers at the plant in this Chicago suburb crowded into the lunchroom and voted to stage a sit-in if Wells Fargo takes steps to liquidate their company — and jobs.
He went into the lunchroom and found the other kid, started a fight with him, and pulled out the gun.
I walked into the lunchroom, devastation still clear on my face, as I tried to find a place to sit.
I've fielded enough aghast looks to know that it's just easier to hide my mayo use, at times racing to scoop it into my plate and put the jar back in the fridge before anyone else came into the lunchroom.
"When I was at the U.S.D.A., I did a lot to try to get fresh produce into school lunchrooms, so joining this board is consistent with a lot of my own personal views," said Mr. Glickman, who also served as a congressman from Kansas for 18 years.
