disproportionate childhood disappointment

one of my friends growing up ran around the elementary school screaming "THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK ARE COMING" and freaking out. finally, her teacher heard her and asked her politely wtf she was talking about.

friend happily produces a calendar of events that was just passed out to each student and pointed at a date.

teacher takes one look and says "that says KIDS ON THE BLOCK. it's a puppet show".

When I was in preschool, age 3, early in the year I spotted a Planters* pretzel can. I waited and wondered when we were going to eat the pretzels. I thought about them when I was at home because we never had those pretzels. When would the teacher reveal that today was the day we ate the pretzels? Maybe even just one to tempt us and get us psyched for that magical day when we get to eat all those pretzels. I would stare at it regularly and sometimes notice myself in the large mirror that was right by the shelf holding the pretzels.

Late in the year, when I was there waiting for my mom to pick me up long after school was over (she usually picked me up a couple of hours after school was officially over), I was the only kid there and I worked up the courage to ask the woman who was watching me when we would be able to try the pretzels. School was almost over and we hadn't even talked about the pretzels. I thought for sure the day was coming soon.
It was a can of busted crayons. My disappointment lasted years.

* Planters is a brand of snack with a peanut in a top hat as its mascot

Also the mirror was a one-way window where our parents could watch us and I know someone's parents saw me staring at that can longingly.

lol that's so great

Seconded

aw <3