These are the cafeteria ladies. I call them Millie, Billie, and Tilly. I think they're part of a government program to get rid of the middle school population in this country, one lunch at a time.
These cafeteria workers are affectionately known as Millie, Billie, and Tilly, the author’s playful names for the ladies who serve food. They seem to play a humorous role in the story, with the narrator joking about their possible involvement in a government scheme designed to reduce middle school populations. The idea is that they are eliminating students one lunch at a time, adding a humorous twist to their everyday jobs.
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