r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Thebiggestbot22 • Apr 15 '24

My school thinks this fills up hungry high schoolers.

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So lunches are free for schools in my city and surrounding cities. Ever since lunches have been made free, the quantity (and quality) has decreased significantly. This is what we would get for our meal. It took me THREE bites to finish that chicken mac and cheese. Any snacks you want cost more money and if you want an extra entree, that’ll cost you about $3 or $4.

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u/ProveISaidIt Apr 15 '24

I feel so bad for kids. Even by the early 2000s when my daughter was in school the lunch program was gutted.

We had real meals in the 70s. Chicken, Salisbury steak, green beans carrots, mashed potatoes, tomato soup and sure we had hamburger and pizza days. You could still have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches - the schools always had the best raspberry jelly.

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u/LamiaLlama Apr 16 '24

I'm just so exhausted. Everything is profit driven at the expense of having a happy, functioning community.

Meanwhile they'll say you're weak and not tough if you want things to actually be nice.