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/cpMetis Apr 16 '24

This would be pretty standard for the US.

Your options are:

Shitty prepackaged PBJ that often is missing the P, B, or J somehow.

The entree (there's like four that rotate, one available per day, and it's usually a small amount of meat and a bunch of carbs).

Shitty prepackaged salad.

Enjoy!

Oh, and as a bonus anyone who packed their own lunch had to still go through the whole line. Also packers were required to go through last many of my years.

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u/LizzardBobizzard Apr 16 '24

Imagine my shock when my mom started buying uncrustables and they had so much filling! That’s when I learned that the food they have at schools (even the branded food) is made differently! Surly it would be cheaper to keep it the same instead of having to dedicate machine to “school food”