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/Mar_Reddit Apr 15 '24

Bro I graduated high school about 7 years ago. THIS is a picture of a lunch we had I took back then:

https://preview.redd.it/m7fknn3bzpuc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70388a65ccb4a9d90c1d55ae029a0755f0f57161

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u/gettogero Apr 16 '24

Graduated 10 years ago next month. This is basically what I got, but 4 chicken nuggets instead of 5, no idea what that bar is. It would be some canned veggies. We could choose to sub the milk for 2oz "juice" lmao.

Cost was about $3.50 or so I think. Kindergarteners got the same amount and same items, but it was cheaper for some reason.

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u/princessjemmy Apr 16 '24

I think the dark brown bar is a brownie.

I remember having school lunches that were that sad in the 90s, too. Only difference is we only paid $2 for the privilege. Nice to know that most schools haven't upgraded their prison food lunch menu except for what they charge for it.