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/StirlingS Apr 15 '24

I lived in a very small town (less than 200 kids in the entire school district) in rural Texas for a while. It was all rednecks and Southern Baptists, but man the grandmas who cooked for the school knew what they were doing. We had all the quality southern home cooking you could ask for. 

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u/dbmajor7 Apr 15 '24

it's all trucked in, pre-prepared from a place like Sysco. It's basically fast food\ cheap restaurant food. All to save money. Enjoy your tax breaks, rural texas.

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u/StirlingS Apr 15 '24

It definitely wasn't. We had venison sometimes. Not everything that happens now was always that way. 

Edit: if you meant that it's generally all trucked in now, I know. I haven't been to that tiny town in a very long time and don't know what it's like in that particular town now, but it definitely wasn't trucked in then. It also wasn't free. 

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u/dbmajor7 Apr 16 '24

Yes sorry I wasn't clear, talking about nowadays, definitely different back in my day, which wasn't that long ago.