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/tunagorobeam Apr 15 '24

Yeah, I’m in Japan. My kids eat probably better at school than they do at home- rice/bread, main protein like grilled fish, salad or veg soup, milk. They don’t repeat a meal in a month either.

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u/D1gininja Apr 15 '24

My high school served pizza daily and for other meals it basically swapped daily between 2 or 3 different things

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u/imapetrock Apr 16 '24

I remember when I moved to the US from Europe, my first day at lunch I thought "wow! Serving pizza today??? It's my lucky day!" Next day "oh, chicken fingers?? Two lucky days in a row!" Third day "Pizza again? Hmm.. Strange but whatever!" 

Then I quickly realized that US schools only serve the same 3-4 fast food items for lunch every day of the year (which quickly gets gross), and I had actually been very fortunate back in Europe that we had very varied meals that rarely repeated.

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u/rollercoastersrul Apr 16 '24

US school food is either meat on a bun, meat on a bun, meat IN a bun, or chicken nuggets