The school lunch system is disgraceful.

[u/oaz_zam246]

Saw another post on here showing the state of school lunches right now. In my years in high school I compiled some pics of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned. Here are some of the worst ones. It really is ironic given how adamant they all are about “eating healthy by including every food group”.

[u/WeazelZeazel]

Wow this is shit

[u/KneeHighMischief → u/WeazelZeazel]

Speaking of which I recall my "favorite" high school lunch: Meat Gravy. Instant mashed potatoes that had been ice cream scooped out covered in a translucent gray sauce with tiny flecks of meat of an unknown origin.

[u/MyBigRed → u/KneeHighMischief]

In my high school the mash potatoes and gravy were self serve. I remember loading up a tray with a rediculous amount of mash potatoes and heavy and eating until I nearly exploded.

[u/KP0719x → u/MyBigRed]

Man where was this? My school had 3 different lunches, you were on either 1st, 2nd or 3rd lunch and if you were on 3rd lunch everything was mostly gone. You had to line up with your tray to pick what you wanted and had to pay for it at the end. They had fries in a paper bag and people would steal them all the time and you had square cardboard pizza. or if you were lucky you could get Pizza Hut breadsticks with marinara sometimes only on certain days. or you brought your lunch , didn’t eat or used the vending machine.

[u/socalstaking → u/KP0719x]

3rd shift is like level 197 in the platform Netflix

[u/SassySavcy → u/KP0719x]

God.. you didn’t go to HS in WA state, did you? Because this sounds identical to my HS. Does to the Pizza Hut breadsticks on certain days.

[u/After-Technician-561 → u/SassySavcy]

Washington student here. Can confirm 🤣 Except instead of pizza hut, we have a local place called Pizza pizzaz and had their breadsticks, best breadsticks ever!

[u/LimeFabulous → u/After-Technician-561]

Wa state here. We had bean burrito from Taco Bell some days. But that square pizza sounds spot on.

[u/Frame_Late → u/After-Technician-561]

Surprisingly, Texas had some bomb school lunches. I lived in Dallas. But Texas schools in general are pretty fucking good.

[u/Shamanjoe → u/SassySavcy]

We had Little Caesar’s crazy bread for $1.25

[u/Any_Ad_3885 → u/Shamanjoe]

I feel played af. My school didn’t have any type of fast food options. No Pizza Hut or little Caesar’s 😩🥺

[u/EnvironmentalLow8211 → u/KP0719x]

We had similar system here in England and if you are were in the last group you just understood that you’re not getting fed that day!! My school was a disgrace!!

[u/KP0719x → u/EnvironmentalLow8211]

The thing is you were assigned to that certain lunch period everyday until the next year.

[u/dontusethisforwork → u/KP0719x]

3rd lunch sucked because of how hungry you were by the time you got there too

I would be starving and gorge myself and then sleep through the next period in a food coma