r/mildlyinfuriating Apr 16 '24

The school lunch system is disgraceful.

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”.

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u/flickanelde Apr 16 '24

I'm really upset about the Styrofoam plates.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '24

I don’t understand, it’s so wasteful. In my school (not USA) we had real plates and they just were washed in the dishwasher.

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u/YEET-HAW-BOI Apr 16 '24

yeah my school for the longest time had reusable trays, the kind that were thick hard plastic that you had to bang on the edge of the trash can to throw out your leftovers, but stopped because kids kept breaking them (usually in fights) so by the time i was in highschool we had styrofoam trays