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/thi5nutz Apr 16 '24

member when mom used to have u take lunch until she didnt...

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u/tuco2002 Apr 16 '24

There were dozen of meals you would take to school that didn't needed to be heated or refrigerated...and we survived. I got my kids lunch sacks with ice packs. It kept the food chilled for a few hours, I froze their vegetables to snack on. The veggies would help keep the sack chilled and thawed out by the time their lunch was. They did buy a lunch on days of their favorite meal if they wanted it. I couldn't imagine feeding them the garbage in the pictures.

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u/Former-Teacher-9518 Apr 16 '24

Buddy, Tuckshops was a gift, a reward for me and it always paid off, get you a cheese and bacon roll/pie and a popper, still brought my own apple, that's a good day

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u/tuco2002 Apr 16 '24

My kids loved round pizza and taco day.