Reply to: What did your child have for lunch at school?

[d000hg]

But it would be nice if the school didn't sell crap - I'm pretty sure when I was at school chocolate bars and milkshakes weren't available in any schools. I suspect the crap is profitable though.

Not as profitable as selling fruit or milk can be though (if anyone would buy it).
None of my schools had shops or cafeterias except one which had an infrequent tuck shop which only sold sweets and crisps. 6th form were allowed into town though.
School offered an alternative to hot lunch, a bag lunch they provided. This would typically be a sandwich, bag of crisps, small chocolate bar (like a Club), can of pop and a piece of fruit. Not exactly brilliant

[DirtyDog]

Not at all, and we will be having words

But if the school didn't provide chocolate bars as a lunch choice, he wouldn't be buying them. Seems the opposite end of the scale to the school being discussed yesterday (in the same county). He can also buy a double espresso - fortunately he doesn't like coffee!

Why not suggest that the school starts a healthy eating policy?

[hyperD]

Before my time. You probably could get them, but I don't know how many ration stamps you would have had to use, and if buying on the black market you'd have to make the choice between a chocolate bar and a new pair of nylons from the American airmen I guess

"Shields up Mr Sulu, red alert...."

[Ticktock]

But it would be nice if the school didn't sell crap - I'm pretty sure when I was at school chocolate bars and milkshakes weren't available in any schools.

Before my time. You probably could get them, but I don't know how many ration stamps you would have had to use, and if buying on the black market you'd have to make the choice between a chocolate bar and a new pair of nylons from the American airmen I guess

[hyperD]

Strong beer, or some 1-2% stuff like I've seen in other places as a 'lunch beer'?

Jesus, we've come all this way from "no blacks, no Irish" and now this!?!?! What have the Durians ever done to us?!?!


It is a very smelly fruit but does taste nice.

[NotAllThere]

My kids always came home for lunch when they were in primary and secondary school. It wasn't until seven years ago that the next level even had a canteen.

When I was at sixth form college, I ate chips most lunchtimes. Occasionally supplemented with a burger. Often supplemented with beer from the pub by the station.

[mudskipper]

Perhaps kids today should MTFU.

I didn't have cold storage for my sandwiches when I was a kid, yet didn't spend most of my time with it coming out of both ends. I don't remember crying my little heart out because my drink was a little warm either.

He has to eat crap because he tells you the main meal portions are tiny, and you say he only gets a tiny blob of mash... Perhaps the main meal portions are actually the right size, nutritionally speaking, and he is just used to larger portions (missus)?
Do you know that he only gets a tiny blob of mash, or is this what he says? Not that I'm impying a 16 year old kid would exaggerate something to try to create an excuse for their behaviour, heaven forbid.

When I was at school I had packed lunches some years, used the canteen other years. Yes, we had to queue. Yes, that ate into the time I had available to find a bush to go smoke in. However, if I was hungry I would still queue. We had a single queue, no matter what you were buying, so once you got to the front it didn't matter whether you wanted a meal or a chocolate bar, the time taken was the same.

What is the "other stuff" he has to do at lunchtime? Homework? Should be done at home. Socialising? Can be done while queuing / eating. Smoking pot? Tell him to roll them the night before / use a bong and then he only needs the time to go smoke them.

Without knowing the facts, and being happy to moan about the kids of today, it sounds like he's just eating what he's decided he wants to eat and the only thing new is that schools now do cashless payments so you can see what they've bought instead of them being to cover it up.

I agree - he doesn't have to eat crap and is choosing to eat it. There almost certainly are healthier choices. And, having looked at this, I'll be sending him with fruit and, possibly, mini cheddars . But it would be nice if the school didn't sell crap - I'm pretty sure when I was at school chocolate bars and milkshakes weren't available in any schools. I suspect the crap is profitable though.

Portion sizes really are small - he is, if anything, underweight and does lots of sport. Lunchtime activities include sports clubs, revision sessions etc, etc...

[d000hg]

At my son's school here they could get beer (over 16's only though) which is correct as its considered a staple diet here: 'Bier ist Brot!'

Strong beer, or some 1-2% stuff like I've seen in other places as a 'lunch beer'?

[Ticktock]

Mother ??? Is that you ???

Yes Norman, it's your mother. Who's that slut you've got staying down at the motel, Norman?

[darmstadt]

At my son's school here they could get beer (over 16's only though) which is correct as its considered a staple diet here: 'Bier ist Brot!'

[TestMangler]

Perhaps kids today should MTFU.

I didn't have cold storage for my sandwiches when I was a kid, yet didn't spend most of my time with it coming out of both ends. I don't remember crying my little heart out because my drink was a little warm either.

He has to eat crap because he tells you the main meal portions are tiny, and you say he only gets a tiny blob of mash... Perhaps the main meal portions are actually the right size, nutritionally speaking, and he is just used to larger portions (missus)?
Do you know that he only gets a tiny blob of mash, or is this what he says? Not that I'm impying a 16 year old kid would exaggerate something to try to create an excuse for their behaviour, heaven forbid.

When I was at school I had packed lunches some years, used the canteen other years. Yes, we had to queue. Yes, that ate into the time I had available to find a bush to go smoke in. However, if I was hungry I would still queue. We had a single queue, no matter what you were buying, so once you got to the front it didn't matter whether you wanted a meal or a chocolate bar, the time taken was the same.

What is the "other stuff" he has to do at lunchtime? Homework? Should be done at home. Socialising? Can be done while queuing / eating. Smoking pot? Tell him to roll them the night before / use a bong and then he only needs the time to go smoke them.

Without knowing the facts, and being happy to moan about the kids of today, it sounds like he's just eating what he's decided he wants to eat and the only thing new is that schools now do cashless payments so you can see what they've bought instead of them being to cover it up.

Mother ??? Is that you ???

[Ticktock]

Perhaps kids today should MTFU.

I didn't have cold storage for my sandwiches when I was a kid, yet didn't spend most of my time with it coming out of both ends. I don't remember crying my little heart out because my drink was a little warm either.

He has to eat crap because he tells you the main meal portions are tiny, and you say he only gets a tiny blob of mash... Perhaps the main meal portions are actually the right size, nutritionally speaking, and he is just used to larger portions (missus)?
Do you know that he only gets a tiny blob of mash, or is this what he says? Not that I'm impying a 16 year old kid would exaggerate something to try to create an excuse for their behaviour, heaven forbid.

When I was at school I had packed lunches some years, used the canteen other years. Yes, we had to queue. Yes, that ate into the time I had available to find a bush to go smoke in. However, if I was hungry I would still queue. We had a single queue, no matter what you were buying, so once you got to the front it didn't matter whether you wanted a meal or a chocolate bar, the time taken was the same.

What is the "other stuff" he has to do at lunchtime? Homework? Should be done at home. Socialising? Can be done while queuing / eating. Smoking pot? Tell him to roll them the night before / use a bong and then he only needs the time to go smoke them.

Without knowing the facts, and being happy to moan about the kids of today, it sounds like he's just eating what he's decided he wants to eat and the only thing new is that schools now do cashless payments so you can see what they've bought instead of them being to cover it up.

[d000hg]

Packed lunches are a bit impractical due to sone of the restrictiond. No cold storage etc so hes to carry it around all day. Unsurprisingly warm drink and squishy half rancid sandwiches are not too appealing.

and asking for a dose of food poisoning if they contain ham or eggs etc.

Oh please. Pretty much everyone who works in a factory or as a tradesman or on a farm brings sandwiches or a bit of pie with them in a plastic box, paper sack or lunch pail, which are not refrigerated. Families take picnics every summer to the beach, etc.

What's wrong with a bottle of squash, a cheese sandwich and an apple? Or a flask of tea, hunk of bread and a couple of hard-boiled eggs with salt in a twist of paper?

You middle class people don't know you're born, pampered softies.

[OwlHoot]

Unsurprisingly warm drink and squishy half rancid sandwiches are not too appealing.

and asking for a dose of food poisoning if they contain ham or eggs etc.

[mudskipper]

Looks like they don't even serve them on Tuesdays and Thursdays either.

Hadn't noticed that!

Actually, another problem is queues - when they have other stuff to do at lunchtime, they don't have time to queue for dinner, so eat crap instead.