Government agents go lunch box -to- lunch box in a Carolina kindergarten lunchroom and give a little girl state-approved chicken nuggets because her homemade lunch wasnt acceptable by “The Division of Child Development and Early Education at the Department of Health and Human Services” guidelines.
The non-conforming lunch she brough from home consisted of a turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, chips, and apple juice.
I pit whoever supports this nonsense:
-The idiot busy bodies who concieved the idea
-The idiot politicians who legislated it
-The fuckwad citizen who supports the politicians who put it into action
-The passive asshole government inspectors who are “just following orders”.
I was reading about this story on another forum it was brought up that the requirements state that two fruits or veg be supplied (apparently the apple juice doesn’t count). They replaced the meal with another ‘full’ meal, not just chicken nuggets, which included the two pieces of fruit. The child chose to eat only the chicken nuggets. So it’s not like the home made meal was just replaced with the nuggets.
Now, that said, I don’t agree with this. If it was such a big deal, they should have just supplied the second piece of fruit, or maybe just sent a ‘warning’ letter. The child’s original lunch sounds healther then the replacement of ‘chicken nuggets’.
That sounds really stupid, but the article says “lunches must consist of one serving of meat, one serving of milk, one serving of grain, and two servings of fruit or vegetables, even if the lunches are brought from home” and that can’t be right. I’m sure they can’t be quite stupid enough to force vegetarian or vegan kids to be served meat and dairy. I have to wonder how accurate this whole story is.
It sounds like the main idiot here was the one at the school who decided the home lunch didn’t meet the requirements, and forced her to buy a complete new meal. According to the article I read, the lunch from home was perfectly fine and in accordance to the standards of the statute. And even if it hadn’t been, the school should have just supplemented it with whatever was missing (i.e. a serving of fruit, if needed).
I wonder what the food police would’ve done to me when I was in school and used my lunch money to buy a blueberry Hostess pie and a Mountain Dew- arrest me? This whole thing seems crazy.
Aye, I’m having a hard time believing that this story is complete and accurate. I note that the entire story comes from unnamed sources and apparently is mainly sourced from a letter to a state representative.
ETA: In fact, at the moment, we seem to have no evidence that the incident even took place, other than the letter.
Nothing, unless you were a preschooler, and then they would have supplemented your lunch with a healthy one. That said, this regulation is still stupid. But some of the details as reported seem questionable to me. They really had a “government official” hanging around a preschool inspecting lunch boxes? Uh-huh.
It’s safe to assume this nutty crap is starting to happen just about everywhere.
More intrusive assholishness here in Chicago (no suprise):
“A Chicago charter school franchise often touted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel has pocketed some $387,000 in fees over three years by issuing demerits for “minor infractions” ranging from not sitting up straight to openly carrying “flaming hot” chips, parents and students charged Monday.”
This sounds fabricated. As in did not happen. Sloppy reporting of something told 3rd hand. Especially in lite of the Editor’s notes that appear today:
Seriously, even if a government agency had it’s head far enough up it’s own ass to do this, which one has the resources to inspect school children’s lunches. Box by freaking box, even?
It’s not like they took away her lunch. Apparently they are to supplement whatever is missing. In this case they gave her an entire school lunch. She chose to eat chicken nuggets and ignore what her mom had packed.
Yes, surely the type of person who would take a job that consists of making sure eight-year-olds are “in compliance with US Department of Agriculture guidelines” is in no way a power-tripping asshole who would delight in throwing a child’s lunch away. Couldn’t happen, didn’t happen, must be made up, everything fine in the nanny state.
Step 1: Present bill to school for the value of the discarded lunch.
Step 2: Decline bill for the cost of the replacement lunch as not being personally authorized.
If necessary;
Step 3: Nicely worded letter from Attorney to FUCK OFF.
