Fraudulent Charges on Lunch Account

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What school is this, our school is affluent and never has this issue

A few years ago, an affluent child was expelled from an affluent school for stealing food. He was sent to another school. It was well publicized and ended sadly.

[Anonymous]

Never mind the couple of bucks you lost that you are getting back. Are you always so dramatic?
Tell me about the time your credit card got comprised.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's much more likely that your child is lying to you about school lunch than that some random kid was able to memorize someone else's seven digit school ID so they can steal lunch from them.

You must have an ES student. It's not hard at all - everyone's email is that seven digit number, it's on their laptops, etc. I asked my 8th grader sitting here and she rattled off a couple without thinking. Kids know these numbers and making it the lunch PIN was a bad idea.

Kind of like old timers like me who had people's phone numbers memorized. I don't know how many I knew, but I can assure you it was way more than ten. And, in those days, they were seven digits. Not hard--especially if you are young.

Exactly! I'm 49 and can still say all my childhood best friends' phone numbers. Some of their parents would still answer if I called!

I don’t know anyone’s number by heart now except my own cell phone, my husband’s cell, my parents’ landline, and our own landline. And the pediatrician’s office. Heck, I don’t even know my own son’s cell number by heart!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless things have changed since last year, it doesn't matter if there's money on the account or not. Kids can still buy whatever they want and you just get billed. And trying to get the account deactivated is next to impossible.

Yes this is what floors me. You can go in the hole. And if someone is using your account it happens very quickly. The rule should be you can’t buy anything if there is no money on the account.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless things have changed since last year, it doesn't matter if there's money on the account or not. Kids can still buy whatever they want and you just get billed. And trying to get the account deactivated is next to impossible.

Yes this is what floors me. You can go in the hole. And if someone is using your account it happens very quickly. The rule should be you can’t buy anything if there is no money on the account.

That is not a good rule. How will kids eat if that rule exists? Not all parents set up autopay.

[Anonymous]

Someone used our number as a mistake once. It was from a different school.

It could be an unintentional typing error.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unless things have changed since last year, it doesn't matter if there's money on the account or not. Kids can still buy whatever they want and you just get billed. And trying to get the account deactivated is next to impossible.

Yes this is what floors me. You can go in the hole. And if someone is using your account it happens very quickly. The rule should be you can’t buy anything if there is no money on the account.

That is not a good rule. How will kids eat if that rule exists? Not all parents set up autopay.

They would have to bring lunch then. They should not be getting hot food if there is no money on the account to purchase hot food. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unless things have changed since last year, it doesn't matter if there's money on the account or not. Kids can still buy whatever they want and you just get billed. And trying to get the account deactivated is next to impossible.

Yes this is what floors me. You can go in the hole. And if someone is using your account it happens very quickly. The rule should be you can’t buy anything if there is no money on the account.

That is not a good rule. How will kids eat if that rule exists? Not all parents set up autopay.

In the past, they gave them something to eat. Not sure what it was. Maybe, a peanut butter sandwich, but that's probably not on the menu with so many allergies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unless things have changed since last year, it doesn't matter if there's money on the account or not. Kids can still buy whatever they want and you just get billed. And trying to get the account deactivated is next to impossible.

Yes this is what floors me. You can go in the hole. And if someone is using your account it happens very quickly. The rule should be you can’t buy anything if there is no money on the account.

That is not a good rule. How will kids eat if that rule exists? Not all parents set up autopay.

They would have to bring lunch then. They should not be getting hot food if there is no money on the account to purchase hot food. Sorry.

Say sorry to the federal government, they’re the ones that made up the rule that the students have to eat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid never buys lunch, why is there an active account?

To pay for field trips, etc.

The lunch money and field trips do not come from the same bucket.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless things have changed since last year, it doesn't matter if there's money on the account or not. Kids can still buy whatever they want and you just get billed. And trying to get the account deactivated is next to impossible.

Yes this is what floors me. You can go in the hole. And if someone is using your account it happens very quickly. The rule should be you can’t buy anything if there is no money on the account.

That is not a good rule. How will kids eat if that rule exists? Not all parents set up autopay.

In the past, they gave them something to eat. Not sure what it was. Maybe, a peanut butter sandwich, but that's probably not on the menu with so many allergies.

Even families with the means to pay took advantage of those “free meals”, some for days/weeks on end, so the decision was made to allow the balance to drop below 0.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's much more likely that your child is lying to you about school lunch than that some random kid was able to memorize someone else's seven digit school ID so they can steal lunch from them.

You must have an ES student. It's not hard at all - everyone's email is that seven digit number, it's on their laptops, etc. I asked my 8th grader sitting here and she rattled off a couple without thinking. Kids know these numbers and making it the lunch PIN was a bad idea.

I have a middle schooler, too, and she doesn't know her friends' student ID numbers. But of course, OP, your sweet little angel would never lie to you. She would never toss the lunch you lovingly made her and buy school pizza. Never!!

You are strange and seem to have a very low opinion of children. Not everyone's kid is a thief or liar. I'm sorry that's been your experience but try looking beyond.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid never buys lunch, why is there an active account?

To pay for field trips, etc.

The lunch money and field trips do not come from the same bucket.

Why there's money in the account is not the issue. The problem is the misuse of someone's number and the ease at which it repeatedly happened. That is a problem that needs addressed.

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1. You can’t deactivate the account. I tried in elementary school to put all sorts of locks on my account when my kid had a junk food addiction. The account can keep going into the red and you will keep getting billed.

2. Your kid is telling lies. Your high schooler is buying junk food and knows you will flip out. There is no secret kid with your kid’s lunch number. He’s doing now what so many of our elementary kids did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's much more likely that your child is lying to you about school lunch than that some random kid was able to memorize someone else's seven digit school ID so they can steal lunch from them.

You must have an ES student. It's not hard at all - everyone's email is that seven digit number, it's on their laptops, etc. I asked my 8th grader sitting here and she rattled off a couple without thinking. Kids know these numbers and making it the lunch PIN was a bad idea.

I have a middle schooler, too, and she doesn't know her friends' student ID numbers. But of course, OP, your sweet little angel would never lie to you. She would never toss the lunch you lovingly made her and buy school pizza. Never!!

You are strange and seem to have a very low opinion of children. Not everyone's kid is a thief or liar. I'm sorry that's been your experience but try looking beyond.

It's just stupid that OP won't even consider the possibility.