I hate packing, shopping, and cleaning up my child's lunch

[Anonymous]

Anyone ever fill out the free lunch form and get rejected? I looked at the requirements and it seems we will be ineligible for free and reduced lunches. I hate shopping for stuff to put in my child's lunchbox, but even more, I hate cleaning it up and throwing the food I put in there away. He wants to eat the school lunch, but I don't want to waste $3 a day on the crap they serve at the schools either.

I pack the stuff he asks for, but he still won't eat it. I'd feel better about him throwing it away if I wasn't spending time, money and energy packing it myself. I know the free lunches end up in the trash, but if I'm not paying for it, it won't matter to me as much. Anyone ever fill out that form they mail out and have it get rejected? I obviously will fill it out with honest answers, but I know we don't meet the income requirements they list on the form.

[Anonymous]

You can't afford 3 dollars a day?

[Anonymous]

If you hate packing it so much, AND he wants the school lunch, it seems like a no-brainer to pay the $3. That's not much more expensive than the cost of the food you're throwing away, plus your time.

[Anonymous]

So you think it's okay for your kid to take something that is meant for families with bigger needs than you have and then not even EAT IT but throw it away? All because you don't want to spend your own money on the lunch even though you can afford it, and you don't want to pack the kid's lunch yourself? Sheesh, I thought I'd heard everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you think it's okay for your kid to take something that is meant for families with bigger needs than you have and then not even EAT IT but throw it away? All because you don't want to spend your own money on the lunch even though you can afford it, and you don't want to pack the kid's lunch yourself? Sheesh, I thought I'd heard everything.

Lol, ME taking from someone else? Please explain.

[Anonymous]

This can't be a real post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can't afford 3 dollars a day?

No, I don't want to throw it away. It's not about affording it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you hate packing it so much, AND he wants the school lunch, it seems like a no-brainer to pay the $3. That's not much more expensive than the cost of the food you're throwing away, plus your time.

It actually is more expensive. I've been doing this since kindergarten and he's going in third.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone ever fill out the free lunch form and get rejected? I looked at the requirements and it seems we will be ineligible for free and reduced lunches. I hate shopping for stuff to put in my child's lunchbox, but even more, I hate cleaning it up and throwing the food I put in there away. He wants to eat the school lunch, but I don't want to waste $3 a day on the crap they serve at the schools either.

I pack the stuff he asks for, but he still won't eat it. I'd feel better about him throwing it away if I wasn't spending time, money and energy packing it myself. I know the free lunches end up in the trash, but if I'm not paying for it, it won't matter to me as much. Anyone ever fill out that form they mail out and have it get rejected? I obviously will fill it out with honest answers, but I know we don't meet the income requirements they list on the form.

WTH are you talking about? Your kids needs to eat, figure out a way. And seriously $15/week? If my kid would eat it and it was any good for him, I'd pay that in a heartbeat.

Also, get the kid involved. My 6 YO empties what's left if his lunch as one of his jobs.

[Anonymous]

If you have time to post at 3:30 in the afternoon you have time to get a job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This can't be a real post.

Oh shut up. It's totally real. I can't be the only one feeling this way. Just not a "popular" point of view perhaps. But I know I'm not alone. Has anyone filled out the form and had it rejected?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone ever fill out the free lunch form and get rejected? I looked at the requirements and it seems we will be ineligible for free and reduced lunches. I hate shopping for stuff to put in my child's lunchbox, but even more, I hate cleaning it up and throwing the food I put in there away. He wants to eat the school lunch, but I don't want to waste $3 a day on the crap they serve at the schools either.

I pack the stuff he asks for, but he still won't eat it. I'd feel better about him throwing it away if I wasn't spending time, money and energy packing it myself. I know the free lunches end up in the trash, but if I'm not paying for it, it won't matter to me as much. Anyone ever fill out that form they mail out and have it get rejected? I obviously will fill it out with honest answers, but I know we don't meet the income requirements they list on the form.

WTH are you talking about? Your kids needs to eat, figure out a way. And seriously $15/week? If my kid would eat it and it was any good for him, I'd pay that in a heartbeat.

Also, get the kid involved. My 6 YO empties what's left if his lunch as one of his jobs.

He already does, but I have to do the dishes and the shopping and prep work etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you think it's okay for your kid to take something that is meant for families with bigger needs than you have and then not even EAT IT but throw it away? All because you don't want to spend your own money on the lunch even though you can afford it, and you don't want to pack the kid's lunch yourself? Sheesh, I thought I'd heard everything.

Lol, ME taking from someone else? Please explain.

What's to explain? You want your kid to get a free lunch even though it's not meant for your kid because you can afford it. It's meant for other kids, the ones who really can't afford to buy lunch.

Troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have time to post at 3:30 in the afternoon you have time to get a job.

Are you really this stupid lol?

[Anonymous]

Make him unpack it and eat it for dinner.