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Anonymous wrote:I honestly thought this was going to be about how some kid rummaged through all the snacks in your house or ate all the snacks for the extracurricular team.
You’re seriously upset about two fast food meals and calling it wasted?

Why is everyone in this thread obsessed with money. It's not about the cost. It's about the fact that he wasted food.

Why are you obsessed with forcing children to eat greasy and fatty food in the name of not wasting it?
You need to get over it. For whatever reason, he didn’t like it. There really is no reason to force a child to eat fast food.

Lady, I don't even have a kid so I didn't force anyone to do anything. But you are an absolute weirdo for thinking buying a kid a hamburger is forcing him to eat it.

And once again with the "greasy and fatty food" like Dr. Pepper and Shake Shack are so much better for him lol.

No one is saying shake shack is better. They went to McDonald’s drive thru, the kid got a meal, and for one ever reason didn’t like it. Maybe he was carsick. I don’t really care why. At that point, what was he supposed to do? Everyone else has their burgers and fries, it’s not like people are going hungry. No one I know saves leftover fast food for later. So what was he supposed to do with it when he realized he wasn’t going to eat it?

Not order it a second time?

I’m assuming there was time between McDonald’s and Panera. Maybe McDonald’s before chess club and Panera after chess club. It’s possible he thought he could eat something from Panera and it ended up that his stomach still wasn’t settled or it didn’t taste right or whatever. I don’t think they went to McDonald’s, and 10 minutes later went to Panera. So it’s possible that an 11-year-old, yes a child, wasn’t self-aware enough to know he wasn’t going to like/want Panera.

Anonymous wrote:Right or wrong about buying the kid food, why one earth would he waste it?

Why couldn't he have had the decency to say, "I'm not very hungry now, but will take this home and eat it later." And then proceed to take it into his house and toss it. Or give it to his Dad who would probably scarf it down.

Today, a meal at McD's and Panera's isn't cheap.

And I don't even know how to respond to the we don't do McD's but Shake Shack. Whatever.

Because he’s a kid and doesn’t have the social experience. Are you serious? It’s possible he’s never been in this situation before.

Look, McDonalds isn't reheatable and isn't good cold, so let's be honest if he wasn't eating it, it was going in the trash anyway.

I'm generally not a "finish your plate" type. Food waste is a problem but the point of significant waste isn't picky children. The kid was trying to be polite in his own way, he didn't like the food but he was trying to hide that fact from you.

The issue here was bringing it up with his mom. What, exactly was she supposed to say in that moment? Especially if couched as it being a problem with the kid. So she came up with a dip response.

Just, when you buy someone a gift you have to accept they make not like it. But move on.

Anonymous wrote:I honestly thought this was going to be about how some kid rummaged through all the snacks in your house or ate all the snacks for the extracurricular team.
You’re seriously upset about two fast food meals and calling it wasted?

The kid ordered a single cheeseburger and fries and McDs. That’s it. I bet they were the small size too. I want to know his Panera order. He drank the drink he ordered.

You are something else to complain, OP.

When I have an extra kid along, especially one I don't know well, I tell my kid and the friend/s the options. Something like, "We have can choose between Chipotle, &Pizza or the grocery store hot bar. Tell me what you prefer. I can make any of them work." And then the kids works through the options and choose something.

If I have a kid for a whole tournament who didn't eat much, I might tell them parent that they didn't seem to eat much this weekend, but maybe my meter is different.

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Anonymous wrote:You seriously dug through the fast food bag and dissected it to see exactly that he took one bite? That is extremely weird.

If he didn't eat it and just kept it in the bag, the bag would obviously feel like it had stuff in it when OP went to throw it out.

That’s not the point. She opened it up and went through the burgers and fries and junk to see that he had taken one bite. That is just extremely weird - - and frankly, gross. Any sane person would just throw the bag away.

You don't have to sift through a bag to feel if something is inside of it.

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly thought this was going to be about how some kid rummaged through all the snacks in your house or ate all the snacks for the extracurricular team.
You’re seriously upset about two fast food meals and calling it wasted?

Why is everyone in this thread obsessed with money. It's not about the cost. It's about the fact that he wasted food.

Why are you obsessed with forcing children to eat greasy and fatty food in the name of not wasting it?
You need to get over it. For whatever reason, he didn’t like it. There really is no reason to force a child to eat fast food.

Lady, I don't even have a kid so I didn't force anyone to do anything. But you are an absolute weirdo for thinking buying a kid a hamburger is forcing him to eat it.

And once again with the "greasy and fatty food" like Dr. Pepper and Shake Shack are so much better for him lol.

No one is saying shake shack is better. They went to McDonald’s drive thru, the kid got a meal, and for one ever reason didn’t like it. Maybe he was carsick. I don’t really care why. At that point, what was he supposed to do? Everyone else has their burgers and fries, it’s not like people are going hungry. No one I know saves leftover fast food for later. So what was he supposed to do with it when he realized he wasn’t going to eat it?

Not order it a second time?

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly thought this was going to be about how some kid rummaged through all the snacks in your house or ate all the snacks for the extracurricular team.
You’re seriously upset about two fast food meals and calling it wasted?

Why is everyone in this thread obsessed with money. It's not about the cost. It's about the fact that he wasted food.

Why are you obsessed with forcing children to eat greasy and fatty food in the name of not wasting it?
You need to get over it. For whatever reason, he didn’t like it. There really is no reason to force a child to eat fast food.

Lady, I don't even have a kid so I didn't force anyone to do anything. But you are an absolute weirdo for thinking buying a kid a hamburger is forcing him to eat it.

And once again with the "greasy and fatty food" like Dr. Pepper and Shake Shack are so much better for him lol.

No one is saying shake shack is better. They went to McDonald’s drive thru, the kid got a meal, and for one ever reason didn’t like it. Maybe he was carsick. I don’t really care why. At that point, what was he supposed to do? Everyone else has their burgers and fries, it’s not like people are going hungry. No one I know saves leftover fast food for later. So what was he supposed to do with it when he realized he wasn’t going to eat it?

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly thought this was going to be about how some kid rummaged through all the snacks in your house or ate all the snacks for the extracurricular team.
You’re seriously upset about two fast food meals and calling it wasted?

Why is everyone in this thread obsessed with money. It's not about the cost. It's about the fact that he wasted food.

Why are you obsessed with forcing children to eat greasy and fatty food in the name of not wasting it?
You need to get over it. For whatever reason, he didn’t like it. There really is no reason to force a child to eat fast food.

Lady, I don't even have a kid so I didn't force anyone to do anything. But you are an absolute weirdo for thinking buying a kid a hamburger is forcing him to eat it.

And once again with the "greasy and fatty food" like Dr. Pepper and Shake Shack are so much better for him lol.

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly thought this was going to be about how some kid rummaged through all the snacks in your house or ate all the snacks for the extracurricular team.
You’re seriously upset about two fast food meals and calling it wasted?

Why is everyone in this thread obsessed with money. It's not about the cost. It's about the fact that he wasted food.

Why are you obsessed with forcing children to eat greasy and fatty food in the name of not wasting it?
You need to get over it. For whatever reason, he didn’t like it. There really is no reason to force a child to eat fast food.

Anonymous wrote:I honestly thought this was going to be about how some kid rummaged through all the snacks in your house or ate all the snacks for the extracurricular team.
You’re seriously upset about two fast food meals and calling it wasted?

Why is everyone in this thread obsessed with money. It's not about the cost. It's about the fact that he wasted food.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are polite and would probably feel bad turning down awful food options.

Ive told them to just say no thanks I'll eat at home rather than waste another families money.

Sounds like she was making a joke or light and it didn't come off well. I would not have brought it up if I found the food. I would just have him bring his own money or stop feeding him going forward.

I love all the snotty "Well, of course he didn't eat, it was McDonald's" like the kid's mom didn't just admit he eats the shit that calls itself Shake Shack.

He eats junk just different junk and op took it the wrong way. Plus, McDonalds is just not even edible anymore. Even for junk food.

It's literally the same shit as shake shack but go ahead and feel better about eating slop simply bc it's slop you got in DC or NYC and not slop you got in the suburbs lol.

My kids have never eaten at Panera or McDs and likely wouldn't eat food from either. They'd probably order if asked and then not eat much. I don't like either restaurant myself so I don't really blame them.

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Anonymous wrote:You seriously dug through the fast food bag and dissected it to see exactly that he took one bite? That is extremely weird.

If he didn't eat it and just kept it in the bag, the bag would obviously feel like it had stuff in it when OP went to throw it out.

That’s not the point. She opened it up and went through the burgers and fries and junk to see that he had taken one bite. That is just extremely weird - - and frankly, gross. Any sane person would just throw the bag away.

Anonymous wrote:I find your attitude so offensive, OP.

Maybe he wasn't hungry. Maybe the food wasn't great. Maybe he felt off that day (maybe he gets carsick or something). But regardless, he know how it was going to come across and made a social effort to hide the food you had bought, so you wouldn't be surprised, offended or disappointed.

And yet here you are, being all three. Don't. He's a child. His mother made a totally innocuous remark that you, operating on a hair-trigger, chose to take the wrong way.

Just stop.

This. You are so wise PP.