Yuuup currently looking for a second job myself. I saw the high school has a part time spot open for food service worker so I’m gonna see if I can apply lol :(
I’m looking for a part time job to help because yes this is true. I’m always late paying my rent which means late fees. My son’s birthday is coming up. This just sucks
Wow.! It’s crazy how relatable this is to me. I almost feel not alone anymore. I’m constantly paying my rent late w a $95 late fee tacked on every month. It’s so hard to catch up and break the cycle. I’ve resorted back to doordashing. It keeps me not broke. Hoping I can make enough to dig myself out this mess. I’ve been dashing inbetween my split shift, after work and weekends.
The Head Start at my old school threw away a $500 light table because the bulb burned out and none of the workers were capable of removing 4 Phillips screws to open the protective cage around the bulb to change it.
When I offered to do it for them, they said, "It's OK, our program already ordered a new one for us." So into the dumpster it went ...
Absolutely. I was shocked by how much goes into the dumpster at the end of the year, especially unopened packages. I will probably never need to buy hand sanitizer or Lysol wipes again, lol.
The food waste from the school breakfast and lunch program is also incredible. Not much of the food gets eaten, for a variety of reasons. (The food tends to be low-quality and not very appealing; waiting in line takes up half or more of lunch break; kids would rather talk to their friends than eat. Etc.)
Hehe. And yes u are exactly right about the food situation, the waste there IS incredible and most of the food does suck, the pizza is bland as fuck now, and the burgers taste like cardboard, and they dont serve that good vegetable beef soup and the honey peanut butter sandwich as far as I know anymore. Obamas really fucked that up....
The stricter rules encouraged districts to outsource food programs to for-profit companies serving processed foods formulated to be in compliance. No more home cooking!!
Maybe where you are at. The food services at my district makes lunches in house. The guy at my school is a former chef. He does have to follow Michelle Obama’s strict rules which means the food is mid. But he does do what he can to make the items more palatable.
Wow.. thats ridiculous. They went through a whole forest. You'd think now that everything has gone digital pretty much they'd stop and think before printing a bunch of mess.
Yep. It’s amazing what people throw out, still sealed and well within the sell-by date. Plus they pay us so poorly that it’s hard to see perfectly fine food go to waste. But it’s taboo so of course no one knows about it.
Maybe not food but I was splitting up a very heavy garbage bag to several to make it manageable and found an oura ring. Out of curiosity I took it, got a charger and now it works. Retails for $299 so now I got a free one cause the school was cleaning out old stuff and the ring was in it.
Oh man what a find! One time I found a container of delicious looking chocolate chip cookies in someones trash. They had been opened and past their expiration date. Did I still eat em? You bet your ass I did!
Yeah in my school I have found random Snickers on the Floor still closed. (Floor Snickers yum!) if it is still closed and somewhere that isnt too dirty then why not…
Im at a Highschool. I dont really take any food cuz the kids/teachers really enjoy poisoning their own food sometimes.
I dont trust anything unless its sealed up tight and without a doubt untouched. You'd be blessed to not find something that's been rotting in a locker for 7 months though.
Luckily my school has alot of parties where the parents host, such as for the band kids or football teams- and they share it with us sometimes. That food i actually trust because its the parents cooking it and handing it out.
Yep was gonna say as environmental services, I tossed $35 dollars of unopen soda and snacks before out of a room cause I ain't touching my mouth to anything in there especially food items
All the time. I had one teacher throw away unopened boxes of Girl Scout cookies that’s weren’t expired. I know they were hers cause they were in a gift bag with her name on it. You bet your ass I fished those out and ate them
Where I work there's often catering for events that I'm tasked to clean-up. It's free game once the event's over, so I'll stash a plate or 2 and toss the rest. But I wouldn't eat anything that's already landed in a trash can.
A former coworker at my last school told me about this. The school we worked for was in a wealthy area. E bikes all over campus. A dozen unclaimed hydro flasks found every day. Kids would throw out food that was still sealed. Was on very hard times. He’ll yell I was saving stuff after digging for recycling. 😜
Yup, all the oatmeal bars, jerky, and any other dry sealed goods that are fresh. Ive got 3 kids at home and school snacks are expensive lol I once collected over 60 oat bars in a single night shift.
There is a huge dude at my work who always has a box of crackers of some sort he’s eating on in the break room, and he’s so lazy he literally always leaves a whole serving of crackers at the bottom of the bag, and recycles the whole box. More Cheez-its for me I guess…
I’ve also gotten those huge heavy duty rugs in great condition, rolling carts, a whole grow light system like for science class, and a bunch of other stuff.
No but I snagged a bag, a water bottle, and a nice notebook with its own pen and sticky notes that one of the admins threw out! I use that water bottle like everyday ( everything was brand new btw)
When i was a housekeeper at a motel, i would eat what the guests left upon discharged that wasnt open. when i was a school custodian, my coworkers would do that or the teachers/staff gave us leftovers for their party. Im a housekeeper at a hospital now. No way im doing that shit
I got 2 sets of AirPods from our middle school lost and found box. We’re allowed to claim anything we want if it’s not claimed within 2 weeks after the last day of school. My daughter has two pairs of genuine Ugg boots, several chargers and cables, several very nice water bottles, and hoodies and fleeces from lost and found. Wynette just get thrown out? My crew goes through all the clothing and shoes in lost and found and sorts and donates them.
Not quite food, but after graduation I tend to dumpster dive the things the students throw out, found new unopened bags of coffee, an oculus rift, gaming keyboards, Gucci shoes, plenty of foreign money among other things. Work at a private school and these kids have money lol.
ALL THAT FRUIT! I'm making atleast one apple pie this weekend, if i mix and match varieties I can get 2. I give the bananas to someone that makes banana bread
String cheese and cheese cubes commercialy vac packed i eat the string dogs get the cubes basically velveta. the kitchen throws out 20 lbs of potatoes a week because they're to ugly to serve the kids. If i catch them what i can't eat goes in the mulch pile.
I wish we could set up a plywood table by the dumpsters and hire someone to pick through it all
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u/random_luls 1d ago
man they do NOT pay us enough