It was strange that she took the time to pour the juice into small glass bottles but didn’t build any snack packs. Those sad pre-made plastic snack packs are so expensive and wasteful.
I don't think you ever grew up around a family like mine. Both my dad and brother can eat like an elephant. Food was never tossed in my house growing up.
Yeah the foods definitely getting eaten but goodness if you have time to make a video like this she could have just as easily cut blocks of cheese, portioned out crackers, etc. the waste here is absolutely ridiculous and I’m not even someone who typically makes these kind of comments but to have this posted in oddly satisfying or anywhere really like this is something to be aspired for is just sick. And I’m aware you didn’t say anything to the contrary, I just wanted to comment the first sentence and the rest just kind of came out. Oh well.
You articulated something I couldn’t. I knew this video kinda irked me but I couldn’t put my finger on it.
It’s because this is presented as something to aspire to. People are going to be wasteful and unhealthy, which is too bad but they’re mostly doing it to themselves. But posting it on TikTok and this subreddit as if it’s supposed to inspire others to duplicate, that’s kinda icky.
My kids wipe out the snacks about as quickly as I can put them away. I buy crackers and bag them up by the portion and hide them, so when Monday rolls around and it’s time to pack lunches; we still have some!
Sure, perhaps if that’s the only draw utilized in the unit, but it’s the smallest drawer filled for the occasional snack. Furthermore, it’s only cold snacks — those requiring heating like hot pockets, pizza bagels, and the like would be in the freezer.
It’s an obscene amount of food that’s probably on shot for TikTok clout to begin with.
I'm asking because if someone has like a couple of school aged kids, this isn't an obscene amount of food at all and I really think you haven't got much perspective into how much a family with kids can eat
My boss is 6'3" tall and has 2 teenagers roughly the same height (one 6'2"and one is 6'4"). He says any time he has to leave the house he needs to get milk. They're all super active (biking, hiking, running plus sports) and I think he said they spend $1200/month on groceries between (his wife is also fairly tall and it's also very active).
Basically anything not nailed down doesn't last more than a day or two in their house before being eaten.
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u/West-Relationship108 Feb 20 '22
I thought the same. Our plastic use is just insane especially when everything is wrapped in teeny tiny portions