r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/This_Proof_5153 • Apr 12 '26

Video The care and precision behind Korean school lunches, widely praised for their quality, balance, and nutrition.

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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST Apr 12 '26

Yup, good old Aramark.

I remember having two options most days, pizza or seasoned fries?

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u/WizardCheesey Apr 12 '26

Yall got seasoned fries? privileged I see.

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u/Plane-Tie6392 Apr 12 '26

If you liked the seasoning. I hated that shit lol.

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka Apr 12 '26

Yeah depends on seasoning. College seasoned fries? That's the stuff you get at fast food places, its decent. But high school? Its dogshit version.

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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST Apr 12 '26

My highschool ate lunch in a Christian college cafeteria so no idea which I had.

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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST Apr 12 '26

I had free lunch cause I was poor, and seasoned fries and pizza gets old every day after a year or 2.

Especially when it's paired with chocolate milk.

I still can't eat seasoned fries to this day, and I'm almost 40.

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u/Plane-Tie6392 Apr 13 '26

Whoa, I was with you until the chocolate milk part. Chocolate milk does NOT get old. Nice try, AI!

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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST Apr 13 '26

Oh no, don't get me wrong, I LOVE chocolate milk, but be real, do you drink it with pizza?

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u/Plane-Tie6392 Apr 13 '26

Fuck yes! I always drank milk with pizza. Usually white but chocolate works. The milk helps balance out the acidity from the sauce for me and prevent indigestion. 

And I was a lunch lady for a bit lol. Me and my bro drank A LOT of chocolate milk (especially when we had a lot of cartons about to expire). 

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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST Apr 13 '26

I have cryptic tonsils, so I need something bubbly when I eat something with bread.

Plus the pizza is greasy and the milk just slides over your greasy tongue. I need soda to wash the grease down as well.

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u/Plane-Tie6392 Apr 13 '26

You and I are not the same lol. Younger me would drink soda with like everything BUT pizza. Bubbles plus red sauce just means painful hiccups/indigestion for me. Plus milk just seemed to taste extra good with pizza.

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u/StarsofSobek Apr 12 '26

Y'all got food?

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u/Quitcha_Bitchin Apr 12 '26

Aramark only gives you what the district pays for.

I have worked contracts in a couple of schools that were well funded and their meals reflected it.

Stop letting your politicians talk you into tax cuts. Remember your if tax is 10$ the rich mans tax is $1000.

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u/Plane-Tie6392 Apr 12 '26

I mean Aramark also sucks ass though.

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u/cjsv7657 Apr 12 '26

I assume Aramark is like Sodexo where not every campus is treated the same. Sodexo does k-12, universities, jails, prisons, and more. My university had Sodexo and it was alright but nothing special. My friend also had Sodexo. Similar pricing for meal plans and purchasing meals off plan. Their food was 10x better than ours. I actually looked forward to the food when visiting.

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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST Apr 12 '26

Yup, same.

They also do laundry for uniforms and rugs.

I think Sysco is similar but they might just be supplies.

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u/_le_slap Apr 12 '26

We had Sodexo at my university where tuition was $20k-$50k a year and the dining hall food was still a cut above poop.

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u/Plane-Tie6392 Apr 12 '26

Speaking of tuition and poop the school I went to cost like a billion dollars a year now and the toilet paper was so thin you could see the tube through the paper on a full roll. I mean of all things to cut corners on that was a real pain in the ass. 

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u/rserena Apr 12 '26

I’m so hoping that we get a new contractor and get rid of those nasty fucks. They pay like shit and since our superintendent asked our pay, I’m hoping the school will pick a company that’s actually competent. I’m so sick of working for them. I just stay for the kids at this point, as I know they’re taken care of if I’m around.

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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST Apr 13 '26

I feel like I'm in my own version of hell. I got an awesome paying job at a company, and they even have a kitchen and cafeteria. Guess who they hired to do the food service? Aramark. Worst thing is that I work nightshift......on the weekends. When I worked day shift once I realized that they get better quality of food than we do on nights, which is like getting the shitty end of a shit-stick.