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Lunch lady fired for feeding children in need

jdog21 said:
Lunch lady fired after giving food to elementary students who couldn’t pay for their meals – TheBlaze

A lunch lady would give free meals to students even if they wernt on the free lunch program. So she was fired.

This makes me mad at first glance cuz you fired a women who is in a low paying job that works only part time, that is feeding our children at school and her offense is that she was giving free lunches to children who claimed they had no money and were hungry but yet were not apart of the schools free lunch program.

Think about it this way, she was stealing tax payer money.
She is mismangeing tax payer funds by sercumventing the rules as she see fit instead of following what has been agreed upon.

Even thou she claims that she paid it all back, thats like stealing a bottle of alcohal from a store and saying ill pay for it next week. Even if you do they still can arrest you for petty theft. There are also claims that she gave free food to her own grand children hmmm...

I personally would not be mad at this lady for doing what she did but she did break the laws of her employement and termination of her job is justified.

Im sad that this is what the polerization of our politcal system and politcal correctness has come to.
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You can't have freedom without the freedumb to let kids starve.
 
According to the article she payed for the meals. Whats the problem ?
 
And she should have been. She was stealing from the school. That wasn't her food to give away, it was owned by her employer.
 
nota bene said:
The lady has a generous heart.
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With someones else money


If someone that works at the Food Stamp Office takes some Food Stamp Office cash and hands it out to the homeless is she generous or a thief?
 
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nota bene said:
I'm happy to help feed anybody's kid at school. For some, that's the only meal they will have.
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if school lunch is the only meal the child has, then yes feed them the lunch, but some parents somewhere better be getting a ride in a Crown Victoria with handcuffs on for child neglect. we have a problem of tolerating this in our society, if your kid isn't eating maybe the state needs to get involved in a little more then subsidizing lunches, it seems like putting a band-aid on a much larger problem.
 
nota bene said:
I'm happy to help feed anybody's kid at school. For some, that's the only meal they will have.
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Than they should be taken away from the parents for child abuse....
 
TobyOne said:
According to the article she payed for the meals. Whats the problem ?
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Making IOUs in your cash drawer and paying it later isnt the same as paying for the meals. Take something from a store and pay them the next day and see how that goes over.
 
apdst said:
Because rich kids would get free meals, too and the Left won't stand for that.
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I don't think that most people would even consider it a left / right issue.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
I don't think that most people would even consider it a left / right issue.
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Right...until some Libbos think that a family making 250 g's a year is benefiting from their sacred cow.

Why do you think some kids have to bring their lunch money and some kids don't, to begin with?
 
jdog21 said:
Lunch lady fired after giving food to elementary students who couldn’t pay for their meals – TheBlaze

A lunch lady would give free meals to students even if they wernt on the free lunch program. So she was fired.

This makes me mad at first glance cuz you fired a women who is in a low paying job that works only part time, that is feeding our children at school and her offense is that she was giving free lunches to children who claimed they had no money and were hungry but yet were not apart of the schools free lunch program.

Think about it this way, she was stealing tax payer money.
She is mismangeing tax payer funds by sercumventing the rules as she see fit instead of following what has been agreed upon.

Even thou she claims that she paid it all back, thats like stealing a bottle of alcohal from a store and saying ill pay for it next week. Even if you do they still can arrest you for petty theft. There are also claims that she gave free food to her own grand children hmmm...

I personally would not be mad at this lady for doing what she did but she did break the laws of her employement and termination of her job is justified.

Im sad that this is what the polerization of our politcal system and politcal correctness has come to.
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Could you steal a dictionary?
 
volsrock said:
Than they should be taken away from the parents for child abuse....
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Oh OK, so a parent cannot afford to give their kids lunch money, and as a result, you in your infinite compassion say we should subject those kids to the nightmare of being taken from their parents and put into foster homes. Happy Easter.
 
apdst said:
Right...until some Libbos think that a family making 250 g's a year is benefiting from their sacred cow.

Why do you think some kids have to bring their lunch money and some kids don't, to begin with?
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It has nothing to do with liberalism. We are not means testing public education, medicare, or Social Security. Most liberal ideas are universal.
 
justabubba said:
she's going to be alright
has two offers from other schools to work in their cafeteria
[video]http://nbc4i.com/2017/04/16/wilmington-cafeteria-worker-fired-after-giving-extra-food-to-students-without-lunch-money/[/video]
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The article states she has had two job offers. I see nothing about those offers being for other school cafeteria jobs.
 
_Sal said:
the story is a tad light on "facts" or perhaps just accuracy



but she says



they say she didn't pay, she says she did

none the less the situation has drawn attention to student need and I believe that part is real, there are always kids going hungry in schools that is just a fact
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When she didn't have the money, she would put IOU's in the register. I doubt that went over well with the school officials who were tasked with paying the bills. Few wholesalers are interested in IOU's in lieu of cash.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
Oh OK, so a parent cannot afford to give their kids lunch money, and as a result, you in your infinite compassion say we should subject those kids to the nightmare of being taken from their parents and put into foster homes. Happy Easter.
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Any parent that cannot afford to feed their child should not be a parent at all.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
Oh OK, so a parent cannot afford to give their kids lunch money, and as a result, you in your infinite compassion say we should subject those kids to the nightmare of being taken from their parents and put into foster homes. Happy Easter.
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If a child isn't really being fed it's because the parents choose not to feed them, not because they cannot afford it.
 
jimbo said:
The article states she has had two job offers. I see nothing about those offers being for other school cafeteria jobs.
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Well I hope they're not offers to teach Accounting!
 
jdog21 said:
Making IOUs in your cash drawer and paying it later isnt the same as paying for the meals. Take something from a store and pay them the next day and see how that goes over.
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It's called "credit" and it goes over quite well for most businesses.
 
reinoe said:
If a child isn't really being fed it's because the parents choose not to feed them, not because they cannot afford it.
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So let just the child starve, is that it?
 
Kinda sad and puzzled that someone who has little, shares it with those less fortunate and in need, gets punished for it.

What values and decision making are reflected in this? I can't see any that I'd value.
 
Moot said:
So let just the child starve, is that it?
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That's up to the parents not the school. The school offer free cheese sandwiches so they child isn't going to starve because of school negligence.
 
jimbo said:
When she didn't have the money, she would put IOU's in the register. I doubt that went over well with the school officials who were tasked with paying the bills. Few wholesalers are interested in IOU's in lieu of cash.
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correct for sure

although she had likely been doing it for years before they noticed
 
eohrnberger said:
Kinda sad and puzzled that someone who has little, shares it with those less fortunate and in need, gets punished for it.

What values and decision making are reflected in this? I can't see any that I'd value.
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well you value hers and she gave as she could so she made the world around her a better place :)

we should all be that fortunate
 
reinoe said:
If a child isn't really being fed it's because the parents choose not to feed them, not because they cannot afford it.
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You really don't know very much about social services, do you?:roll:

Some kids' parents even trade their food stamps and goods given them from their local food pantries for crack. This isn't the children's fault, and just so you know, there are 14-year olds turning tricks to feed their little brothers and sisters because they essentially don't have parents and are having to "parent" themselves.
 
EMNofSeattle said:
if school lunch is the only meal the child has, then yes feed them the lunch, but some parents somewhere better be getting a ride in a Crown Victoria with handcuffs on for child neglect. we have a problem of tolerating this in our society, if your kid isn't eating maybe the state needs to get involved in a little more then subsidizing lunches, it seems like putting a band-aid on a much larger problem.
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I agree with much of what you've said. But Children's Protective Services are overwhelmed, understaffed, and underfunded. Pick up any big-city newspaper to read how many kids fall through the cracks.
 
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