Comments on: Los Angeles Public School Food Waste: $100,000 per Day https://www.isegoria.net/2014/04/los-angeles-public-school-food-waste-100000-per-day/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 14:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bill https://www.isegoria.net/2014/04/los-angeles-public-school-food-waste-100000-per-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1201638 Bill Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:11:00 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34627#comment-1201638 I’m not sure about the entitlement interpretation. Waste is a natural byproduct of bureaucracy. My introduction to this fact occurred when I put myself through college as a janitor in a variety of places, among them a state-funded psych hospital. On the teenage ward, there were beds for up to 40 patients, but there were rarely more than fifteen kids.

However, to keep their budget, the kitchen had to make all of the food their budget could pay for. They made food for 40 kids every day, regardless of how many kids were on the floor.

Also, for reasons of efficiency, the kitchen staff arrived at 6:00 am to make breakfast, which was served promptly at breakfast time, which was 7:30 am. Big trays of sausage, bacon, eggs, waffles, oatmeal, toast, etc. Would you care to guess how many depressed, heavily medicated teens were up at 7:30 am?

I went for several weeks throwing out trays full of food at the appointed time (10:30, to make room for lunch) before I decided to just help myself at 7:30 am.

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