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Juuust something on the lighter side, something more realistic and not so abstract. Anyway, I thought it was quite interesting when I first realized. I came from a school, in which there was no tuck shop, partly due to the fact of rubbish and the other, concerning health. But now, since in High-school, the tuck shop, big long lines of people fighting over food.

First thing:

The food. After the first section of the day, its interval, wouldn't it be so nice to get a packet of hot chips and a bottle of fanta to refresh oneself? Of course it would, but it doesn't really end up in the mind somehow that the food you are about to go for is, 1, high in fat, 2, high in sugar, 3, outstandingly unhygenic, and finally, unhealthy.

The hot chips, see, Monday's, its end of first period, I, myself and my class, walk slowly to the gym after PE, and off to the side, you see the tuck shop kitchen. The tuck shop ladies, all standing there, preparing the chips, burgers, hot-dogs and so on. And glancing over a little, I saw the oil. Hot, big buckets of warm oil, sitting in trays, waiting to be used with the deep frying. But the colour was what really concerned me. It was dark, oil-like, brown, and looked revoting. Possible the reasons why they have their kitchen concealed. But that is not the point, if they prepared that type of oil with the chips and hot dogs, what will happen? The old oil will be used to prepare the food which is meant for the students! dirty, 'golden' chips - Might sound appealing, but it is brown in colour, normal fresh oil should produce nothing but a nice, smooth layer which will only make the food look yellow and lightly salted.

What is so bad about the oil? Think about it, it is bad oil, pig fat, from pig skins. I'm not saying what it is made from is bad, I'm saying, by friday afternoon, when it is lunchtime, the oil after weeks of use will become much recycled and dirty.

Dirty = Bad = Bad for student. It will become bad for health.

Second thing:

Hygiene. When you see those shop keepers, with their hands up their noses, picking them and then flicking the result wherever, what are the chances of it getting into the food? Noting that the kitchen is small, food all around, ladies there, picking their noses, doing irregular things, and not even washing their hands. What are the chances of bacteria?

Coughing and other habits, they cough, they are near food = Bacteria, in food. Correct? then when we eat it, what happens? Self-explanatory, really.

Everybody, in the lines, waiting, the ladies are there and taking in the coins and notes that they are given with, the much recycled coins and notes mind you, what will happen? Think of how many people have touched those pieces of value? It will go onto their hands. What's next? "Oh, the hot dog will only be $3". Goes to the back and grab ahold of a nice piece of bread, hand one of those sweet, tender susages and place them into the bun. Ooops? dropped. Picks up before anybody sees it.

"Okay, here you are, dear"

The sausage, what do you think? Money = bacteria, bacteria on hands = bacteria on food. The student that has just ordered that, is fully exposed to bacteria.

The above are just 2 factors that may represent my point. With so many students buying things everyday, we can not stop it from happening. The schools will not close it up, since some people need it to survive. Lunch for example. But maybe it would be suitable if they changed the menu? Something less fat, less sugar? But of course, even if they do, it will not stop the ongoing 'humaniterian insentive' = Money, then food, cough into food. Hygene can only be doubt with to an extent, after that, it is but for the human themselves to be responsible. The student that ran off with his sausage hot dog, is now exposed to HID+, Meinccacol B,C, bacteria infection, food poisoning, and severe allegies. Once he bits down into it, the bacteria will react with his immune system, he will become weak, and may...die.

Thus I conclude. Please feel free to critise, comment, support. All welcome.

Thanks,
Juk.

Well, whats a tuck shop?

Umm..A tuck shop (Sorry for the english here, I'm just using the term we happen to have it at school), is a cafeteria type of place. But...No seats Instead, it's a booth where people line up for food.

And lol, maybe I should have made it "Money = parasites"

lol, yea, that would've been a little nicer to my good friend Money. Georgy and Jackson don't like to be insulted in such a way ^_^

Uhh..Yeah...You were..complimenting..Your cash?

You do realize, germs would never be able to survive in burning oil, plus, if the food was proven to be unhealthy, it would have been shut down a long time ago. As for the brown chips, it's called overcooking .

So you imply that every time someone orders a hot dog, a cafeteria lady has to drop it, then pick it up and give it to the buyer.

From a hot dog dropped on the floor, the worst he can get is mild heart burn.

This is on the far side here, think outside the box... EVERY FOOD STAND HAS TO HANDLE COINS AND SERVE FOOD.





Last note: You don't HAVE to buy the food.

Uh..That's..terrific...Mmm..But still, I am not implying ALWAYS but I am implying how disgusting it would be. If you were there, and you saw the lady put the hog-dog onto the grown, and then picked it up again for you, would you still want it? (two way answer, some may say yes, others - no)

Annnnd..It's not JUST overcooked, its with continously used oil, they don't change the oil for month, well, they do, every month. They are supposed to....

Lol, I thought you just mispelled 'truck stop' or something freaky like that

Yes, I would have said the same to you but I, for one, am nice enough to include an explanation instead.

I am forver cursed with having to repeat myself. I am glad there are quotes for this.


Yes yes, the whole idea of it is very disgusting overall but, I am sure you have only witnessed this happening only once, everyone makes mistakes and.....

Problem is, they should put in all their efforts to make it perfect. It's for the future of the students, you break off a flower's stem, what happens? It won't grow as well. You strip off your Mp3 player's wires, what happens? the sound wouldn't be terrific. So either way, you poison the student, they get sick.

AND NO, it is not over cooked. It's reused oil.

Yes... yes.... Reused oil..... I shall explain more carefully, g-e-r-m-s d-o n-o-t s-u-r-v-i-v-e i-n h-o-t, b-u-r-n-i-n-g, b-o-i-l-i-n-g o-i-l. As in the oil that is currently boiling to deep fry the food, you can't deep fry in cold oil.
I do agree that people nowadays should put more effort into things, but these ladies are probably poorly trained, that is why they have the job of cafeteria ladies. It is almost impossible to have a well trained, college graduate, to get a minimum wage job selling grease on a stick to kids. But, the food is probably safe, maybe a little dirty but probably not enough to get a kid sick, otherwise the stand would have been shut down and the school would have been sued.

Personally, I think about until you get into middle school your diet should be regulated, but i think people have to realize that most kids are smart enough to know what health conscious choices would be, just acting on them would be the only issue.