School junk food bans create underground black market

In my school it was the opposite. Basically the only foods my high school had were pizza hut pizza, breakfast burritos, ice cream (frozen rock solid), candy, sodas, and other junk. They used to sell meals with vegetables (and occasionally a roach in them, since I found one and thought it was an olive at first) my first 2 years there, but no one bought them, so they changed the healthy stuff to teacher-only. Most of the kids lived on complete and utter junk, with no healthy stuff available.
 
My school let kids sell snacks and candies and such for fundraisers "legally", but I can certainly see this happening.

The black market will even pop up in prisons, why couldn't it pop up in a prison-lite for kids.
 
lol, in 7th and 8th grade I'd go to school with a 12 pack or two everyday and a bag of bags of chips, which I of course got at wholesale prices(for a kid) and since I could only carry so much it always went to the highest bidders, so I made out pretty good ;)
 
this is nothing new; in the 60s when I was in elementary I sold candy, gum, Batman cards, and political buttons.

in HS I sold labels removed from cans of cherry and grape pop.
 
cindy25 said:
this is nothing new; in the 60s when I was in elementary I sold candy, gum, Batman cards, and political buttons.

in HS I sold labels removed from cans of cherry and grape pop.
Click to expand...

but was any of that stuff banned at your school?
 
dannno said:
Do they have sugar sniffing dogs?
Click to expand...

I heard they pull over kids acting hyper in the hallway and administer mandatory blood-sugar tests. :D:D:D

I could crack jokes on this story all night.
 
They should make an episode of The Simpsons where Bart starts selling Oreos and Snickers Bars in his homeroom hallway to pay for his Pixie Stix habit. Soon he is riding to school with gold-plated bicycle rims, but then a new kid arrives at school and starts dealing Twix in his hallway. A bloody sweets war ensues...

Should I email it to Matt Groening?
 
Last edited:
jct74 said:
They should make an episode of The Simpsons where Bart starts selling Oreos and Snickers Bars in his homeroom hallway to pay for his Pixie Stix habit. Soon he is riding to school with gold-plated bicycle rims, but then a new kid arrives at school and starts dealing Twix in his hallway. A bloody sweets war ensues...

Should I email it to Matt Groening?
Click to expand...

Email it to John Swartzwelder instead.

He's the most prolific Simpsons writer and staunch libertarian.
 
jct74 said:
They should make an episode of The Simpsons where Bart starts selling Oreos and Snickers Bars in his homeroom hallway to pay for his Pixie Stix habit. Soon he is riding to school with gold-plated bicycle rims, but then a new kid arrives at school and starts dealing Twix in his hallway. A bloody sweets war ensues...

Should I email it to Matt Groening?
Click to expand...

The Simpsons has been going for such a long time I'd be surprised if they hadn't already done something like this, but maybe that is something liberal writers just would not come up with.

South Park did it (not the same script verbatim of course, but close enough) with the episode Medicinal fried Chicken.
 
specsaregood said:
I bought gum for 1cent a piece and sold em for a nickel each. And bought fireballs for a nickel each and sold em for 15cents a piece.
Click to expand...

Did the same in 4/5th grade. Me and my partner would sell tons of candy on the bus and at the end of school. We eventually got closed down because a jealous student told on us (which led to inventory confiscation & threats).


Edit: Posting like its 19....99!
 
well, the private high school i went to must have been way off. if anything, they encouraged us to eat bad food. they had a few powerade machines throughout the school. the cafeteria was run by sodexo offering greasy hamburgers, candy, and soda. one of my teachers would sell us candy whenever his children had to go to the doctor. he went through the seminary and was my freshman year religion teacher! they even started offering starbucks coffee during the day. i still packed a lunch regulary.
 
In Boy Scouts I used to make money on camping trips. I would pack in an extra 30 pounds in my backpack on the 5-15 mile hikes into camp. Could sell cokes for 5 bucks a pop. Rented out my gameboy for a dollar an hour. I had to pay premium to get porn mags from a cousin. Could sell a playboy for 10 bucks, ususally a hustler for 12 and a Club for as much as 15. 1 dollar a cigarette, and this was when a pack cost about 2 bucks. After doing this for only one or two camps I was able to invest in more Capital and purchase a second gameboy to rent out.

Unfortunately, transportation costs made it impossible to expand, as there is only so much you can backpack in. I thought about creating jobs by having others help and I would share part of the proceeds, but it turns out that 13 year old boys are all little thiefs and liars.

I did become an Eagle Scout.

Slutter McGee
 
Heck, drug dealers sell DRUGS to kids at schools in California, but schools can't sell sodas. Kids can bring them, and the school is just out the money. Exactly what this state needs in time of severe budget deficits, not.

My son was selling his desert for some time before he bragged to me that he'd sold his two zotts (hard candy with fizz inside) for $10. I did make him return it because the mark up seemed unfair, and it was kids..... but the market is definitely there....
 
Last edited:
jclay2 said:
Did the same in 4/5th grade. Me and my partner would sell tons of candy on the bus and at the end of school. We eventually got closed down because a jealous student told on us (which led to inventory confiscation & threats).
Edit: Posting like its 19....99!
Click to expand...

Almost happened to me as well in 5th grade; but by 2 students that got caught with the fireballs I had sold them. They fingered me, but I had already sold out of my daily inventory. This moment was a defining moment for me, as it was when I came to full-realization that I had the ability to lie to authority figures and get away with stuff....

I did have to stop the nextyear though, as some kid choked on a piece of candy and they went on a full-blown witch hunt for the candy dealers.
 
Last edited:
sailingaway said:
Heck, drug dealers sell DRUGS to kids at schools in California, but schools can't sell sodas. Kids can bring them, and the school is just out the money. Exactly what this state needs in time of severe budget deficits, not.

My son was selling his desert for some time before he bragged to me that he'd sold his two zotts (hard candy with fizz inside) for $10. I did make him return it because the mark up seemed unfair, and it was kids..... but the market is definitely there....
Click to expand...

Seems to me there was high demand and high price was appropriate. Thats right, Slutter McGee, is telling you how to raise your children. Just like the nanny state - Thats a joke by the way.

Slutter McGee
 
Slutter McGee said:
Seems to me there was high demand and high price was appropriate. Thats right, Slutter McGee, is telling you how to raise your children. Just like the nanny state - Thats a joke by the way.

Slutter McGee
Click to expand...

I actually considered it, and he is bright enough to have raised it. But it was kids. I do believe in nanny parent interventions, with kids.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Swordsmyth
RFK Jr. Moves to Cut Soda from List of Approved Food Stamp Purchases
Replies
18
Views
192
TheTexan
TheTexan
PAF
Survey Says: Disconnects Abound in School Opinions and Knowledge
Replies
1
Views
3K
acptulsa
acptulsa
Anti Federalist
NH Supreme Court Rejects Mom’s Lawsuit Over School Keeping Secrets From Parents
Replies
9
Views
2K
Occam's Banana
Occam's Banana
PAF
Children of Big Brother: What It Means to Go Back-to-School in the American Police State
Replies
0
Views
864
PAF
PAF
PAF
Government Can Fix neither Food nor Farm
Replies
0
Views
857
PAF
PAF
Back
Top