Do you eat in the West patio, the area between the cafeteria and the gym? If you go there and look down, I guarantee there is a stain on the ground somewhere. Someone is always intentionally emptying a container of some drink on the ground. Ever since the new lunch system was established, where sixth graders have first lunch and seventh and eighth graders share second lunch, all three lunch eating areas have been packed during second lunch. Without fail, a disastrous mess is left behind once lunch ends, most severely in the cafeteria but also in the West patio. The worst part is, there is very little trash, but the majority of the debris is food.

Food fighting and wasting in general has become widespread during lunch, especially common in the cafeteria where groups that know each other sit in a close vicinity. Often, when the situation starts being dramatic, friends start throwing small snack items, or in more serious times, full drink containers and complete lunch items, at each other. We are also referring to a common carelessness when handling food, whether it is creating un-middle-school-like messes or just wasting it. (Here’s a hint: Eat the food.) With it being so extensive, are people actually bothered by this problem? Some comments from a number of students and staff prove that this is a real issue: …show more content…
It makes second lunch feel disgusted and lose their appetite.” - Emily Xie and Raishma Anwar, 8th