Mom Goes Viral After Posting Photos Of School Cafeteria Hamburger She Says Warrants Lawsuit
A mother, hungry for justice, is threatening to sue her child’s school over a hamburger patty that’s triggering gag reflexes across the world.
A social media video shared on TikTok by thatscrazy_64 shows a picture of the patty in question, which had a strange texture and less-than-appetizing look. “Start checking your food,” said one of the videos shared. But many people on social media had mixed reactions to the video, with some pointing out that the patty merely had oil bubbles and it was nothing to press charges over.
After the burger was served to her child in December last year, the mother scolded the school in a heavy-worded email and threatened to sue them over the patty that she said had a “foul smell and unpleasant texture.”
The mother revealed that she was seriously concerned over the food being served in the lunch hall because the burger patty seemed like one of the most “disgusting food items” she had ever seen.
A video showing a burger patty served in school has garnered millions of views on TikTok
Image credits: Josh Duke
“On 12/12, during lunchtime, I discovered a burger patty in my child’s meal that was inedible and appeared to be one of the most disgusting food items I have ever seen served ANYWHERE. The patty had a foul smell and an unpleasant texture, the burger looked like it was made out of rubber, this raised serious concerns for me as a parent,” she wrote.
“This incident not only affected my child’s/ student’s lunch experience but also raises concerns about the amount of students who unknowingly ATE THIS VERY LUNCH. As a parent, there is absolutely NO REASON why anyone should be served such a thing,” she added.
The mother said she would be dragging the school to court to ensure that meals served to children in school meet the required quality standards.
“The look of the burger itself is sickening and i will BE PRESSING CHARGES; Due to the lack of food regulations being put in place, I believe it is crucial to ensure that the food provided in our school meets the necessary standard of quality, freshness, and safety. I look forward to speaking with you in court,” she went on to say.
The video said the burger looked so normal from the outside
Image credits: thatscrazy_64
The viral video also included the response that the mother received from the unidentified school. The school officials said they did not see any issues with the food being served and said the now infamous burger patty was “edible.”
“I’m sorry to hear about your student’s bad lunch experience. Many complaints have been sent to us about food quality issues, however we do not see any issues with the food being served. Although there is a slight discoloration with the meat, it is still edible,” read the response.
The school also told the enraged mother that her child could choose not to eat the meals served in school and could bring food from home instead.
“If you or your daughter have an issue with the lunch being served, don’t eat it. Packing a lunch is still an option,” the school said in its response.
The mother complained that the burger patty served in school for lunch had a “foul smell and unpleasant texture”
Image credits: thatscrazy_64
On one hand, there were several people in the comments section who were appalled by the state of the patty served to the children in the school.
“‘Don’t eat it’ would have absolutely sent me into a rage,” one viewer wrote in the comment section. Another added, “That is NOT a slight discoloration.”
“I have trypopobia and I don’t eat meat… I’m currently crying,” another added.
Another said: “I don’t have trypophobia but I’m gagging cause hell naw.”
On the other hand, some social media users said the burger was edible and that it was simply oil bubbles that were texturing the burger.
“It’s just oil bubbles why you wanna press charges?” one person commented.
“This is normal with frozen burgers or ones with grid patterns. Pressing charges is wild,” another wrote.
Some users also called it the “barnacle” burger.
“The ‘barnacle burger’ is simply consisted of your average burger meat creating air bubbles that eventually pop due to juices,” one said.
The picture of the patty was enough to trigger gag reflexes across the internet
Image credits: thatscrazy_64
Another TikToker, idksterling, who has about 5.7 million followers on the social media platform, previously explained in a video how some burger patties have bubbles on them.
“Why does this happen to Burger King burgers?” read the title of the video.
“I’m sorry to break this news, guys, but if you have trypophobia, do not order a burger from Burger King,” the TikToker said in the video.
Some internet users said this is normal and that the burger is edible
Image credits: thatscrazy_64
He explained that he got tagged in a video after a girl noticed a strange pattern on her patty while eating a burger from Burger King.
“Personally, this is not my first time seeing this, so I’m pretty comfortable with it. But if it was my first time, I would probably be pretty freaked out, too. And this is something that a lot more people are starting to notice over the past several months,” he said.
The mother told the school that she would be dragging them to court
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The TikToker then went on to explain what causes this peculiar pattern on the burgers.
“Now, here’s the deal. This does not mean the burger is bad, and this is actually pretty normal considering the way that these burgers are made. Many of the burgers in Burger King are frozen, and they also have this grid-like pattern right here, which plays a big role into why this pattern is present after they’ve been cooked,” he said.
“When they’re fried, there’s a lot of oil and fat and protein inside of them, and this creates bubbles that come to the surface where these squares are, and they pop,” the TikToker added.
“Don’t eat it,” the school said in response to the enraged mother’s email
Image credits: thatscrazy_64
“So, all of these little bubbles that you see right here are fat and protein,” he said.
He also had a word of advice for those with trypophobia and suggested that they could have grilled burgers to avoid being triggered when their meal arrives.
The picture of the burger patty served in the child’s school triggered mixed reactions from people online
I'd love to know what she's "pressing charges" for. Is there a law against ugly burgers? If the food is gross she should pack her kid's lunch!
It’s what happens when you cook a burger in the oven rather than a griddle. Having said that it doesn’t look great, especially in close up. 🤷🏽♀️
Maybe it is indeed normal, but the mother is still right... Food served in schools is very often almost inedible and health inspectors almost never check schools, so something has to be done about that!
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How did the mother discover the smell and texture? Did the child bring the burger home?
some schools allow parents to have meals with their kids during the lunch hour. she probably heard the kid complaining about it and went to see for herself.
Load More Replies... HAHAHAHAHAHA - best response ever - you don't like it, make your own lunch. Medal award right there.
Also, can't wait to see her get laughed out of court. "I'm suing someone because I couldn't be bothered making my own child's food and did not like the food someone else was feeding her; it looked awful".
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I fail to believe the school responded with we've had many complaints, we just don't give a s**t...
Karen needs to let her precious child go to school alone, and she needs to find a damn hobby, pressing charges over a burger is next level psycho, that's what happens when you put burger patties ion the oven to keep warm, how embarrassing for the kid...Friggin grown a*s woman having a tantrum on TikTok. Go get a damn job Karen, keep yourself busy ffs...
Seriously? Suck it up, buttercup. She’s complaining about the way it looks smells and feels, but if it didn’t make anybody sick…. Who gives a f**k? They’ve been serving these for YEARS and they’re not going away any time soon. Idk where she went to school bc it must’ve been fancy if she’s offended by this burger.
yeah...most school budgets are less than a prisons! The money allocated to cafeteria budgets is horrible. So when schools partner up with fast food chains in order to save money, parents complain about obesity!
Load More Replies... If you make your own burgers and grill them you get little pools of fat that build up on top, that's what causes those dimples, looks like the fat has actually been removed making the burger healthier. It looks like solid beef to me, no c**p in there.
AAAA BARNACLES I saw like three little barnacle spots on a burger King burger and I was like aww heck nah and tore that piece off bc it looks like all heck got set loose
The burger king guy said if you have that phobia you should eat grilled meat. I thought burger king was flame grilled?
That particular burger does not look any worse than what McDonald's usually serves although that's not saying much. I will admit though that I've tried some of the lunches they serve the kids at public schools and it can be pretty gross. Things are canned and preserved and processed to no end. Oddly the veggies were the worst and those are the things you want the kids to eat more of. But that's what you get when most of the US refuses to fund it's own schools though.
I don't even have kids and I support higher quality school meals for children.
I know that this is easily solved by having mom prepare the lunches herself, but you have to admit it looks quite weird … like a “moon burger” (looks like craters, LOL) or freaky bacteria we’ve never seen before! 😅
A lot of those popped bubbles have a piece of onion in them. If I had to guess, frozen patties were tossed onto a griddle that had diced onion already cooking on it. The frozen meat caused a rapid temp drop on the griddle, allowing time for bubbles to form underneath the patties before the temp rose again. .
Our hamburger patties looked like this in the 80's trust me they were used as hockey pucks every time they were served. They were gross.
My favorite lunch in elementary school was the hairy chicken. Looked nothing like my mom made or served in restaurants. Still safe to eat. If it's not good enough for her kid she should try to get a few teachers laid off to they can hire more cooks and spend more on ingredients.
I'd love to know what she's "pressing charges" for. Is there a law against ugly burgers? If the food is gross she should pack her kid's lunch!
It’s what happens when you cook a burger in the oven rather than a griddle. Having said that it doesn’t look great, especially in close up. 🤷🏽♀️
Maybe it is indeed normal, but the mother is still right... Food served in schools is very often almost inedible and health inspectors almost never check schools, so something has to be done about that!
Load More Replies... How did the mother discover the smell and texture? Did the child bring the burger home?
some schools allow parents to have meals with their kids during the lunch hour. she probably heard the kid complaining about it and went to see for herself.
Load More Replies... HAHAHAHAHAHA - best response ever - you don't like it, make your own lunch. Medal award right there.
Also, can't wait to see her get laughed out of court. "I'm suing someone because I couldn't be bothered making my own child's food and did not like the food someone else was feeding her; it looked awful".
Load More Replies... I fail to believe the school responded with we've had many complaints, we just don't give a s**t...
Karen needs to let her precious child go to school alone, and she needs to find a damn hobby, pressing charges over a burger is next level psycho, that's what happens when you put burger patties ion the oven to keep warm, how embarrassing for the kid...Friggin grown a*s woman having a tantrum on TikTok. Go get a damn job Karen, keep yourself busy ffs...
Seriously? Suck it up, buttercup. She’s complaining about the way it looks smells and feels, but if it didn’t make anybody sick…. Who gives a f**k? They’ve been serving these for YEARS and they’re not going away any time soon. Idk where she went to school bc it must’ve been fancy if she’s offended by this burger.
yeah...most school budgets are less than a prisons! The money allocated to cafeteria budgets is horrible. So when schools partner up with fast food chains in order to save money, parents complain about obesity!
Load More Replies... If you make your own burgers and grill them you get little pools of fat that build up on top, that's what causes those dimples, looks like the fat has actually been removed making the burger healthier. It looks like solid beef to me, no c**p in there.
AAAA BARNACLES I saw like three little barnacle spots on a burger King burger and I was like aww heck nah and tore that piece off bc it looks like all heck got set loose
The burger king guy said if you have that phobia you should eat grilled meat. I thought burger king was flame grilled?
That particular burger does not look any worse than what McDonald's usually serves although that's not saying much. I will admit though that I've tried some of the lunches they serve the kids at public schools and it can be pretty gross. Things are canned and preserved and processed to no end. Oddly the veggies were the worst and those are the things you want the kids to eat more of. But that's what you get when most of the US refuses to fund it's own schools though.
I don't even have kids and I support higher quality school meals for children.
I know that this is easily solved by having mom prepare the lunches herself, but you have to admit it looks quite weird … like a “moon burger” (looks like craters, LOL) or freaky bacteria we’ve never seen before! 😅
A lot of those popped bubbles have a piece of onion in them. If I had to guess, frozen patties were tossed onto a griddle that had diced onion already cooking on it. The frozen meat caused a rapid temp drop on the griddle, allowing time for bubbles to form underneath the patties before the temp rose again. .
Our hamburger patties looked like this in the 80's trust me they were used as hockey pucks every time they were served. They were gross.
My favorite lunch in elementary school was the hairy chicken. Looked nothing like my mom made or served in restaurants. Still safe to eat. If it's not good enough for her kid she should try to get a few teachers laid off to they can hire more cooks and spend more on ingredients.
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