A Texas mother is getting flak online after she posted a video on TikTok of her arguing with staff at her daughter’s school over her DoorDash order.
Posted by TikTok user KellieKelshow (KellieKel), a school faculty member is heard trying to explain that he “can’t be everywhere” when it comes to food deliveries, as the school is a 6A high school.
However, he allowed the delivery on the grounds that KellieKel’s daughter either eat her food in the conference room or KellieKel check out her daughter for lunch, then check back in.
This was not good enough for KellieKel, who questioned why those were the only options. She then tried to frame it as the school refusing to feed her daughter. Speaking to her audience, she says, “He would rather her be hungry.”
The faculty member argued that the cafeteria was still open to her and that they still had options. KellieKel continues to blame the school for wasting her daughter’s lunch and for being “petty.”
The school employee continued to try and work it out, even asking if she’d like to speak with another faculty member. “You’re not liking my solutions,” he says. KellieKel refused to speak with anyone else.
KellieKel continues to bicker about the situation before ultimately ignoring the faculty member. “But I gave her [expletive] food cause who the [expletive] is he to tell me that my baby can’t have her [expletive] food?” KellieKel says as she’s leaving.
Viewers push back against KellieKel: ‘‘I don’t understand why the mom is picking this fight’
While only a few viewers sided with KellieKel, many of the top commenters brought up several good points. Many more pushed back against the way KellieKel was handling the situation and framing school staff as enemies.
“I don’t understand why the mom is picking this fight,” TikTok user Sarena asked on TikTok. It’s a good question, considering the faculty member wasn’t stopping the delivery, only pointing out her options. “She broke the rules and now wants to claim victim status,” another viewer argued.
Another commenter, TikTok user Jaime, offered a great point and shared her own experience of their campus banning food delivery on campus. “It’s a safety concern to have drivers walking all over campus,” she wrote. Jaime also recalls a time a student once had wine delivered to them by mistake.
Two viewers had more radical ideas: One said to “report to principal” while another argued the faculty member should be “fired.” Seems pretty drastic for someone just trying to follow a simple policy.
For the sake of safety, it makes sense that schools wouldn’t want children ordering food in, especially if students have to leave campus to pick it up. Also, faculty members aren’t getting paid to facilitate a bunch of students getting DoorDash or Uber Eats. Pack a lunch or, as this school in Texas offered as a solution, check out your child, take them out to lunch then check back in.
