Student suspended for taking extra chicken nugget at lunch

A Tennessee student was briefly suspended from school on Monday after putting six chicken nuggets on his lunch tray instead of the standard five.

According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Farragut High School senior Carson Koller faced disciplinary action for stealing the sixth nugget, which is not included with a standard school-issued meal.

However, officials soon found that Koller had actually been charged not once, but three times for his lunch -- including once before the sixth nugget was discovered, once to charge him for the sixth nugget, and one mystery charge.

"How is it theft if he paid for it?" Koller's mother wrote in a lengthy Facebook post after the incident. "I am shaking my head over this and not sure what to do....laugh, punish, argue, dress him up as a nugget bandit or let it go."

After the school found that there "was some misinformation" about what had occurred, Koller's suspension was lifted -- and his good nugget karma restored.

"Honestly, I appreciate the way [Farragut High School principal] Siebe handled this," his mother wrote. "He was very willing to review the situation and make things right. Carson only missed part of his first class today."

So as far as Nuggetgate is concerned, all's well that ends well. We are looking forward to the inevitable film version of this event, hopefully titled The Sixth Nugget.