I had a very unpleasant experience with the Collins food service at the dining hall last week. I went to the Deli line and ordered two sandwiches and a drink, paid for it and then went into the Coffeehouse to eat my lunch, since no deli items are allowed in the main dining area. There was a meeting going on in the Coffeehouse, but there were a few open tables so I sat down, put away my backpack and took off my jacket, laid out my newspaper and unwrapped my sandwiches. During this time, the people there had been looking at me, but the woman apparently in charge waited until I was completely done laying out all my things before telling me that I had to leave.
I packed up all of my things, wrapped my sandwiches up, and went back to the cafeteria. I politely told the guy at the register there that there was a meeting in the Coffeehouse and asked him if I could eat in the main dining area for the time being. He told me to wait and called over another person, and asked him what I had just asked. This second person called over a THIRD person, who he asked. He was interrupted by the fat little bastard who apparently is the manager of the cafeteria, who snapped, “He can’t eat here.” I had to take my fucking lunch up to the third floor lounge and eat it there, after all this.
I thought Collins was the “progressive” dorm at IU and as such would be free from the bureaucratic bullshit I had spend four years under in high school. Apparently I was wrong. In addition to having horrible food, Collins also has horrible people in charge, and I invite you all to suck my dick, you assholes. And I won’t make you run a gauntlet of bureaucracy to feast on that, my dears.
Never did like Collins. In a year and a half, I never had reason to visit, and I’m somewhat glad.
Can’t beat Read or Wright for food. Read gets you McDonalds (that you can use meal points at), the Cafe with a Starbucks (again with the points), and the all-you-can-eat dealie that’s actually pretty good.
Wright, of course, has Sabarro’s. And the C-Store.
Was there a reason why you could not have told the Coffeehouse lady to piss off? Also, not having much experience with college dining halls, I’m a bit confused as to why you could not sit in the main dining area with the deli food. Do they actually check what people are eating and kick them out if they’re eating the wrong food? Is it possible to tell the cafeteria people to piss off as well?
Not to take away from your rant or anything, mind. It was cogent, detailed, outraged…
It just falls down there with hang nails and radio play lists, y’know? Where’s the majesty, the fine but damning connection to the deterioration of all that we value in life? The ineffable penny falling into the slot, the thundering God Is In The Details j’accuse?
Never mind. It’s the Pit. You got lousy service. It sucked and you’re rightly peeved about it.
I just live for those elusive “and therefore…” moments.
Agreed - I completelely agee with the OP, the rant, its placement in the Pit. But the title set me up for a much greater outrage… I was fully prepared to be regaled with tales of spit-sandwiches or condoms in the wonton. ::sigh::
I take your point, and that said, I rather enjoy the Marsha Brady rants. They’re quite funny and are a good substitute for the sadly missing joke threads. I mean, the notion that an American university student having to take his bountiful nutrition up a flight of stairs or two to eat is somehow a problem, while there are people who compete with scorpions in the desert just to dig for muddy water — you sort of find yourself pulling for the OP to get smashed in the nose with a football.
Oh, come now Liberal, surely you can see the OP was upset because they were working within the system, following the rules, and yet somehow they still ended up having their rights to a peaceful, problem free meal trammeled. I’d be a bit put out too. I don’t know if I’d post it on the BBQ Pit, but I’d grump about it internally at least.
Oh, sure. Don’t misunderstand me. It’s all relative. When Marsha said that promising to go to the dance with two different boys was the worst mess she’d ever gotten herself into, she really meant it.
So anyway, I’m confused. They sell food in the cafeteria that you’re not allowed to eat in the cafeteria? Can you explain this more? I just don’t get exactly what’s going on.
