Letter: Bring the trays back
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
I enjoyed the article about trayless cafeterias, but I disagree with it. I found out today that the no-tray thing is not a trial like it was claimed. I asked when we could expect to have trays back, and I was told that I would be waiting for a very long time. That doesn't sound like a trial to me. But hey, you have to love how the University put up all those signs about the no-tray system and how long it will go on, thus ensuring that everyone is well informed and can give reasonable feedback.
Oh, you didn't see them either? I thought it was just me.
And the University also claims that it has reduced food waste. How was this determined? It measured the food that was thrown away for a few days. But I have to ask, if every student “wasted” less food, but the University still buys the same amount, how does that change anything outside of campus?
Sure, we're putting stuff in landfills, but that’s pretty much it. If the University wants to save money (and it does) and save energy (which it claims), why don't we measure how much food the University buys instead of how much it throws away? If we buy less, that saves us money, and the rest of the food can go somewhere else, and we still get to put less food in landfill. Let’s do the measurement again, but this time look at the loading dock and not the trashcans.
Oh, and don't forget the burning hot plates that are handed out during the busiest times because nothing saying saving energy like losing feeling in the tips of your fingers.
I urge everyone to let the cafeterias know what horrible idea this is.
— Andrew Simons is a junior from Arma.
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