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E-PrincePrinceton for Workers’ Rights criticisms are misplaced
Regarding “Princeton for Workers’ Rights protests U. investments” (Monday, Feb. 23, 2009):
In the Feb. 23rd story regarding the PWR’s protesting of University investments HEI Hotels & Resorts was singled out as a ...
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Your real name is Raffi??? That is AWESOME.
Raffi, you gotta settle down a little bit. i'm worried about you. if you so incited by the proposal to remove trays from the dining hall I can't imagine what happens when you are irked by real problems. i understand your point but this reads more like a diatribe than a letter to the editor.
why is everyone so worked up about the trayless dining idea? it's really not such a huge inconvenience. none of the eating clubs have trays, so most upperclassmen already deal with this "hardship."
furthermore, ignoring the environmental benefits, it makes sense from a strictly economic standpoint: less food wasted means dining services will not have to prepare as much food, which means the real (as opposed to nominal) cost of a meal plan will decrease.
Good points, Raffi.
Eating club dining halls have much smaller distances, and besides they sometimes have waiter service. Thinking about this from "a strictly economic standpoint" is ridiculous: dining services' goal should be to make sure that all students are well-fed, not to trick them into saving food and lowering costs!
Each student should decide whether or not he wants a tray. He's paying for the food service. Eliminating trays will not reduce dining costs. Dining will find other ways to spend any extra money.
I'm surprised that less has been mentioned about the fact that many of our peer schools are also trying or have already adopted trayless dining.
To be honest, if we really wanted to go further in terms of saving food, we should just move to a complete a la carte system.
How much should historical path dependence (i.e. we like things the way they are because that's the way they've always been - or at least how we've perceived they've always been) really play a role in these discussions?
Ha, nice letter Raffi!
Has no one thought of the impact of this trayless "green" initiative upon the CUSTODIAL STAFF??
Washing the trays is not that difficult; what IS difficult is wiping up the inevitable plate spillover that would occur at every single place setting for the 8-9 hours a day of meals! Continuously!
If the custodians did not closely patrol each seat, the dining halls without trays would become so dirty that it would just be gross. I worked at a restaurant this summer and let me tell you, even the most civilized diners have spill-over. THIS was the original reason for trays, not so students could "take more at one time"!. I mean, how many times have you had a little spill on your tray during a meal--no big deal. On the table though? Then it because the custodian's problem.
Let's not be so green as to ignore our workers
Eating without a tray really is not that hard. I never take a tray, and yet manage to eat plenty. The whole point is that it makes you take the food you need, rather than taking some of everything that looks good, only to let half of it go to waste. If you are still hungry after you finish what you got the first time, you can always go back for more...you make it sound like the dining halls don't have an all you can eat policy! You aren't suddenly going to start starving yourself simply because you might have to walk 100 feet back into the servery to get another piece of pizza. Other schools have successfully implemented the trayless policy with great results, and I promise you that their students aren't suddenly starving.
Thanks to Raffi I now have confidence in our freshmen. Well done!