Meal Plan

When I first arrived at Trinity and saw all the different kinds of food that were available in Mabee Dining hall I didn't think that the food could possibly be THAT bad. There were so many options I didn't think I'd ever get tired it. Boy was I wrong. Half the time when I go into Mabee they are out of whatever I was planning on eating that day or their food just looks ridiculously unappetizing. I remember once when I had my heart set on macaroni and cheese for dinner, the second i got to the counter and looked at the food, it slightly resembled a mountain of stale cheese that had been crusted onto some undercooked pasta. Aramark, the company that provides the catering services for school, overprices their foods tremendously. Never did I ever expect to pay $2.65 for a HALF of a grapefruit, when I can have a WHOLE grapefruit for under a dollar from the grocery store. I understand that they want to be able to make some money off of the food they are selling, but the fact that we are forced into buying a meal plan that provides us with foods that are overpriced and unappetizing bothers me. If it was optional, I might not have as much of a problem with it. I know that we can use tigerbucks off campus at certain restaurants, but that only works to add to the high expenses that we already have to pay just to attend school here. If Trinity is going to continue having the meal plan mandatory at least make it so that we can either use that money to go to off campus venues and or use it to buy fresh groceries at the local grocery stores. Having C3 helps a little bit by being able to buy cereal and such with the meal plan, but I dont like how I am not able to get fresh fruits and veggies for my room.

Dining Halls

At Trinity University there two major dining places that you can choose to eat in, there's Mabee and Coats. Maybe usually has more options than Coats does so normally I choose to go there. They have several options on different kinds of foods to choose from. We have a Mexican food station, sushi, pasta, chicken,"the home zone", salad bar, wraps and a BBQ one. You would think that this would be a good set up since there are so many different options, wrong. Half the time one of the stations is closed so its any ones guess which ones are actually going to be available when you want them.

It gets frustrating too when mabee closes before I even get out of class on some days so I don't even get a choice on which place to eat at.

Today I thought that I would be lucky and be able to eat at mabee and maybe even get something to eat that didn't look like it had been sitting there all day. When I got there, It was just my luck that the station that I wanted to eat at was closed, so I just settled for a salad. :-(

I don't understand why on some days like Friday and Sunday, only half of the stations are ever opened. I usually end up going off campus to some where that takes tiger bucks on those days. I don't like having to do this because I am just having to spend more money on food that i could have gotten at school on my meal plan if the station had been opened.

Coats is usually opened till midnight which is convenient when you are up late studying and need a snack. They have things like a pizza, salad bar, yogurt place, a grill, and a sandwhich line. I like eating at coats because I can usually eat healthier there than at mabee. Only thing is, since there is not as many options, I get tired of the food really quickly. As much as i complain though about the food here, I'm glad I'm not still eating the awful food they had at my high school.