It Could Be Worse

Browsing by the Commentator web site, I happened to glance at the current Commie Online Poll, the one regarding the quality of the cafeteria food. I'm left wondering if there's an organized conspiracy against the cafeteria that I wasn't made aware of.

My first experience with YU food took place when I visited the campus for a day some time in the middle of my (Israeli) yeshiva's Pesach vacation. I distinctly remember my immediate reaction being something like: "Hey, not bad, I wish my yeshiva could make food like this." (Agreed, it was a free meal...) I wonder if the 137 people who voted "unsatisfied" have ever had to contend with things like spoiled milk, pancakes for dinner, burnt hot cocoa, and other assorted grotesque oddities.

Fellow students, it just ain't that bad! True, five dollars for a piece of fish does more for the school coffers than for our health, but I think that if you approach the cafeteria with a positive, comparative attitude, you'll find it really isn't as horrendous as it seems. Anyone for Canadian shells?

Shloime Weiss

YC, 2003