Salient. Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 26, No. 7. Tuesday, June 18, 1963
Keep Cafe Solvent-Foul Mess Repels
Keep Cafe Solvent-Foul Mess Repels
" Who is responsible for the mess in the cafe?" asked Karen Clark, Woman's Vice-President. Karen told Salient that the disgusting mess left on the tables was causing Executive some concern.
"Dirty lunch papers, apple cores, cigarette ash, salt and pepper all over the tables, so much that it is embarassing and discouraging for staff and students, and their visitors to eat there."
"Salt and pepper is for your meal: there are ashtrays for cigarettes, and wastepaper baskets for rubbish. Your food is served on plates and the scraps should be left there."
"It is apparent," she said, "that only when students show they appreciate the facilities and pleasant atmosphere the dining-room offers, is the catering staff going to be encouraged to provide all we would like to have. We must appreciate that no other university has as fine a dining-room as we have.
"Using the cafe as a general meeting room and a place in which to eat cut lunches instead of the common rooms was congesting it, especially during lunch-rush time.
"The sight of the lunchtime mess was discouraging prospective customers, on whom Mr. Levanbach relied to make the cafe financially worthwhile for him," said Karen. She wanted students to realise that they had to play their part in keeping the cafe solvent.