Cafeteria Critic

Dear Sir,—As a member of the student body I should like to raise a complaint with regard to the present, cafeteria fare. Having patronised the cafeteria for day and evening meals during the past three years I think I am qualified to make a few suggestions.

The size and variety of the meals are such that in town a restaurant run on these lines would not be patronised.

The sandwiches at lunch lack variety and everybody does not like filled rolls with too ample a tasting of mustard. Last year apples were two-a-penny if small in size, but now ordinary apples are twopence and small apples a penny each. In these and other small ways the lunches are unsatisfactory.

As students, we realise the difficulties entailed in successfully cooking a main meal for large numbers. The cost of food has increased, and staff difficulties are great; but whilst the prices have risen the standard of the cafeteria has gone down. Surely one and ninepence is rather a lot to charge for a two-course meal when a three-course meal can be had in town for two shillings. Other cafeterias such as factory canteens are run at a far cheaper rate.

Very often in the evening I have been served a small meal because the cafeteria has run out of food. My complaint is that we are charged the same price for an undersized meal, which is grossly unfair. Many of us do not leave lectures until 6 p.m. and cannot get to a meal earlier; we should be catered for, or at least not charged for what we do not eat.