Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 37, Number 25. 25th September 1974
Indignation the only thing to swallow
Indignation the only thing to swallow
Dear Salient,
1) | Thursday, July 18. I arrived with a friend at 6.30 and was told that the restaurant was closed; it had ceased taking orders at 6.20. Astonishment that there could exist a restaurant anywhere which closed down before the time most people want to begin their meal, and that a university with 6,000 students could not offer a meal anywhere after 6.20, I nevertheless swallowed my anger, and: |
2) | I turned up with my wife at 6.00 and found the restaurant was again closed: this time because it was Friday night. Astonished that a restaurant should regularly close down on the night when many people want to eat out (because of late shopping, films, concerts), we swallowed our annoyance, and: |
3) | My wife and I turned up at 6.00 on a Thursday night, and again found the restaurant closed: this time because of "staff sickness". However we swallowed our irritation, and: |
4) | I arrived at the restaurant an a Thursday night at 6.00 and was astonished to find it open. I ordered a porterhouse steak: the vegetables which came with it were potato, cold pea salad, and hot peas. This meant that half of the dish consisted of peas. Astonished that a trained cook could serve heaps of both hot and cold peas on one plate, I nevertheless swallowed both the peas and my indignation, and: |
5) | On Thursday September 18 my wife and I turned up at 6.00 and found the restaurant yet again closed: the notice on the door gave no apology, nor any explanation why, or for how long. |
Now who is going to patronise a restaurant if he has only one in five chances of getting a meal there, and if the meal is poor anyway? And how can any one wonder that the catering services lose money?
Peter Russell
Malaysia-Singapore Students Association Annual General MeetingSeptember 26 at 7.30pm
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