Simple question, which is better? The Mabee Dining Hall or the dining hall in Coates. In order to do this, I will be looking at several factors, such as the quality of food, the variety of food and the employees working in each of the dining halls.
Let's leave those topics for a later date though, for now I want to discuss the accessibility of the dining halls. Many of us, including myself, end our classes later in the afternoon, like 2 o' clock for instance. Imagine getting out of class at 2 in the afternoon, hungry from food deprivation from 9 o'clock that morning. You get out of class thinking of getting the pasta from Mabee. After taking the relatively long walk from your class you reach Mabee. You walk up the steps and and pushes open the door, but wait...the door would not budge. You try the other side and the same thing happens. At this point in time, you would peer in the tinted glass door and see that there is absolutely not a soul in there, and then you realise that is it CLOSED! You would then glance left at the "hours of operation sheet" and see that you have just missed your pasta by a mere 10 minutes.
Well it was not until the second week of school that I realized the rarity of Mabee Dining Hall being opened. F0r those of you who have not yet fully grasped this, their hours of operation looks something like this:
Monday - Thursday : 8:00 a.m - 2:00 p.m; 5:00 p.m - 7:30 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m - 2:00 p.m; 5:00 p.m - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:00 a.m - 2:00 p.m
Sunday: 8:00 a.m - 7:00 p.m
From this schedule, you can see that Mabee is really receptive to only breakfast and it is very easy to miss both the lunch and dinner time span.
PS: The employees pack up the food 10 minutes early so that they can leave at 2:00 sharp. Even if you get there at 1:50, you might not get any food!
The dining hall in Coates however, is open most of the time. I have not recalled a time when that dining hall has failed my expectations by being closed when I am hungry. Here is what the hours of the dining hall in Coates University Center would look like:
Monday - Friday: 7:00 a.m -midnight!
Saturday: 2:00 p.m - midnight!
Sunday: 7:00 p.m - midnight!
When it comes to accessibility, Coates definitely wins a point. Mabee - 0, Coates - 1.
*Picture is obtained from http://frederatorblogs.com/nicktoons/files/2008/04/closed_sign.thumbnail.jpg
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