RIPOFF!

September-14-09
5:26 PM
October 16th 2009

The number one error of student eating

I have found that the most common error of student eating is getting sucked into the money pit that is on-campus dining. I admit that I often fall into the trap of grabbing a quick snack when I do not have time to pack one in advance, especially on those rough mornings, where every moment of sleep counts.

The other day I went to purchase a drink in the center spot in the UCC of uwo. To my disgust, my vitamin water cost me almost FIVE DOLLARS!

Okay so I'm exaggerating slightly, it was about 3.60, but still, it cost me almost as much as my entire lunch from the spoke (another on-campus eatery). For the rest of the day, I regretted not taking the extra two seconds to grab a bottle of water from my fridge that morning.

I guess I cannot complain about all on campus eating locations. The spoke food has decent pricing, but it is difficult to find something of the healthier variety, same with Tim Hortons, but for the most part, food and drinks on campus are sold at highly inflated prices.

The best way to avoid this is a good amount of planning in advance. Next week I'm going to try not to buy a single piece of food* on campus and I'll blog about the different meal options and snack ideas that I come up with !

*this excludes tea, because I cannot survive a day without tea