Letter: LU food service wait times ‘insane’

I am writing this email to explain my frustration with the food services provided to students at Laurentian University.

I have consecutive classes on certain days of the week, so I cannot go to the Tim Hortons and Subway locations on campus because of the ridiculously long lines.

The only place I can realistically go to and grab something to eat is the Toppers Pizza on campus. Today, however, when I went to Toppers there was no pizza on display and I was told that it was going to be a 10-minute wait for the new ones to come out the oven. That was 10 minutes I could not afford, and I had to leave.

I’m frustrated with the quality of services provided and the failure to recognize and solve these issues. Students should not have to wait in ridiculous lines to get something to eat or drink.

After placing an order at Tim Hortons, the wait is sometimes five minutes after already waiting 20 minutes in line. Why should we have to spend insane amounts of time waiting in line?

There are busier Subway and Tim Hortons locations outside of Laurentian University, and their wait times are nowhere close to as long as ours.

Services need some serious streamlining and student needs need to be taken into consideration, because this has been going on for too long.

Shyam Shukla
Sudbury