[2016] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: [Mit-talk] [UA-SCATR] New Card initiative
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jessica H Lowell)
Fri Jul 7 11:37:10 2006
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:36:43 -0400
From: Jessica H Lowell <jessiehl@mit.edu>
To: David Glasser <glasser@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1ea387f60607070830h1708f394tdef189a1f240cb0a@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: mit-talk@mit.edu, grace <gkenney@mit.edu>
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Not to imply that I favor the Dining Dollars - I already stated my position on
that - but as far as I know there's nothing stopping a kid from using them to
buy groceries at LaVerde's. As far as purchase of food goes, it's no more
restrictive than normal TechCash.
- Jessie
Quoting David Glasser <glasser@MIT.EDU>:
> On 7/6/06, Jeff Roberts <thejoker@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> Having heard the same arguments over and over again, I've come to
>> think that the persistent problem plaguing campus dining is that when
>> it comes to food, everyone has different preferences and no one system
>> is going to satisfy everyone
>
> Yes. And this is why it is a problem if MIT is advertising a program
> that lets parents decide in August that their child will have to eat
> at one very specific type of facility. (Do not forget that this
> program looks to parents exactly like the meal plan that all of their
> child's friends are getting at their schools, so it would be
> surprising if the majority of parents do not use this program.)
>
> --dave
>
>
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