Microwave

starn

I know this is a silly question BUT does anyone know if there is a microwave I can use on campus ?

j1smithy

starn wrote: »

I know this is a silly question BUT does anyone know if there is a microwave I can use on campus ?

I think theres one in the chaplaincy. Theres another one in a little rest area in the parsons building too. Arts coffee shop has one but its only for stuff bought there.

andrew

The arts block has one you're only meant to use for food purchased there, but you can use it for other stuff if you're sneaky. But don't heat up a curry or you'll just stink the place out.

El Siglo

j1smithy wrote: »

I think theres one in the chaplaincy. Theres another one in a little rest area in the parsons building too. Arts coffee shop has one but its only for stuff bought there.

Quick question, where abouts is the chaplaincy? I've heard they do free food, was I misinformed about this?

j1smithy

El Siglo wrote: »

Quick question, where abouts is the chaplaincy? I've heard they do free food, was I misinformed about this?

Its in the residential buildings beside the GMB and The Rubrics on the way to the tennis courts. Theres a ramp outside and its up the stairs. They have tea, coffee and biscuits there every day with free soup and rolls on a Tuesday. Mind its very busy on a Tuesday.

starn

j1smithy wrote: »

Theres another one in a little rest area in the parsons building too.

Hmm, tell me more

starn

Right so, today I spent the day scouring the Parsons for a microwave. But came up empty. Had a look in the arts block. But the microwave is right next to the till. So no chance of sneaking my soup in there. The Chaplancy seems to be closed. So any where else I should look. Where are all the Microwaves Cathal Reilly promised.

andrew

starn wrote: »

Right so, today I spent the day scouring the Parsons for a microwave. But came up empty. Had a look in the arts block. But the microwave is right next to the till. So no chance of sneaking my soup in there. The Chaplancy seems to be closed. So any where else I should look. Where are all the Microwaves Cathal Reilly promised.

It can be done. I'm living proof.

brownacid

Up there in house six, right beside all the "savage" nights out that nick promised and all the welfare advice that your one orlaith(?) promised.

j1smithy

starn wrote: »

Right so, today I spent the day scouring the Parsons for a microwave. But came up empty. Had a look in the arts block. But the microwave is right next to the till. So no chance of sneaking my soup in there. The Chaplancy seems to be closed. So any where else I should look. Where are all the Microwaves Cathal Reilly promised.

Did you find the rest area with the old couches? The microwave used to be there. There might be another one in that other rest area you can see through the glass at the top of the stairs in the hamilton library. You could always befriend a resident, they all have microwaves in their apartments.

starn

j1smithy wrote: »

Did you find the rest area with the old couches? The microwave used to be there. There might be another one in that other rest area you can see through the glass at the top of the stairs in the hamilton library. You could always befriend a resident, they all have microwaves in their apartments.

Couldnt find it, thanks anyway.

Up there in house six, right beside all the "savage" nights out that nick promised

Oh yeah, I saw that one. But The Script were busy using it.

starn

andrew wrote: »

It can be done. I'm living proof.

Maybe when its a bit busier. But he was just me and the bloke on the till in the coffe shop, so I think he might of noticed

caff

Thats pretty shocking really, its not as if microwaves are especially expensive, cheapest one I could find on did website is 50 euro, probably get better in harvey normans. There could be quite a demand for them, anyone want to get out in the first week when back with a petition and gauge interest? ( I'd do it myself but only part time student and work during the day ) Could add an option for 20 cents for 5mins use? Shouldn't be that hard to put 3 microwaves in place for people to heat things up.

andrew

I smell a business opportunity...

gamma23

caff wrote: »

Thats pretty shocking really

What's shocking is that he made such a promise without hardly any prior thought, and was allowed to get away with it during the elections. It is so much more difficult then anyone could imagine until they look into it.

caff wrote: »

Shouldn't be that hard to put 3 microwaves in place for people to heat things up.

You would hope, but this is trinity. There is more red tape than in a tape factory and 'health n safety' rules, etc etc

shay_562

andrew wrote:

It can be done. I'm living proof.

Yeah, but that's cause you're the quiet, unassuming type. No one would ever suspect you of stealing microwave time...the fools.

caff wrote:

Thats pretty shocking really, its not as if microwaves are especially expensive, cheapest one I could find on did website is 50 euro, probably get better in harvey normans. There could be quite a demand for them, anyone want to get out in the first week when back with a petition and gauge interest? ( I'd do it myself but only part time student and work during the day ) Could add an option for 20 cents for 5mins use? Shouldn't be that hard to put 3 microwaves in place for people to heat things up.

Trio of problems. First, you'd need someone to run it, look after it and all that to make sure it doesn't get broken to **** or have food covering the inside of it within a day, which means "20 cents for 5mins use" probably won't cover it. College catering would never bother doing it because it takes money away from people buying stuff in the Buttery or buying stuff in the arts block café in order to heat it there. Which is problem the second; Trinity's pretty wary of anything that could potentially undercut college catering, and would likely nix any microwave-providing ideas based on that alone. And then we hit problem #3 - Health And Safety. I didn't realise quite how bad the college is about it until I had to organise a few food-related things this year - one was a bake sale, the other was bringing in food from a takeaway chain to feed people at an IV. Each time, we had to jump through absolutely mental hoops to prove that we weren't planning on poisoning the student body en masse.

ShoulderChip

besides what would stop people microwaving spoons and grapes and tin foil shaped like swans.

starn

ShoulderChip wrote: »

besides what would stop people microwaving spoons and grapes and tin foil shaped like swans.

The Walsho

andrew wrote: »

I smell a business opportunity...

But what are you using to cook it?

Anyway, what about Aras an Phiarsaigh? I had a tutorial on the fourth floor there last year and there was this little kitchen that was always unattended, fairly certain there was a microwave in there. I'm sure we don't have permission to use it but fúck it.

andrew

The Walsho wrote: »

But what are you using to cook it?

Well, actually, I just farted.

Boston

Definitely money in Andrew's ass, definitely.

starn

Just been up in the libary in the Ham. Just as I was about to turn and walk doen the stairs. I spoted a microwave in the rec\lunch area of the O'Reilly. Im not sure if I can get in there. But I cant imagine anyone minding if I heat up food there

caff

shay_562 wrote: »

Yeah, but that's cause you're the quiet, unassuming type. No one would ever suspect you of stealing microwave time...the fools.



Trio of problems. First, you'd need someone to run it, look after it and all that to make sure it doesn't get broken to **** or have food covering the inside of it within a day, which means "20 cents for 5mins use" probably won't cover it. College catering would never bother doing it because it takes money away from people buying stuff in the Buttery or buying stuff in the arts block café in order to heat it there. Which is problem the second; Trinity's pretty wary of anything that could potentially undercut college catering, and would likely nix any microwave-providing ideas based on that alone. And then we hit problem #3 - Health And Safety. I didn't realise quite how bad the college is about it until I had to organise a few food-related things this year - one was a bake sale, the other was bringing in food from a takeaway chain to feed people at an IV. Each time, we had to jump through absolutely mental hoops to prove that we weren't planning on poisoning the student body en masse.

Whats wrong with the SU providing space for them, do up a cleaning rota with a sheet to be signed every half hour during peak usuage and every hour outside. Its a service that there appears to be a demand for, just because it seems a bit tough to get going does not mean it should be written off

ilovemybrick

caff wrote: »

Whats wrong with the SU providing space for them, do up a cleaning rota with a sheet to be signed every half hour during peak usuage and every hour outside. Its a service that there appears to be a demand for, just because it seems a bit tough to get going does not mean it should be written off

http://www.tcd.ie/Junior_Dean/

Food and drink regulations halfway down the page. Also from where would you find the extra space to allocate to food prearation?

ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI

God, they're awful pricks about it aren't they?

You'd think it would be a fairly basic, obvious amenity for a common room or whatever. Why are the college so wary as you put it about undercutting catering?

shay_562

ZWEI VIER ZWEI wrote:

Why are the college so wary as you put it about undercutting catering?

Less people buying stuff from catering = less revenue, or so I'd assume. They don't run the Buttery and the Arts block cafe out of the goodness of their hearts, like.

From bits and pieces I've been told over the past year, there's also some potential legal liability if a college-endorsed catering endeavour winds up injuring someone - burns from microwaved things, poisoning themselves by not heating stuff properly, putting a spoon in the machine. Could be utter bull****, them wheeling out "Health and safety" for an easier life, but it doesn't sound implausible given some of the things that people sue for and win.

ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI

shay_562 wrote: »

Less people buying stuff from catering = less revenue, or so I'd assume. They don't run the Buttery and the Arts block cafe out of the goodness of their hearts, like.

I don't really understand how it works, is catering run directly by the college, with all money going into the college coffers? Or are the caterers external companies who rent the space in the Buttery etc?

shay_562 wrote: »

From bits and pieces I've been told over the past year, there's also some potential legal liability if a college-endorsed catering endeavour winds up injuring someone - burns from microwaved things, poisoning themselves by not heating stuff properly, putting a spoon in the machine. Could be utter bull****, them wheeling out "Health and safety" for an easier life, but it doesn't sound implausible given some of the things that people sue for and win.

Kinda makes sense...but pretty much every workplace in the country has a microwave...

shay_562

ZWEI VIER ZWEI wrote:

I don't really understand how it works, is catering run directly by the college, with all money going into the college coffers? Or are the caterers external companies who rent the space in the Buttery etc?

Relatively sure it's the former - Trinity have a "head of catering" on staff, pay staff in the Buttery directly (that was one of the reasons the old Buttery bar shut, if memory serves; wage bills had risen too high) and so presumably the college as a whole directly profits from catering services. It's possible they rent out space in certain places (for example, to Java City or whatever they're called), but even in that case, they'd want to protect the revenue that they can get from renting out said space by protecting whoever rents it from competition.

Kinda makes sense...but pretty much every workplace in the country has a microwave...

This is me spinning off into utter speculation (from the semi-speculation above), but I reckon it's because there's a difference between a microwave in an office that people use on their own and one specifically run by a company. Whether it's run by the SU or just by some enterprising students who have the college's blessing, there's more of a suggestion there that the college will take responsibility for the service it's endorsing (in this case, micro-waving). Hence why there's microwaves around in various staff areas, but none for student use - because a microwave for 15,000 students would require more maintenance and upkeep, and some kind of formalised "SU Microwave!"-style system that would be more liable to legal problems.

And I've now officially typed the word "microwave" so many times that it has become a meaningless jumble of letters.

Peleus

why not instead of getting the SU to put microwaves everywhere, get them to talk the Arts Block and Ham cafés into letting students use theirs. Im sure it would be alot easier and health and safety wouldnt come into it as much cos there would always be staff there.

starn

Peleus wrote: »

why not instead of getting the SU to put microwaves everywhere, get them to talk the Arts Block and Ham cafés into letting students use theirs. Im sure it would be alot easier and health and safety wouldnt come into it as much cos there would always be staff there.

I think that has been answered already.

johnl

Socialist microwaves?