am i wrong to be annoyed about this??

eevyhayes · 06-02-2009 03:55PM #1

i went to juicey lucys today, brought my own two slices of bread in with me so i wouldnt have to buy food...if you buy food every day it works out quite expensive!
i was there putting a bit of butter on the bread..as you do and one of the ladys that works there told me i couldnt eat my bread there cause i didnt purchase it there! she said i'd have to go to the SU!!!
i was quite annoyed about this actually! i didnt say anything to her but me and my friends were like wtf!!!
i used to bring my own food in quite regulary and eat it in the canteen...fair enough if the canteen was still there i wouldn't have minded as much if she told me i couldn't eat in juicey lucys. you'd think they'd be a bit more lenient seen as there is no canteen like! i have never been told in juicey lucys before that i couldnt eat my own food, all it was was a slice of bread aneways!!!
they serve food in the SU aswell so what is the difference with me going over there to eat it, they prob would have turned around and said the same thing to me, that i couldnt eat it there!
does this new rule apply to people bottles of water and bars of chocolate too....u cant eat anything in there unless u buy it there! a bit much if you ask me!
maynooth really has gone to ****!!!!!

Ostrom · 06-02-2009 04:32PM

Jesus if this is the height of your concerns consider yourself lucky

It works on rule-of-law principle; to retain seats for paying customers, it is necessary to discourage people from using a premisis - intended specifically for paying customers - without paying

See my Pugin hall post; people now use scarce seats in Pugin for free water (if you are one of said, I WILL find you) - taking up necessary and much enjoyed relaxation and dining time and space from those of us paying our way.

It may seem reasonable to make exemptions in quiet times, but you cant set a precedent - much like age of consent and statutory rape laws applying the same for a 16/18 year old as they would for a 16-40 year old.

The world is unfair, you are very fortunate to be in college

myusernameis · 06-02-2009 05:32PM

no i don't think you should be that annoyed. I have to agree with efla, if everyone brings in their own food than no one would get a seat when they have paid for their food, at least she didnt really throw you out and suggested another place to go.

Rozabeez · 06-02-2009 05:42PM

I always thought they turned a blind eye to that in The Speakeasy, maybe you were being too obvious.

synd · 06-02-2009 08:36PM

eevyhayes wrote: »

i went to juicey lucys today, brought my own two slices of bread in with me so i wouldnt have to buy food...if you buy nt eat it there!dong in there unless u buy it there! a bit much if y
u ask me!maynooth really has gone to ****!!!!!

Is the jucy lucy a public building or a private one ?

People sit in there without buying any food all the time - if your going to argue that customers have elevated seat privileges then surely anyone who isn't buying anything should be kicked out ? I really don't see the prob with bringing stuff in.

Anyway, you'd think they would at least be kind enough to leave a sign at the entrance. Something along the lines of

(If you have no money go away - your not wanted here)

BJC · 08-02-2009 12:51PM

You were buttering your bread!?

Maybe you'd get away with it if you just brought in a sandwich but if you're bringing in the contents of an o'briens in your handbag you can hardly blame her!
She probably thought you were going to start selling sandwiches.

synd · 23-02-2009 12:02PM

BJC wrote: »

You were buttering your bread!?

Maybe you'd get away with it if you just brought in a sandwich but if you're bringing in the contents of an o'briens in your handbag you can hardly blame her! She probably thought you were going to start selling sandwiches.

Bull

The SU is public building, public money went towards its construction and upkeep - If profiteers want to regulate (public activities) within it - a referendum should be put before the entire studant body

Otherwize they should **** off.

I get alot of apathy with undertones of Neo-liberalism on this site grrrrr - :mad:

Feathers · 23-02-2009 04:30PM

you should go into one of the Sabbats & complain.

A few years back at Union Council, people complained about the Canteen having a sign saying you couldn't eat your own food - the SU brought it up & it was removed (for awhile).

Primarily the Speakeasy was meant to be a common room; the sandwich bar should just be a facility. It's like someone in the Arts Block telling you that you can't have a Mars Bar cause you didn't get it in the vending machine!

Acacia · 24-02-2009 12:01PM

Ridiculous , imo. It's not like Juicy Lucee's has the greatest range of food available anyway. Students are usually living on a very strict budget- if you want to sit somewhere to eat your lunch, then you should be allowed. This one of my main gripes about Maynooth, there's very few places where you can sit down at a table and have your lunch, unless you buy it in the place.

It's the height of stinginess really, asking someone to fork out for a manky sandwich in the Speakeasy when they can make one at home for much cheaper.

And I'm sure the the OP knows he's 'lucky to be in college'. Christ, can't anyone complain about a minute part of college life without the old "you're lucky to be here in the first place" spiel? :rolleyes:

DDastardly · 06-03-2010 02:31PM

well well...i think they may have done you a favour, ... its quite a nerdlinger thing to do...i would have been like, who is that plum in the corner talking butter out of her tinfoil, ...just my thoughts

ScissorPaperRock · 06-03-2010 02:47PM

I remember this thread!

Aurongroove · 06-03-2010 10:12PM

there is a sign by the door which says you can only eat food you've bought there.

normally if JL's was considered a "Common room with a sandwich bar attached" then you can do what you like, but I dont think it is. Secondly the SU is literally next door, who cares if you have to walk out the door and over? It's hardly going to ruin your whole semester.

CnaG · 06-03-2010 10:30PM

I actually agree with Eevyhayes. I usually buy my lunch in the Speakeasy, like 3 or 4 times a week (I love the couches there), but my brother made soup for me last week so I brought some of that in a flask, and one of the staff asked me to leave.

I'm not making this up - I was one of 12 people in the place so it wasn't as though I was taking a paying customer's seat, and I certainly wasn't making a mess or anything. I think it's a shtty rule, if the place isn't full we shouldn't be asked to leave.

Rozabeez · 06-03-2010 10:37PM

Thread's like a year old, I'm sure she's over it now.

CnaG · 06-03-2010 10:41PM

See, now that's why I should check the date... Still think it's a ****ty rule though.

am i wrong to be annoyed about this??

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