36 CommentsKate Ryan sent Bwog this photo from the comments board of the Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard, where a great debate is being waged.
The first comment, by Jonathan (jcm2120), reads:
“Fire the sandwich lady (the regular one) She is absolutely rude, disrespectful, and shows no pleasure in doing her job.”
…to which Alli (acl2118) replies:
“I love the sandwich lady. Jonathan is rude because he can’t get any. The sandwich lady is hott [sic] and turned him down :(”
We now eagerly await the Manager’s Response…
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36 Comments
@hewitt fan duuuude guys, have you ever seen the weekend sandwich lady? She is waaay worse, super slow and doesn’t actually know which type of cheese is which, be grateful for the Jamaican lady!
@Ugh So glad this blog has gotten yet another opportunity to be poisonous. You guys suck.
@d.n. i love kate ryan!
@p.s. Leave the woman alone!
@since sandwiches would be a lunch thing for me anyways, I don’t need to go to Hewitt for bad service, when I can get great omeletes from Wilma in John Jay. She’s a godsend.
@Anonymous Also, a nice “hello, how are you” goes a long way. Unless of course it’s not the same lady I’m talking about, whereas you could just be stuck with someone that’s mean as hell.
@p.k. i’m pretty sure it’s the same lady. and #26, i *think* her name is irma. not entirely sure though.
@The Dink Does Sandwich Lady have a real name?…I mean, “Sandwich Lady” is just a little impersonal.
@I don't want “love” with my fucking sandwich. I want her to not snap at me when I politely make my request. I’ve had shitty retail and restaurant jobs myself and people that rude are written up by the manager and removed if they are rude to customers. No one puts a gun to your head to take a shitty job and being hostile with the patrons is inexcusable. I didn’t know Sandwitch lady was like that with a lot of people, i just dismissed it as her just not liking me for whatever reason.
@rjt I’m glad unapportioned vitriol has an outlet even after we’re all sick of the Minutemen.
What does Ron Lewenberg think about the Hewitt sandwich lady?
@hahaha Oh, man. Hilarious. That should definitely make the favorite comments list.
@hahaha Oh, man. Hilarious. That should definitely make the favorite comments list.
@Anonymous Is it the Jamaican sandwich lady… or does she not work there anymore? If it is her that is being referred to, she’s the nicest lady ever. EVER!
How much pleasure could you derive from making sandwiches? Do you want dining services to say, “oh i’m sorry that we didn’t put enough love into your sandwich, next time we’ll invite your mom to come make one for you”.
@actually yes. this is exactly the kind of service I demand from a purportedly 252 year old private college.
at least this dispels the rumor of barnard loving their students more than columbia. or does it?
@well barnard dining services treats me like crap. but I’m male, so I guess they have a basis for determining I’m not one of the cuddly barnard students earmarked for hand-holding and giggles.
@dude just bond with the guys that (hopefully still) work the burger line. they love misogynistic jokes. it’s the ticket to a double-double.
@you are incoherent huh?
@well, i’d support the firing of most of dining services employees.
@yeah? I’d support the firing of your punk ass.
@CML What is truly infuriating is standing in line at Café 212, with a Snapple perched more and more precariously atop a sandwich container in your left hand and your CUID in your right, waiting for the damn cashier to cease her asinine side-conversation in Spanish with one of her co-workers, look at you, and swipe your card. I’m not sure whether to feel sorry for the food service employees or to resent them for how purposelessly unpleasant they are.
@212 when the people in 212 aren’t paying attention to you, it’s totally ok to just leave without paying.
@DHI What I hate is the fucking portion control there, I feel like dining halls should be all you can eat, to make up for the lack of a menu.
It’s not too hard to still be nice to people if you have a shitty job, but on the other hand you sort of have to be an ass to demand that people do it – how hard is it to deal with people who aren’t servile? Not very hard.
One time I went to Hewitt there was some dude working there trying to get that woman to play Cee-Lo, and she was not responding with enthusiasm. She would probably not be a good co-worker; if my co-workers wanted to play dice I would think that would lighten the work environment, just like making up crazy things to say to customers.
@Anonymous #12,
what’s the trick?
@Anonymous it’s quite right to expect friendly or at least polite service from the hewitt staff. and the same goes for john jay, 212, ferris booth, etc. why is it that so many staff at columbia/barnard eateries somehow think they’re exempt from friendliness/politeness? we pay for service, and it’s not asking too much to expect that service to be delivered with common courtesy.
@i don't know what you’re doing wrong
but the sandwich lady is nice to me.
maybe it’s because my one goal i made once i got to barnard, and saw the sandwich lady smile and wave at my OL and immediately turn a cold face to someone asking for a sandwich, was to have the sandwich lady love me like she loves my OL.
@Finally! I agree with Jon. I am excessively nice to that woman and she always snaps at me. I don’t care what your job is, polite people who do nothing to merit rudeness shouldn’t be treated like shit.
@p.k. people are unnecessarily hard on the sandwich lady, and these comments come up frequently. she’s not cheery all the time. so what? just because she doesn’t seem to revel in serving all the princesses (and apparently princes) at barnard and columbia who think they’re entitled to a smile with thier sandwich doesn’t mean she should lose her job. she still makes a damn fine sandwhich.
@X.J. The sandwich lady, while curt, at least makes an effort to be at her station for most of her shift; unlike the stir-fry lady, who I have never seen behind the counter.
Too much human interaction for me at Hewitt, anyway. I appreciate the anonymity of John Jay’s self-service.
@meh son, before your time john jay too was actually staffed by dining hall professionals. then there was no chaos of buffet lines intersecting with one another or hungry students competing for the last scrap of striped chicken, only the clean efficiency a single ladle-line, ruled by some bluesmocker’s iron fist
@Note: Neither UNI is a Barnard student’s…
@presumably columbia students who have time to wander over to hewitt to eat also have time for disquisitions on the performance of barnard dining personnel
@joe She doesn’t show any pleasure in doing her job? I wouldn’t either! That’s why it’s such a fun challenge to see if you can get her to say “You’re welcome”. Come on, you know you want to… What if you say it while looking her in the eye and smiling? Or what if you ask how her day is going while she makes your sandwich? What if you memorize the various kinds of bread, and specify your sandwich precisely in the exact right amount of time (neither too fast to hear, nor so slow that it is tedious)? This is why it is so much fun to eat in Hewitt.
@ehh isn’t this “game” true of any morningside dining facility? once I went to swarthmore and was totally taken aback by the friendliness- nay -love shown by the dining staff toward students. even in quasi-urban, arrogant harvard, the personnel are not so resentful…
@DHI [sic] is not really appropriate. “Hott” is a separate word – for the meaning go to http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hott
@also ja vielleicht ist das so, aber hier funktioniert es klar nicht wie es im ihren Artikel ist
@screw barnard.