Chicken skewers
Star Letter
Dear Editor,
I would like to express my outrage at the new food vending machines that were recently placed in the JCR. Just today I purchased "Chicken Skewers" and found that they were unsatisfactory in every way. I have a number of points that I want to make about the system and the food themselves.
1. The Cost The the chicken skewers cost £2 which is quite expensive under any circumstance however especially when they are compared with the £1.76 baguettes offered by the Tiki Café.
2. When I actually purchased the food they got stuck in the machine and to enable them to be removed the box was squashed beyond repair. This is not an irregular occurrence as I have seen on a number of occasions the same thing happening with the machines.
3. I then chose to have them heated. Following the instructions I placed them in the microwave and pressed start. Indeed a quick 30 seconds later I removed the food. This was where the real problems started.
a. The box had started too disintegrated. b. Then I opened the box and to my dismay I found 3 "tiny" pieces of chicken. The combined weight of which could not have been more then the weight of the money I paid for them.
c. The appearance of the chicken was nothing that would inspire you to eat it - in fact it wouldn't be wrong to say that it was just revolting.
d. Then to top it all the food wasn't even what could be considered remotely warm.
e. When I actually tried some of the chicken it was horrible and had no flavour, the best part was the sauce provided.
I tried this food to see what I thought I would be eating come exam time as it has been tipped as being the food available 24 hours a day during the exams. If I had an exam any time soon I would have been very hesitant to even think about eating it due to any possible medical repercussions. I do think that the idea was good however I just feel that the action undertaken was very poor and something needs to be done.
Edward Judge
