ImagiNation

Yes, you're our second choice

Tomorrow is the big event- Spring into Southeast Asia. All the planning and stressing will be over by 10pm! As I believe I have mentioned before, one of our biggest problems has been with the catering. The last couple of years we have been forced to use the University's catering service because new rules and regulations. The thing is, they are not the best at cooking Southeast Asian/foreign cuisine. After several other student groups/organizations have complained about this fact the mother group (ISU- they give all of us little groups money for these events) finally decided to do something about and get some of us exemptions from having to use the University catering. To make a long story short- we got an exemption, unfortunately it was only for ONE of the two caterers we wanted to use, which means we would have to continue going with the University catering. Fast forward to this week, we find out that the University catering found out about our exemption and went ahead and cancelled our reservation with them- without informing us. Ugh.

We were suppose to have a taste test with them last Friday but I was out of town because my Dad was in the hospital and I forgot to schedule a time. So I go down the hole that is University catering's office and talk to sweet Maryjane. Rewind to about 2 months ago- when we first met Maryjane, she was on the verge of tears when we set up our reservations because of the comment cards from the previous year concerning the quality of their SEA food. Not this time. Maryjane was not to happy to speak with me. I apologized for not setting up the taste test- and all I wanted was for her to answer was one question- can we have 2 buffet lines.

Could she answer this? No, not without wanting me to admit that she/University catering is our second choice and having to explain the entire situation to me for 15 minutes. How did I respond to this? "Yes, you're our second choice. The situation is what it is- now, is it okay that we have two buffet lines?" She said yes and I left. And I swear, when I walked out her office she said "Suck my dick". Why do some people just take things that should not be personal, personal? Is it so awful to ask to have a caterer that makes Asia food or is actually from Asia to cater rather than have one that does not make this type of food on a regular basis? I don't think so.

posted by imagine @ 2:29 PM