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Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 9 Mar 1999 18:59:15 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> I shan't respond to your antiprivatization rantings except to say that
> privatization always works.
I can't agree with this. Privatization does not work when profit should
not be the ultimate goal. Consider Aramark. Aramark took over the
dining services at UT last year. They have indeed done wonders to
improve the profitability of the dining program. One used to be able to
buy a 40 cent cup of generic coffee, a 60 cent bagel, a 60 cent scoop of
ice cream, and 40 cent sausage biscuit. Now, thanks to their
"improvements," one can only buy $1.50 cup of Starbucks (R), $1.29
deluxe bagel, $2.39 scoop of Ben & Jerry's (R) ice cream (Aramark is the
only distributer in the area, they are proud to boast), and a $1.79
deluxe (4 times as large) sausage biscuit. The problem is that students
have a fixed amount on money that they are required to spend at dining
facilities. A student should have the option to purchase a 40 cent cup
of store brand coffee when they don't have the option of going anywhere
else, and a deluxe sausage biscuit is no better if one can only eat 1/4
of it anyway.
The privatization of the food service at UT has simply put one more
thing between the university and the students that it supposedly exists
for. (Don't let me get started on the athletic program.)
Naji
n (dot) norder (at) computer (dot) org
* The prices I listed are what I remember my fiancee telling me. I
don't eat at any Aramark establishment myself. If essential, I could
verify these. I think I have them all about right.
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