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Shanghai Oriental TV reports that with rising food prices in the city, many white collar workers are now flocking to university canteens to have their lunch, much to the ire of some of the students who now face longer queues during lunch hour. One student interviewed here in the clip here says that because the government subsidises school canteens, they should be kept for just students. A spokesperson for the management of the college canteen (there is no mention which campus this is) has said that school canteens are open to the public and if office workers and other people in the neighbourhood want to dine in there, there is nothing that they can do to stop them. Meanwhile, a China Daily report says that the price of set meals has gone up by as much as 1 to 3 yuan in some areas in Shanghai, and to beat the rising prices, office workers have turned to meal-sharing. Apparently, some have even set up BBS forums where users can find meal mates by posting invitations or answering them.
What some Shanghai office workers are doing to beat the rise in food prices
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It's shanghai Jiaotong University
inflation's a bitch
What is fascinating to me is that the white collar invaders interviewed said that the food in the cafeteria is not only cheap, but also clean and tastes good. Jiaotong U must be doing something right because I've never heard any other locals say that school cafeteria food tasted good, and at least here in Chongqing the students are always complaining about how they find "things" in their food.
Isn't life tough when you're living in a shithole.
I think the people who said the food was good and the area was clean and are bringing them home for dinner looked like ayis or people of similar socioeconomic status
What those white collar workers aren't saying is that going to the university cafeteria for food also gives them a chance to get to know some college chicks.
to be honest, if i was the school administration department; i would actually raise the food prices in order to make a substantial profit, and only allowing students that hold a student ID card that changes every few weeks to entitle a discount or issuing out coupons to students is another way.