Hello hello! Welcome back to another year of fine dining tips and recipes from your friends at OOTW. I (John) have admittedly been slacking off with regards to posts this year; as if living in Nevils with a block 75 meal plan weren't enough, I have been faced with a flooded apartment this past weekend... Irregardless (yes, that should be a word) I'm back to give you what I believe to be a pointer that, due to the changes in O'Donovan's this year, is more essential than ever: odd-hour dining.
What is odd-hour dining, you ask? Why should I only eat at 9, 11, 1, 3, 5, or 7? Apologies for the dad-like humor notwithstanding, odd-hour dining is simply the practice of eating at Leo's during the times that are less crowded. Odd-hour dining can turn into somewhat of an art form; one must find a time when a sufficient amount of food is still being served, yet the lines are short enough and tables are plentiful.
Usually, a safe timetable for odd-hour dining is as follows: breakfast at 9:45 am, lunch at 11:30 am or 2:00 pm, and dinner at 5:15 pm or 7:45 pm. Of course this will fluctuate on any given day, and just as the freshness of the baked cod at the "At Home" station, is sometimes unpredictable and may turn out unfavorably.
I say that this is an especially important time to take advantage of odd-hour dining mostly because of the changes we've seen on the upper level of Leo's. Much like New Jersey (#HamptonHomeland) gas stations, the food is now doled out by employees rather than self-served by students. In my personal opinion this hinders the efficiency of the Leo's lines, causing unnecessary congestion and taking valuable Leo's personell away from preparing more food instead (for all you fellow econ people, this appears to be Bastiat's broken windon fallacy incarnate). I am tempted to contact Leo's staff and inquire about the new policy--it may be time for another campaign... But until then, odd-hours dining is the best way around this new change.
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