Hot on the heels of yesterday's Olive Garden blogging, check out this pasta deal in the UN's in-house cafeteria. At 37 cents an ounce, you could get over two pounds of pasta for the price of an Olive Garden never ending pasta bowl. Impressive.
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24 Sep 2007 12:04 pm
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Why should you look up to eating establishments to regulate the quantity of food that you ingest in your body.
At less than six dollars a pound, the buffet at the UN is cheaper than most of the lunch by the pound places operated by 8A contractors inside federal and GSA buildings.
Wow, wtg imperial weights and measures!
If the UN can't force the metric system on its own building, it's in worse shape than I even thought...
And what have the mandarins at the UN done for the people dying of starvation in Africa and elsewhere? Any idea why they don't seem to feel any sense of urgency about the problem?
Half the nation seeks out the cheapest route to obesity and adult onset diabetes. 37 cents an ounce now. Blindness, amputations, open sores, insulin dependency and shortened lifespans later for your not so wise investment. What the hell is it with figuring out how many POUNDS of food you can choke down for 5 bucks anyway? Pounds? Geez, what a bunch of Slurpee gulping, doughy pantload, jiggly carbo-toads. Must be hell having to keep a do-it-yourself belt notcher in the glovebox.
Man, if you were buddies with the dictator of a poor country, would there be a better gig than a diplomat posted to the UN?
I'm not fussy, I wouldn't need to be the Ambassador, put me anywhere on the org chart (besides, in the US delegation at least, several aides to the Permanent Representative also hold ambassador rank. That's how Alan Keyes scored the title).
Between the diplomatic immunity and the $6 a pound buffet-- long live the revolution!
I see the U.N. cafeteria is now located underwater....in anticipation of the dolphins being admitted?
I'm going to have to concur that the key fact here is that the cafeteria is underwater, not that pasta is 37 cents per pound. I suspect, in fact, that the pasta might be priced in consideration of the fact that the cafeteria is flooded, the food is ruined, and the seating is notoriously ill-suited for use as a flotation device.
Perhaps this is the effects of global warming? So this is why the Right doesn't care about it...
Does this, from the "Los Angeles Times" mean the Los Angeles school district can provide a meal to a student for 85 cents? And, if so, let's get some big cafeterias going for feed Americans, like me.
""If health benefits were extended to these part-time workers, the CFPA estimates it would mean that the per-plate meal budget would be reduced from 85 cents to 49 cents. "
From:
Part-timers vs. hungry kids
The LAUSD may divert some of its tiny food budget to provide health benefits to the families of part-time cafeteria workers.
By L.J. Williamson
August 28, 2007
I haven't eaten at the UN NYC complex, but the cafeterias of the World Bank and IMF in DC are simply outstanding. The World Bank has a South Asian station, African station, Latin station, East Asian station, deli, soup bar, and a spectacular fruit bar with fresh mango (mmmmmm). Meanwhile, the IMF cafeteria across the street makes custom pasta and custom fajitas!
Why is the UN cafeteria underwater?
Hey everyone check out the lively discussion under Ganji's letter. Don't tell me you give more of a crap about Joe Biden than you do about the future of Iran!
Hey everyone check out the lively discussion under Ganji's letter. Don't tell me you give more of a crap about Joe Biden than you do about the future of Iran!
Hey everyone check out the lively discussion under Ganji's letter. Don't tell me you give more of a crap about Joe Biden than you do about the future of Iran!
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Only two pounds!! And then the bowl just, uh, ends . . . that's highway robbery.
Posted by southpaw | September 24, 2007 12:11 PM