Word: trayful
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Being at a new college is like Freshmen Week all over again. I get my food and then walk around with my tray, nervously scoping the dining hall to see if there’s anyone I know. There never is, so I go up to a random group of British students and awkwardly sit down next to them. They always have plenty of questions for me—but as opposed to the usual, “Where are you from, what are you studying, what dorm are you in?” they...
...when you’re done with your meal, we have no Lowerator or tastefully-hidden conveyor belt to whisk your tray away into a doldrums washroom...
...Your tray goes, in your full view, into the kitchen, where employees listen to hip-hop and throw out your uneatens and sort your plates and cups and bowls...
...found out that our roommate Tyler had invited all of these people that we definitely did not like into our blocking group. Some underlying tensions about blocking that were present within the group erupted into a rage in Annenberg. Whereupon Tyler hurled a tray at James and Jim yelled out, ‘Fuck you!’ This shouting match persisted all the way back to Weld where James, a big scary jock, picked up the spindly Tyler, with his little feet dangling, and threatened to punch him. But Tyler only responded with...
Although lingering longer in the Tea House was tempting, we declined a fourth round of tea. Tony brought the check on a black tray that balanced individually wrapped fortune cookies. “Patience is a virtue,” mine read—an expected ending to an unexpected meal...