It’s easy to feel ripped-off with this hyper-expensive meal plan, no matter how good the food is. If you want to get a little more bang for your buck, there are a few ways to play the system. Here are some of my favorites:
Take the bagels. Leave the box.
Dining hall bagels (especially french toast-flavored) are absolutely delicious. They would make a great snack to bring to class on the fly, if you didn’t have to stop by the dining hall first. That’s why (and trust me on this) just grab a bag of bagels and walk out. Don’t make eye contact with anyone. No one will stop you and you will be fine.
Need a snack for a party? How about dining hall cookies?
This is simple enough. You get invited to a party and have to bring food, but you don’t want to buy food when you have this expensive meal plan already. That’s why you check out a box and fill it to the BRIM with cookies. Move them to another container if you insist. Either way, I guarantee they will be a hit.
Small, packaged food is your friend.
You have pockets, right? Fill them up with those little peanut butter containers. Maybe even throw some goldfish packets in your bag, along with a ton of fortune cookies. The sky’s the limit (Or your pocket size).
Coffee cup of cantaloupe.
Want to take some fruit on a walk but don’t want to check out a bag? Grab a coffee cup and some wooden coffee stirrers. Use the stirrers as chopsticks and walk around campus with a bunch of fruit.
Stockpile!
The climate is changing! The Amazon is on fire! Greenhouse gases pierce the atmosphere, endangering the future of life as we know it! When disaster is about to strike, stockpile in your building’s fridge. If Clemson burns to a crisp at least you have your peanut butter sandwich to keep you company.