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Minerba Betancourt October 28, 2016

Quality of Life

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Overview

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• Cleaning schedule:
• We made an agreement to have extra cleanings/restroom supplies in specific floors for

the summer, for example the 10th floor and Atrium floor

• For the rest of the year, when we have a Monday holiday, there will be extra restroom

supplies on Friday

• Office space:
• The office space at Wilson is tight for some floors, for example the 10 and 12 floors
• We have rooms that hold too many post-docs on floors 10 and 12 (one floor with 11

post-docs in one office)

• We are starting a working group to evaluate the office space at Wilson, goals:
• Collect some statistics about the current office spaces, we will contact the landlords

from each department/floor

• See if there is a way to have a better arrangements for some offices
• For example, if there are offices for professors/visitors that are used just for a fraction
• f the time during the year, explore/encourage the possibility for sharing offices
• Progress: Meredith Ament is making a survey for users to get feedback about the office

space at Wilson

• Feedback about the new cafeteria: we made a survey to get feedback from users

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Results

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Suggestions

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• Bring old breakfast selection back, especially the Apple Cinnamon Breadstick, even if it’s only

available once per week.

• Bring back cheap coffee.
• I wish there would be more vegetarian alternatives (and I don’t mean just replacing meat with

tofu).

• Less sugary dishes for e.g. breakfast. Muesli with yogurt no additives.
• More vegetarian options!
• Important: there appears to be NO reference to the food service on the FNAL web site. Please

get in touch with the webmaster and get yourselves on! (At least, Letty, the manager, is in the phone book, but you have to know who she is before you can find her.)

• Half-portions particularly for the breakfast pastries. They’re huge.
• I would like to see more a’la carte. I don’t eat fries and drink soda/tea etc., and would like to

pay just for the sandwich rather than items I have to throw away or not use. More gluten free items would be nice.

• I have been asking since the new management took over to reintroduce the fish in the menu. It

will be really nice if you can consider to introduce halal/kosher meat at least once a week and I am pretty sure there is a big community who will be happy with this stance. I understand that these foods are bit expensive (like organic), but I think if there is an option, then people wont mind paying higher.

• More nutrition info for ingredients please, especially sodium content

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Suggestions

• I’d like to see dinner service reinstated. I’d like to see better weekend options
• need Arnold Palmer options.

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FeedBack

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• The new cafeteria has nearly eliminated vegetables from the menu except from the salad bar.

It’s no impossible to both eat anything there that is both healthy and enjoyable.

• Compared to the previous management: Quantities are smaller prices are higher, quality is

slightly better.

• The new cafeteria has nearly eliminated vegetables from the menu except from the salad bar.

It’s no impossible to both eat anything there that is both healthy and enjoyable.

• The food portion is too little and cost too much.
• The changes in the cafeteria have increased prices, reduced choices and food quality, and have

made it unappealing to purchase a meal at the lab. Thanks for encouraging me to start bringing lunches.

• napkin dispenser is a disaster, need new and sufficient metal utensils and trays, current ones

are too old and yucky - VERY wasteful to use plastic utensils, station for utensils and spices is impractical, too small for too many people. the best thing about the cafeteria is the people working there! glad they stayed after the switch

• It still isn’t the CERN cafeteria but it is better than it was, quality wise, which is what we

complained about. Due to the price increase I am less inclined to eat there now.

• The vegetarian options are obviously just there to cover a request. They are tasteless versions
• f one of the main courses usually.
• Annoyed that you do not take American Express credit card any more.

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FeedBack

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• they ran out of the special more than once. They also don’t always print ingredients on the

display like the old buisness did.

• Sometimes it happens to you are stuck at meeting and end up eating at 14:00 or later. There

are some left over sandwiches, but none of them are vegetarian!

• The soups seem oversalted.
• soups are expensive vs size, salad bar has improved, not enough choices, before there were at

least two entries and choices of vegetables, I do not consider the ”special salads” as normal

• entree. So most of the times I end up making my own from salad bas since normal entree is

expensive I don’t consider sandwiches as main entree and it happened again today