Often the number one
complaint of any
college student.
Leads to arguments where each participant tries to prove that in fact, their college has the worst food. It's almost a badge of honor, or something.
"My dorm food is truly horrible! Bow before me!".
It's hard to tell why the food is so bad; for example, I have evidence that the staff at my school (
Caltech) can make good food if needed: once a term, each student house gets a
nice dinner, and the food is actually good then.
Other times, however, it ranges from ok to
"I'm supposed to ingest that?". Also, the head chef of our dining services is actually an actual chef, and thus on occasion tries to do things that are beyond the skills of the staff... those are usually the worst things that we come across. (Flaming
marshmallow cream, anyone?)