Annotation One: Dining Hall

   The Hassayampa Academic Village’s dining hall is a major central point for all of the students on South campus. The convenience of having a dining hall on this end of campus is a big deal. The dining hall serves students with breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday of the week and it even has options for in between meal times. The dining hall caters to vegetarians and even vegans. Everyday the food selection is different so getting tired of the food has not been too much of an issue for me. Upon moving onto campus, I was certain that I was going to go hungry without my home cooked meals, but I never imagined that the selection at the dining halls would be so satisfying. In addition to being pleasantly surprised with the meal selection, constant smiles seem to be plastered onto the faces of the staff, always appearing to be in the greatest moods. Intrigued with the fact that everyone seemed to love their jobs in the dining hall, I asked one of the employees, Jodi Taylor, what he liked most about working there. He simply explained to me that he loved his coworkers and bosses and that “the students at ASU have the funniest stories to share.” I think it is a great thing that the students feel comfortable enough with the staff to share stories with them. To me, it shows an element of respect on both sides.