Any concerns about infrastructure?
1. Buying a new bike for our fitness room - the one we have is quite old and there is only one for 84 students !
THE REQUEST HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO PAWEL. It will probably be possible, and if yes, it would take 2 to 3 weeks.
2. Would it be possible to know when the cleaning ladies are supposed to enter our rooms (knowing day of the week would be enough)??
They usually come on the same day. You can ask them in Polish, or maybe leave them a note in your room saying: W JAKI DZIEN DO MNIE PANI PRZYCHODZI SPRZATAC? DZIEKUJE ZA INFORMACJE.
5. Bikes - not all of them are in good condition, plus they should be available all the time
THE COLLEGE HAS SPENT AROUND 1000 EUROS ON BIKE REPAIRS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR (NOT ONLY FOR DAMAGES DONE BY US, BUT FOR PREVIOUS YEARS AS WELL).
If something breaks on your bike while using it, please report it. Please be more careful with the bikes: many wheels are deformed because of people ramming into sidewalks with the bikes.
The bikes will be available until the weather permits it. They could not withstand Polish winters.
6. Smoking in non smoking areas
It is possible that there will be a more clear smoking policy after Christmas.
Concerns about the canteen
1. Fruits at lunchtime would be perfect dessert for me, soups for dinner, less fried meals (meat), salads without onion...
The canteen will do their best to provide more fruits. It is not possible to have too much fruit variety because (imported) fruits are very expensive in Poland. There will be green salad at dinner.
IF YOU WANT SOUP FOR DINNER: you can ask the staff to set some aside for you during lunchtime and you can reheat it. They won't serve a lot of soup for dinner because they have tried it in the past and it goes to waste.
2. The opening hours in the evening should be changed!
The employees cannot work for more than 12 hours in a row... and many of them do. It would be very, very costly to pay employees overtime. So this cannot really change.
3. Please, provide some light food at the dinner!
See question number one.
4. Less cheese, please!!!! less fried stuff, please!!! and more FRUITS!!!!
The canteen will do their best to provide more fruit, but they cannot provide a much bigger variety than now for budget reasons. Imported fruits cost a lot.
5. Less carbohydrates for dinner would be nice..and less greasy food!
There will be more fruits and salad without mayo.
6. Less fat for less fatter students
7. Is not possible to have pierogi sometimes? :-)
We had them this weekend, and there will be more.
8. Can we have please some grilled meet without sauces? and the most important:can we have a proper dinner (I mean...no salad and toasts)...I know that polish people use to dinner like this but here there are not only polish people, and for me the dinner is more important then the lunch
It is not physically possible to have grilled meat per se for 85 people. It would be really dry and untasteful.
9. Could we get some real food for diner?
The canteen is aware there a cultural differences and that people from different countries sometimes give more importance to evening meals. Unfortunately, they cannot change the structure of the meals very much for cost-related and practical reasons (amount of staff available to work, experiences from the past, food waste, budget...)
10. I'd like to have less heavy salads (without ex. raw onion or majo...) et meat that is not fried (at least from time to time...)
See q. number 1.
THE CANTEEN STAFF WAS QUITE RECEPTIVE TO COMMENTS. IF YOU HAVE VERY SPECIFIC ALLERGIES OR (MEDICALLY-JUSTIFIED NEEDS) THE STAFF WILL DO THEIR BEST TO ACCOMODATE YOU (WITHIN THE LIMITS THEY HAVE) IF YOU SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT IT. FYI -THE CANTEEN HERE HAS ONE OF THE BEST KITCHEN STANDARDS AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU CAN LOOK UP HACCP SYSTEM. THAT'S THE RULES THEY FOLLOW.
REGARDING ICT:
I've transferred the concerns to the administration. I will follow-up soon.
LIBRARY + STUDY ROOM:
The library cannot be open on Sunday. It is not cost-efficient because there are usually no more than 2 people who go there on average on Sunday.
HOWEVER, if you need another place to study than your room, R1 and C2 will be available 24 hours a day. 3 people will be appointed to ask the guards about it. MORE AT THE STUDENT ASSEMBLY.
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