While Bolles students are usually described as athletic, intelligent, and talented, another adjective that describes them, in some cases, is lazy. One issue that we are now facing is the case of the disappearing glasses and plates. Students eating lunch at the cafeteria have been refusing to return their utensils to the lunchroom, leaving them in random locations across campus.

Jacqueline Jones, who works for FlIK Dining Services in the cafeteria, says that “sometimes they’re thrown away, or thrown in the bushes… a lot of the employees of Bolles bring back silverware that has been thrown in the bushes.”

Jones also mentioned that many borders bring plates back to their rooms and forget to return them later on. Students even leave silverware sitting out on tables, not doing anything with them whatsoever.

“We find a lot of cups and silverware that we pull out of the trash can” says Jones. While some Bolles students may not care about cleaning up after themselves, it only leaves more work for the staff at our school, who have to go out of their way to clean up our dining areas.

What the cafeteria staff may not realize is that teachers hoard silverware and cups. For example, Bugle reporters observed that Bugle adviser, Anna Jacobson, has a stash of three cups and several forks in the Bent Center.
Students should choose to be more responsible, and make sure they’re returning silverware to the cafeteria to be cleaned after finishing lunch.