How to Scrape By 4 ways to milk your cafeteria meal plan for all it s worth First of a serious focused on pinching your pennies Here at Flashnotes we re in the business of helping college students make money If you re reading this you re probably already using us And if you re using us that means you ve got an enterprising spirit and an intelligent mind you resourceful young devil you Although we d really love to we know that we can t meet all of your needs Somehow you ve got to feed yourself put a roof over your head wash your clothes every now and then and replenish your bank account We can help with the money part but what about the rest When you re paying for rent transportation tuition nomming three times a day and participating in on campus activities you need to get creative So what can you do every day to scrape by Well the Flashnotes staff is proud to consist of 100 college graduates and we know from experience that there is a direct correlation between dwindling dollars and creative survival techniques So take our word for it And because noshing nomming and gobbling with the occasional slurp are OUR favorite pastimes let s start with one of our favorite on campus meccas the cafeteria 1 Tupperware is your friend You have to admit that the thought has crossed your mind about five times since last week and that s because it s a smart idea If you re like me and like most other students with a campus meal plan you spend about 12 every night just for the right to step foot in the cafeteria for dinner and gaze at the options Unless you re an athlete you probably only ate about 6 worth of food at your last visit Bring that to go container and fill er up Enjoy the other 6 worth later when you re huddled over your Orgo homework thankful that your I just don t freaking get it rage is quelled with every delicious bite of late night leftover spaghetti you cram into your mouth Tip This strategy usually works best when coupled with 2 2 A My that goulash really brings out the green in your eyes never hurt anybody Some rules can be broken and some can be bent The easiest way to bend a rule is under the gaze of a knowing smile and twinkling eye You know where I m going with this Make Big Bertha the cafeteria warden your BFF Taking food out of the cafeteria when you pay an entrance fee may be met with a raised eyebrow on some campuses but if the powers that be say OK then you re in the clear I learned a lot from our campus cafeteria workers How to be gracious how to show thanks how to make delicious omelets including the ever elusive perfect flip and how to score free cookies Big Bertha is one of the most important people on your campus get on her good side and your to go potential is limitless 3 Make your meal mobile A plate of eggs bacon and toast sounds messy until you put a little pizzazz into it Stack wrap with a couple of napkins leave the plate and you have yourself a little breakfast sandwich to go Most backpacks are big enough to fit at least five egg sandwiches which means you ve got breakfast covered for a week I m high fiving you in my mind 4 If you can can can There s no shame in recycling In fact it s all the rage If whatever is bad for the earth is your enemy then whatever is a friend to the earth is your friend We learned that in Philosophy 101 So collect those leftover cans on the table at the end of dinner and head to your nearest Trader Joe s to cash in Don t expect to be rolling in dough at 5 cents per can you would need 20 000 cans for every 1 000 you want to make If you got 10 cents per can you d need 10 000 cans per 1 000 Still any zeros are better than zero zeros right And you re helping our best buddy Earth
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