They have this lame policy where you can't take food out and the hours are terrible. They close at 6:30!!! But I don't wanna stay in the crowded cafe and eat early! I'd rather go back to my room and watch basketball or the simpsons and eat later in the night! So my room mate told me what he does and I've been doing it cause its a good idea. So me (and my room mate) take one of our back packs (as if we just came from class I suppose) and usually make a sandwich and empty the last of a bread bag (one or two slices left) and stuff the sandwich in the bread bag and put the food in a back pack while we are behind the salad area and peace out. Either that or we wrap the sandwich in a napkin and put it in the back pack. No one seems to care. well, I wouldn't call it stealing actually, I swipe my college card with the cashier so I paid for it, I'm on a meal plan (10 a week). usually i just go home for weekends or have food in my fridge so I only go the cafe 5-10 a week.
I constantly stole from my college's cafeteria until I got caught and they called the cops, but I managed to escape into the woods and lay low for a long while.
At one of the places at my college they have fruit. When you go in you swipe your card and then its all you can eat so I tend to slip a few apples or something in my purse to take back and have for breakfast and snacks. So, I don't think it's bad that you take your dinner back to your room ... you paid for it!
i sorta do the same thing... at my school, there's the "free" lunch, the "reduced" lunch, and then we have subway, hunan, and papa john's... the people on the "free"/"reduced" lunches can only get the food offered by the school, the "government regulated" food, or whatever... well when i am hungy and forgot my lunch money or in broke, i just go through the "free" lunch line... they dont swipe cards or anything, they dont even question anyone who does it... SO many people at my school do it, but the lunch ladies and the principle dont say a word... i bet they are losing a LOT of money.. oh well.. who knows.. i only do it twice a week at most anyways....