To the rescue: Restaurants in China cater to college students who can’t go out of their campus through their food delivery service. (Above) A delivery guy heads to his next customer. (Photo : CCTV America)
As they say, if there’s a will, there’s a way.
That adage seems to inspire two parties: one craving for a different kind of meal and another one who can provide a variety of meals at any given time. What’s the problem? The former cannot go out and the latter cannot come in.
College students from Jingzhou Entrepreneurial Technical College in Jingzhou, Hubei Province, get to eat the specific food they want courtesy of restaurants with food delivery service, but transactions are done discreetly, reported South China Morning Post.
The school bans its students from going out of the campus during weekdays.
Students resort to food delivery when they get tired of the meals offered at the school cafeteria, and restaurants are all but willing to reach out to these customers in the literal sense of the word. Food delivery personnel climb up a wooden ladder and hand orders to students through the windows.
Based from the way the business is conducted, it can be surmised that the school does not allow students to order food outside.
According to the report, one student said that food delivery is a common practice. Chen Jinkai, who holds responsibility over students’ affairs, said that he would discuss the matter with the students.
Almost a similar scenario takes place in another school in another province.
Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine in Harbin prohibits food delivery vehicles to enter school premises; therefore, food vendors simply scale the wall to deliver the orders of students, reported Shanghaiist.
Schools impose rules and regulations for the welfare of the students. Some rules tend to intimidate students, and some make students think of possible alternatives that will make them get away with something.
One rule, unfortunately, led to the permanent damage of a student’s phone right before her eyes, caused by her very own hands.
In April, a student at the City College of Dongguan University of Technology in Guangdong Province broke the no cell phone policy of her strict teacher surnamed Jiang. As a punishment, Jiang asked her to smash her phone on the floor until it’s rendered useless, reported Yahoo! News.
The teacher threatened to deduct 30 percent from her final exam grade if she would not comply.
She ultimately did in front of everyone.
On that day, the entire class witnessed one shattering lesson.
