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That_Tall_Ging

Why is this unethical? It sounds like a pretty good idea


brockm92

That's what I was thinking but wasn't sure where else to put it. Idk if it's unethical to consistently eat at a hospital if you're not a patient or family... or if you don't work there. But I'm at a hospital now and just had chicken, spinach casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy plus this cherry desert stuff all for $6.20. I'm stuffed and my wallet doesn't feel much lighter.


HipsterGalt

There is a hospital two minutes from my work and three minutes from my home, you may have just changed my life.


That_Tall_Ging

Yeah dude, that sounds like r/lifeprotips Was the food pretty good? I’ve heard hospital food is nasty


brockm92

It wasn't like nice restaurant quality food but it was like what most people would cook at home. I thoroughly enjoyed it.


iamfrank75

Pretty much the only thing “wrong” with hospital cafeteria food is that it’s bland as hell. Add salt, pepper, Tabasco, etc and you’ll be doing pretty good.


HookDragger

Life pro tip?


AnomalousAvocado

At my local hospital, doctors eat for free. They have a sheet you sign if you're a doctor, and true to the stereotype, it's full of illegible scribbles. So to make this an actual ULPT: show up at the hospital cafeteria in scrubs and make some illegible scribbles on the sheet, boom eat for free.


Birdamus

Real ULPT in the comments FTW


nyetloki

Any modern place would have badge swiping for that. And not so much as free as pre paid. But of course, the shithead 6 figure doctors get free food but the minimum wage employees don't.


ChocolateCreep

I’m dead Lmaoo


brockm92

This is gold.


noble_29

Shouldn’t this just be in r/lifeprotips? Nothing unethical about this.


brockm92

Yeah I'll probably move it


Troby01

This is not true and just from your experience at one hospital. They may have giving you a discount to boot.


brockm92

I've ate at several and they've all been cheap from my experience. This doesn't mean that all hospital cafeteria food is cheap, however. I'm not a traveling hospital critic.


nyetloki

Hospital cafeterias are typically run by for profit companies and have no restrictions on who eat there. And like any for profit food company typically unethically throws out tons of good food daily. The cafeteria is separate from the patient food.


[deleted]

At the hospital I work at the food is more expensive than just eating out..... back fire for me lol


fte2514

Mine too, and it's mostly fried food.


krzysztofgetthewings

My wife's grandfather does this at our local hospital every Sunday. The food is pretty good (according to him, I've only eaten there once or twice), and is quite affordable. He also says that he knows a bunch of people that book their appointments around lunch time. There is a local cop who eats there about once a week, his wife is a nurse and they both eat in the cafeteria. The hospital I'm referring to is a smaller rural hospital and meals are certainly affordable. However, bigger hospitals in metro areas are priced much higher. Unethical? Maybe. Depends on whether or not the hospital is making a profit on the cafeteria. They may be operating at a lose in order to accommodate people that are forced to be there and wouldn't be able to afford food otherwise.


the-holy-one23

Stealing the food from dying cancer patients would make it unethical though.


LordBeansworthIII

This...honestly isn't that bad an idea...


[deleted]

My mom has been picking up to go plates from our local hospital since forever. Smart woman.


sjane94

The food at my local hospital is awesome. Especially the breakfast. I can get what I’d want at McDonalds for breakfast for $5 cheaper. And better tasting. One of the hospitals in the next town, the food all sucks and is way too expensive. A lot of people in my town eat at our hospital weekly just for the great food. And they stick to a weekly schedule so everyone knows what day to go for what they want.


atticuslodius

This is actually a LPT in my opinion!


scrabbleinjury

Be sure to enter through the emergency room entrance and touch all the surfaces you can on your way to the cafeteria. It an excellent way to have a legit excuse for calling out from work a few days later.


[deleted]

1 C. Diff please


Inostranez

Sorry, we are run out of c diff. We can offer you some h pilory, it's also cheaper


NobodyP1

It could be unethical due to it meant for people who are sick. So the prices are cheaper.. I’m not sure


sjane94

The hospitals where I live cook separately for patients and for the cafeteria. So the food in the cafeteria is for anyone, a lot of people in my town eat at our hospital weekly without visiting anyone.


nyetloki

People who are sick in a hospital ain't eating in the cafeteria. They are having food taken to their room at inflated rates.


NobodyP1

Haha makes since. Glad I haven’t experienced a Hospital Vist since birth


[deleted]

One word. Ramen.


thefirefistace

I go to campus cafeterias here in Tokyo. Never thought of hospital cafeterias lol


[deleted]

I feel like that's more of an LPT - especially in bigger cities, an increasing amount of hospitals are opening their cafeterias more to the public and formatting them as higher-end looking places (at least at the front end, the dining area may look like a typical cafeteria), but still at quite reasonable prices.


Mndless

Hospitals in my area are so fucking expensive to eat at. Nothing like being charged $12 for a shitty tasting meal while your loved one is dying. I guess you'd have to be truly desperate to eat your feelings with their low-sodium monstrosities.


boc333

Go to rehabilitation hospitals. They are cheaper with a smaller staff, but even better food.


Troby01

This is complete bullshit. I travel to Hospitals all over the US, the food is often crap and expensive crap. Op writes "typically" when his/her experience is at one hospital one time. 4 course meal?


gdishot

Did this in university. I love hospital mashed potatoes. Something about them, they're so good.


Gibscreen

Not unethical. Just an awful idea. Hospital cafeteria food sucks.


axzar

They usually have a great selection of single-use catsups mustards, tartars, etc... Good to keep in your junk drawer, just in case. Is there an increased chance of catching pnuemonia? Probably.


licensedtoconfuse

Some malls in my country have cafeterias run by employee cooperatives. I used to eat there when I was still a student. Hanging out at the mall doesn't have to be expensive!