Cafeteria Quotes

“At the top of the slope on the perimeter of the site, overlooking six lanes of motorway, is a diner frequented by lorry drivers who have either just unloaded or or are waiting to pick up their cargo. Anyone nursing a disappointment with domestic life would find relief in this tiled, brightly lit cafeteria with its smells of fries and petrol, for it has the reassuring feel of a place where everyone is just passing through--and which therefore has none of the close-knit or convivial atmosphere which could cast a humiliating light on one's own alienation. It suggests itself as an ideal location for Christmas lunch for those let down by their families.”
― Alain de Botton, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

“Dessert was an over baked chocolate chip cookies the size of a hockey puck and just about as tasty.”
― Carl Hiaasen, Hoot

“Troy sat down next to Sherri, examining her tray. "Are you going to eat that?" he asked. "I know what went in there." He smiled, looking mysterious. Troy's mother worked in the cafeteria.
Sherri immediately dropped the turkey roll.”
― Amy LaPalme, AfterLife

“This was the eighteenth day in a row that the special was Mushroom Surprise. It was called Mushroom Surprise because it would have been a surprise if anybody had ever ordered it. No one ever did—except Louis, of course. That’s why they’d had it for eighteen days. There was always plenty left over.”
― Louis Sachar, Wayside School Is Falling Down

“She asks me if I'm new. I feel how badly the question "Are you new?" stings when you're not new.”
― Ani Baker, Handsome Vanilla

“I was always eating the subsidized food from the high altitude cafeteria in professional astronomy. It was free, so I would eat it. The food was low quality at every astronomical observatory I worked at.”
― Steven Magee

“If you think you got away with making a High School Musical reference without me mercilessly mocking you for it, you’re wrong. I’m saving it for later”
― Emma Lord, Tweet Cute