Seconds Here I Come!!

By Nomashawekazi Damasane

I decided to try something new in an area that I love and that is staying in the dining hall from 12.05pm to 14.00pm. This was not going to be a difficult task I thought to myself as I love my food and had friends who wanted to share the experience with me. Why did I choose this most random moment well its simple, I just wanted to see why people will stay in the dining hall for that long as well see the different eating habits of students and the various social circles. The Oppidan dining hall is full of interesting characters; every one has got one thing to say about either the food or about the guy or girl seated at the next table. As my friends and I were having our lunch we noticed how people made the dining hall feel like it was at their house. Not many people were in a rush to eat and leave, they ate like the French…who gave the impression that they were enjoying every single bite. In my mind I wondered how long people are willing to stay in there and too my surprise the numbers in the dining hall did not dwindle, it seemed as if people had shifts as there was almost the same number of people at every half hour, new faces but same vision. By 13.50 I was gob-smacked to see the number of people who went up for seconds-the highlight of eating in the dining hall was having SECONDS!