American University students said summer food offerings and services aren’t cutting the mustard.
Stores including Starbucks, Capital One Bank, and Megabytes Cafe are only open during the weekdays. Starbucks is open from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m., while the Eagle’s Nest is open from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Subway is open from 10:30 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Tom Page, 21, believed the store hours were a disadvantage for students that work on campus.
“If I just got off work I wouldn’t be able to grab something to eat,” Page said.
Jayne Yoo, 29, is one of those students.
“For me it closes too early,” Yoo said. “If I want to get a snack I have to go off campus.”
Students also proposed that additional stores such as Chick Fil A, Chipotle, and McDonald’s be added to campus.
“I remember they used to have a McDonald’s on campus. It was open later because of the way the store operated,” said Derek Allen, age 20. “If you were showing up late from a party on a weekend it’d be open.”
Patrick Kavanagh, 20 wished the campus offered additional sit down restaurants. He wanted another place to meet other than the campus dining hall.
As for the employees, many believed that the store hours were convenient. There aren’t enough customers for it to be worth the extra time.
“For the summer it’s not that busy, so the hours are based on business,” said Subway employee Tiffany James, 31.