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Administratorė Laura
How many years have you been working in this canteen?
A couple of years now.
How did you start working here?
Well, I am a biologist. I am just here to help my husband.
Are you in charge of this canteen?
I should be referred to as a production manager, but I would rather say that I work as an administrator.
So you have never worked in canteen business before?
That's right.
So one could say that this canteen is a family business?
Yes, that is how it worked out.
Could you give us some history of this canteen?
The canteen hasn't changed since the opening. This building was built about 30 years ago. You could check that reading the history of the university. These chairs and tables haven't changed since then. However, we are going to make a big repair - we will close for that in the end of April.
I would like to ask about the structure of this canteen. How many people here?
Up to 15 people. It depends.
Could you describe the everyday schedule of the canteen?
First the cooks come, around 6-7 a.m. They prepare the food...
And when do you decide the menu?
Cooks check what to order, they discuss. As the same diners come every day, they would get bored if we didn't change the menu. Though young people now are used to cafes, so sometimes they come and say: "oh, yesterday you had these delicious cepelinai, why don't you have it today?"
What is the most popular dish here?
Well, it depends. It depends on visitors. Well, cepelinai are finished really fast. And balandėliai (a cabbage roll with meat), too.
Do you know why exactly these dishes?
Perhaps it's because of the price. Cepelinai are quite cheap, filling and greasy. Well, a traditional dish. Plus, people don't cook cepelinai every day at home. But in the canteen you can get it. At home you can fry some meat, but to make cepelinai is more complicated. The same goes with balandėliai.
And what about your customers? Are they mostly students?
Yes, students, part-time students and lecturers.
How many people do have their lunch here at a time?
Well, I don't know. Not that many.
But now we see a lot of people here in the canteen...
Well, this canteen is also like a reading-room. Students installed wireless Internet here.
You are working with students, so there should be some great stories that happened in the canteen...
Students like to push tables together, and chairs too. For example, this chair used to be in the other side of the canteen last week, and now you see it here.
What do you like to do on your free time?
I like riding a horse in Belmontas.
Did you respond to a recession in some way? Did you take any decisions related to the situation?
Well, for now we are trying to not change anything. We also tried to keep the same salaries. Anyway, after some time this canteen will be closed and people will be left without work at all... Later I guess there will be a competition for running this place. It is difficult to predict what it is going to be here instead of this canteen. Maybe "Čili pica"?
And for how long have these cooks been working here?
Some of them have been working here since the opening, for about 30 years. Some dishes are even left the same since then, for example, buns or the pie „Magdė". As far as I know, you can't get it anywhere else anymore.
Do they eat lots of buns?
Yes, students eat only buns. A bun and a cup of tea. Perhaps because of the recession. Maybe they try to save some money. I guess they come here just for a quick bite and have a normal lunch at home. Now lecturers and part-time students eat here more often - people, who earn some money. And only some students eat here. They usually just take a bun and some tea.