Counterpoint-Point: Still annoyed by that darn Bistro floor
Published: March 16, 2010
Updated: March 16, 2010
“The times they are a changinnnn . . .” Oh, wait. They’re not.
It’s a year and a half later from the last time I brought this up, but I feel it’s still pretty dern relevant. Every day that Seattle U students step into the Bistro, they have to deal with one of the ugliest floors in human kind. Oh, you have no idea what I’m talking about? Let me bring you up to speed:
Despite all the talks on healthcare, bottle banning, economy, and war (sheesh — not much has changed in the past year, has it?) there’s a more pressing issue than all of these political nuances combined: the new bistro floor.
Okay, okay, I know the Bistro floor isn’t so new anymore. I should get over it and just come crawling home to my carpeted apartment, but I CAN’T! The autumn before last, this once calm and comforting setting of the Hawk’s Nest Bistro transformed into a hospital cafeteria.
C-Street is great and all, but for my first two years at SU I always took solace in knowing that the Bistro could be my sanctuary. The once rustic, modern post-industrial floor complimented the starry ceiling and autumn-colored walls making the Bistro feel like an actual relaxing coffeehouse, not C-Street Jr.
Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against replacing floors. Sometimes floors need to be changed. My old house had a carpeted room that our cat kept urinating on. After awhile, we needed to replace that carpet because of stains. We switched the flooring to wood. It was a good switch.
What I do have a problem with is challenging the old adage, “don’t fix it if isn’t broken.” There’s a reason someone first said that quote, and there’s a reason it’s been repeated again and again — it’s true!
With that said, I STILL demand an explanation to this change in flooring. Why does it look exactly like the rest of Student Center? Why couldn’t we get a new floor of the original color? Why does a cup of tea cost more than a dollar when it’s basically just hot water? Why did they change the way they made the Signore when it was already perfect!? But seriously, this new floor is hideous.
So as you gallivant down the Pike-Pine Corridor or sit at home glued to your television set watching endless commentary on March Madness, take into consideration the bistro and pray that your new library doesn’t have this same abomination of a floor.
(works cited: toth – su-spectator blog)
The only thing I got out of that was the comment about your cat peeing on your carpeted floor and that it you allowed it to develop more than one stain
@MathewS the cat was ill and couldn’t control its bladder. didn’t want to have to go into details, but look, there you made me do it. now everyone gets to read about cats with poor bladders. well done.
You should have included a picture. Some of us are far too lazy to walk ALL the way from the Murphys to the Bistro.
And all I got out of this was a few minutes of entertainment, (thank you!) and yet another terrifying example of how even some of the most accomplished (or perhaps just the wittiest) of Seattle’s writers cannot properly use contractions (so, no thank you). It’s = it is. Its = possessive.
@Marit
Which is exactly what this writer has done. I found no incorrect contractions.
@Marit Thanks for the compliment section of your comment! Sorry about the typo. It’s now been changed. I was sleepy and on-the-run (why I didn’t even bother with capital letters). I think if you read the post, you’ll notice that I’m perfectly familiar with contraction usage. Hopefully this is a satisfactory response. If not, we can really get gritty on grammar, and I’ll point out the comma splice in your comment.
Adam treats contractions like he treats baby animals: with no respect, blaming everything on them, using them to win arguments that would never pass in the real world, and by tempting them with bits of granola bars and then kicking them when they come too close.
Dammit Adam, you can’t just make contractions out of any f*cking thing you want. Even the anti-contraction community is sick of your shenanigans. If you can’t take the pressure of proper grammar, then get out of that cushy English major of yours and go join the Journalism department, where you can make contractions out of peanut butter and beards and whatever else you can find. I mean seriously, they don’t care.
But this is different Toth. This is a blog. This is LEGIT. And Marit and I won’t take this shit that you call “editing.”
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m hungry.
Wow, we really have it tough at Seattle University.
Great use of your energy man. I can see you really want the world to change for the better.
The only reason I opened this is because I thought maybe you would confront something that actually affects the contributions we as students make to the community around us, since we are so damn privileged…
Why is there so much starch, white flour, and grease in the bistro? I just think there should be something more sustaining available, and something besides the veggie crudite with a trace amount of vitamins in it. The smoothies are not healthy, btw, unless you add your own sugar-free yogurt.
Reading through it again, I cannot find the contraction that upset me. If you fixed it, thanks. If it turns out that I’m just full of shit, my bad and my apologies.
@Adam, you’re welcome for the compliment. And you’re right- I did mess up commas somewhere in my comment.
@Jake, thanks for standing behind me on this one. Please, go eat something.