"It's a real pain in the neck," he said,complaining that he cannot fit all the dishes hewould like on his tray. "The way I see it, theydid this to prevent us from taking them back tothe room," he said.
"I think it's really an aesthetic thing," saidDavid C. Bear '92, a tutor in Pforzheimer. Bearsaid, ultimately, the new dishes affect the dininghall workers much more than the students.
"We'll whine about anything. How the workersfeel about it is much more important," he said.
Patricia C. Machado, a server in Adams, said"[The ceramic] holds the food hotter when studentsbring them to the table."
Durability may be an issue. But Mayer said, "Wehaven't noticed any more breakage."
Some dining hall workers complained the changehas meant more work for them.
Set up, break down and dish washing take longerbecause of the weight of the dishes and for fearof breaking them, several workers said.
And when the dishes do break, some workers havebeen cut cleaning up the pieces.
DiBacco complained about the noise the newdishes created in Adams House.
"You can hear the noise of the dish room overeven a full dining hall," he said