Culinary Services didn't prorate meal plans at the beginning of this week to accommodate the days off.
Some Ohio University students were in for an early holiday treat Sunday: The university did not prorate meals for the shortened week of classes before Thanksgiving break.
The situation caused many students to run to univeristy markets and dining halls in an effort to quickly spend the extra meals before leaving campus.
Dan Pittman, assistant director of auxiliary sales, said Culinary Services was aware of the situation, calling it an “improper display of prorated Flex Meal Plan totals.”
Meal plans were adjusted around 6:45 p.m. Sunday, leaving students a nearly seven hour window to spend the extra meals. Each meal on a Flex Meal Plan is worth $6.25 at campus markets.
“Students will not be charged for any non-prorated meals that they might have utilized as a result of this issue,” Pittman said in an email.
“I completely dropped studying for my pre-calc exam when I heard about how the swipes weren't cut down yet,” said Bailey Fenzl, a freshman studying computer science. “When they fixed the exploit, they got rid of my remaining three swipes though, which is completely understandable.”
Under the proration plan, the Flex and Standard 20 were allotted seven meals. For students with Flex and Standard 14, meals would be prorated down to five meals for the shortened week.
Students with Standard 10 meal plans were set to have four meals.
“I bought 10 swipes worth of junk food,” Fenzl, who did not specify which meal plan she has, said. “It was totally worth it.”
A Flex 14 Meal Plan costs $2,741 per semester; a traditional 14 meal plan costs $2,073.
Shelves were bare at some campus markets, but The Post did not run a photo accompanying the story because the university would not allow a photograph to be taken.
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