On 11 November 1976, UNI-INFO published a "Little etiquette guide for the canteen". The reason for this was the mess that students often left behind there at the time.

In the early days of the university, there was not yet a large central area with a canteen and library. Instead, part of the ground floor of A 9 was the canteen. As this could only seat 400 people at a time, it was often very cramped there at lunchtime. But that's not all: apparently many students behaved quite wildly at the time. Photos document tables full of used cups, plates and cutlery, as well as leftover food and abandoned chairs. Quite a mess!

In order to make the conditions in the canteen "even remotely tolerable", the Studierendenwerk asked students to follow a few rules in the university newspaper. The three most important ones:

1. "Make room for others at lunchtime after your meal"

2. "Take the used crockery to the return conveyor belt"

3. "Do not take crockery and bottles out of the canteen"

Fortunately, there is little need for such admonitions today. Only the odd "missing" coffee cup has been a thorn in the side of the Studierendenwerk over the years - which is why there is now a deposit system with reusable cups in the canteens.

Incidentally, the canteen is also significantly larger today: at the Haarentor campus it offers 800 seats, at the Wechloy campus 220. Otherwise, whether meat, vegetarian or vegan, whether regional specialities or foreign cuisine: the Studierendenwerk canteen offers something delicious every day and therefore regularly scores well in surveys and comparisons with other university locations. So bon appétit!