Word: burritos
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Mindlessly, I joined the throng. Perhaps it was the prospect of eating a dinner that did not involve brown rice and broccoli, or perhaps it was a tendency towards more creative means of procrastination, but I decided I would stay in that line and get my free burrito, so help...
...front of me, a couple holding-hands happily discussed what type of burrito they would soon be eating. A white-haired, professorial man farther up the line surveyed us all with a sort of bemused fascination, like an anthropologist marooned amidst a tribe of savages. Three Asian students behind me pored over copies of The Economist and handed me a copy when I remarked how much I missed reading my parents’ subscription at home. Curious tourists asked us what all the fuss was about, and all we said in response was: “Free food...
After an hour in line, finally clutching my prize in its brown paper bag, I had an epiphany. Yes, I bit into the burrito and heard the choirs of angels and saw the stairway to heaven, etcetera. But I came to realize whatever happiness I gained from that silly vegetarian burrito had little to do with the taste. My happiness came from spending a whole hour without having to hear or even think the words “midterm,” “problem set,” and “all-nighter...
...what students want most is a long line to stand in with nothing to think about but the people around them (and saving six dollars). Sometimes we’re offered as diversions poetry readings, guest lectures, and forums on health care, when all we really want is a burrito...
Seeing the line stretching past Citibank and around the corner down Brattle Street, a group of hungry students burst into a sprint, eager to be among the first burrito enthusiasts to taste the offerings of the Square’s latest entrée into the world of fast-food Mexican: Chipotle. Chipotle—the Denver-based burrito chain—is hosting its grand opening today. Yesterday, the restaurant handed out free burritos from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., serving thousands of students, local residents and Chipotle devotees who made pilgrimages from around the area, despite the rain...