In the biggest campus news of 2015 so far, we can report that The SUSU Shop no longer sells chewing gum. 

The Shop, known for it’s wide assortment of sandwiches and odd music choices, will no longer be selling chewing gum due to a request from the University.

The news was brought to our attention yesterday when a shocked student was told by a lady on the tills that SUSU had issued a note saying they’re not selling it anymore, because of ‘mess’.

The news was then confirmed by Union President, David Mendoza-Wolfson. He told us:

The University asked us to stop selling it due to mess

He claims sales were low anyway:

That made us look into how well it sold. If it sold well, we wouldn’t have stopped selling it.

Where the chewing gum used to be

Where the chewing gum used to be

This follows recent news that The Shop is going to start selling alcohol.

One student, who wished to remain anonymous, asked a terrifying question:

What will I do after my bacon and Stilton sandwich now?

A fourth year English and French student was not at all happy:

This scandal has brought a new level of fear to my university life. I fear the whole of Southampton Uni will loom with the scent of stale Jesticles and Chick-o-Land and soon human contact will become not only undesirable but a health hazard.

One distressed Final Year student pointed out:

I thought it was meant to be good for concentrating, do they want to make January exams any harder?

Soton Tab veteran, Joe Rosi, didn’t really care about the news. He said:

I couldn’t give two monkeys.

Supplies are already running low

Supplies are already running low

Are SUSU cowering to the University? First chewing gum, what next?

Anything but the Costa machine, please.

What do you think about The Shop stopping selling chewing gum? Is it the right solution?

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  • General Public
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    Probably FemSoc trying to ruin everyone’s fun again.

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    General Public
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    *succeeding to

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  • Cam
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    I will never tire of Soton Tab’s reporting style. It is my only source of light on dark revision days such as this.

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  • Djir
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    Sounds just like most of what SUSU has always done. Acting like a University department, while claiming to have its members interests at heart and be independent.

    If SUSU staff take everything the Universoty so literally, It gives me great uncertainty about visiting The Advice Centre to talk about problems with the University

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  • x
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    If the Costa machine goes, I go too

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  • Mr Wrigley
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    Maybe if more people didn’t act like thirteen year-olds and actually used bins then SUSU might treat them more like adults?

    *cue downvotes in 3…2…1…”

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  • Emma Watson (the 4th year who has been sorely misrepresented)
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    Funny I don’t remember saying that…

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  • And?
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    Just please don’t take away the average sandwiches, the rest of the food on campus is crap.

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  • J
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    So they ban chewing gum but not tobacco/cigarettes, which kills 100,000 people in UK every year and causes health problems for those who breathe in the second hand smoke.

    How much money does the SUSU make from tobacco? Is it enough to justify the illnesses and deaths associated with tobacco use?

    The university and SUSU should be progressive by helping students better themselves, not by making a profit through helping students kill themselves.

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