3 cards

So my wallet has just expanded in size and not b/c it's full of Mao's money. I have 3 different cards from SJTU and every card obviously has a different purpose. The card on the left is my student ID card, and really doesn't have any other purpose but to show that I'm an SJTU student. The card in the middle is my cafeteria debit card and also my library card, and it costs 20 rmb. And finally the shitty looking card is my shower card. In order to use the showers here, you need to stick that card in a small machine-like thing by the shower, then the water turns on. Of course this being China, the card also tracks how long you use the shower for. And once you run low on credits, you can recharge the card. I don't know if it costs anything to recharge, though I wouldn't be surprised if it does.

And of course, there's quite a heavy fine if you lose any of the cards listed above.

Basically, my whole point is, why don't we just have one card for everything? The student ID card serves no purpose whatsoever and could be consolidated into the food card. I mean, that's what UC Irvine had for its student ID card when I was there for undergrad. It can't be that difficult. And the shower card could be consolidated into the food card as well, you can just buy credits for everything, instead of separate credits for food and shower. And plus, the university can save money from not having the extra material costs of plastic cards, and additional labor costs.

Oh well, just thought y'all like to know...

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