A new University Housing policy has tightened residents’
timeframe to pick up food packages.
Perishable food in deliveries can go bad by the time
University Housing residents pick them up, which prompted a deadline for when
residents need to check out their packages.
“My parents sent me a care package that I was going to pick
up the next day, because I was busy. When I went to pick it up, I didn’t
realize they’d given me blueberries and strawberries,” freshman resident Wesley
Chan said. “By the time it got to UTD, I guess it was already a few days old,
so (they) went bad really fast and smelled.”
According to the new policy, which was sent to all
University Housing residents through student email on Oct. 9, perishable food
packages that are not picked up by the end of the business day that they are
received will be thrown away. Non-perishable packages will continue to be kept
for 14 days before being returned to the sender if unclaimed. The changes are
also reflected in the new Resident Handbook.
The policy does not apply to prepared food deliveries from
services such as Postmates, Ubereats and GoPuff, which should continue to be
picked up directly from the deliverer.