The wagon is powered by electricity and it runs daily from Monday through Friday. The vehicle operates before the building is even open: Student Union.

There are multiple companies that run the wagons, but SpartanCatering is the main food service provider according to one of the kitchen staff members.

The wagon has a seating capacity for two but only requires one for the job. The driver’s duties include delivering the food to the building, bringing them into the kitchen where they are sorted and arranged before they are available to be purchased.

The plot to steal from the wagon could pull a page from an old-classic mob film – hi-jacking the cargo truck then abandoning the vehicle before vanishing into thin air.

The kind of cargo, or food that the wagon transport is mainly prepackaged and refrigerated items: shrink-wrapped sandwiches and boxed salads with other similar items.

In the purchasing area of the Student Union Cafeteria, the delivered items are located against the wall to the left of the cashiers behind the checkout lines.

The food that comes off of the wagon are prepared a few hours prior to the delivery, according to the cashiers on duty at the time information was being gathered.

When asked the younger cashier about the stocking of the items, next to her was a more experienced lunch lady who overheard then answered, “Once a day, it varies. It’s never the same,” referring to the hours when the delivered items get stocked.

Fresh food is all that comes off the wagon, and is the only things that sophomore student Maurice Magbitani would eat.

When Magbitani was first approached to answer questions about the things she would buy, she was reluctant to comply but then eventually said, “I don’t usually eat here. But I’ll buy a salad once in awhile,” which means honesty still financially supports the trade off with the business behind the wagon.

The best time to see the wagon is somewhere between 8 and 10 a.m. On every observation, a man operates the wagon and declines to say anything other than, “You’ll have to talk to my manager. See that window over there? That’s his office.” Unfortunately, the manager was not available to comment.

To steal an item from the unguarded wagon has to be quick. The steal cannot take anymore time than it does for someone to sneeze, and being slick to not attract attention is also important.

The only thing that the food bandits have to do is be sneaky. The thieves have to think like ninjas then when the coast-is-clear, they can come-up on a five-finger-discounted lunch, or they might give it to the poor like Robin Hood.

Reporting, rather than advising that time cannot be stressed enough. Timing is most important because by noon, the wagon has already completed its job.

Noon is when the lunch rush begins: students fill the cafeteria and lunch faculties are on the frontline working.

On delivery, the wagon is parked near the rear door of the kitchen in between the Student Union and Engineering Building, the opposite side from the Student Union’s main entrance.

The seclusion of the unguarded vehicle makes it greater for mischievous individuals to execute their activities.