Paul_Exeter
Justified & Ancient
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One reason I got out of the hospitality business.You mean like the hipster who came to my ice cream van last year to ask if we sold vegan ice cream, nodded sagely and silently when I pointed out the vegan vanilla (that's a pain in the arse to scoop because it's crumbly), the vegan Magnum bars and the mango sorbet (that's amazing) with a friendly smile on my face ... then just wandered off without buying anything or saying thank you or anything. Twat. He was probably in a hurry to get to the butchers to ask if they sold veg and then, if they did (some do these days), just walk off without saying thanks or buying that either.
Or do you mean the woman who came into a sandwich bar I was working in during lockdown, big grin on her face and pre explaining that she had some "weird allergies" .. fair enough, so I politely handed her our allergy information chart that's completely updated anytime any new product comes in and, you guessed it, so couldn't be bothered with actually reading that. The she went on to explain that the only part of slices of tomato she's allergic to is the seeds (bullshit) so can we hand remove every single seed in every slice. "Sorry but no". The she started about how she could die if there was any possible cross contamination with anything garlic. Take a wild guess as which sauce she asked for on her sandwich? ... "I can put this garlic sauce on your sandwich but to warn you it does contain real garlic?" ... "Oh that's OK! .. I little bit won't kill me!" she replied smiling ...
(No? ... but I might if you don't get the fuck out of my shop) ..
One I remember was a very vocal woman who announced on arrival she was vegan and demanded everything be cooked separately for her. That was until a local trawler man brought in some fresh caught sea bass and suddenly she was a fish-eating vegan...
To be honest, if they just asked for a quiet word with you and said "look, basically no meat or dairy but I'll eat fish" then no problem, but no, it is all the loud virtue-signalling and demands instead
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