Via Veg Blog, I like this clip from Hell’s Kitchen with Gordon Ramsay. Like Ryan I was not much on Ramsay because of stories I’d encountered. But he gets it correct in this video.
You don’t have to be vegetarian or vegan; most of us would like you to adopt our choices but we realize that a mass conversion isn’t coming any time soon. Still, it’s not too much to expect a basic level of respect. Personally, it doesn’t bother me when people eat meat in front of me. But it’s not funny when people wave meat in front of me while asking if I want some. Nor is it funny when people joke that they’ll slip meat in to my food to help me out.
I would be merely annoyed in this situation since it appears accidental, whether through incompetence or indifference. (The latter would probably make me angry.) Kudos to Gordon Ramsay for understanding that and demanding that these chefs respect their customers.
“it’s not funny when people wave meat in front of me while asking if I want some. Nor is it funny when people joke that they’ll slip meat in to my food to help me out.”
Yup, right up there with “You just need to meet a nice girl…” Blech!
I just had this happen to me. I ate meat for 40 years; I’ve been vegan for >1. Friends knew I was vegan, said they prepared something for me, and after I ate it, it came out that there was sausage hidden in the meal. Hahaha. I guess they figured since I’d been eating meat for so long, my dietary concerns weren’t all that important.
And these are friends. Or should that be “were?”
Jane of VeganBits.com