I’ve had a streak of bad luck lately with restaurants. I think I’m going to have to start telling people I’m deathly allergic to animal products in order to get them to believe me when I say I want my meal without cheese, without egg, without mayo, I WANT IT TOTALLY VEGAN!!! And even then I bet they’d still mess up my order. I feel it should be a requirement for all people that get degrees in the culinary arts to at least be well aware of what veganism is, even if they aren’t trained on making vegan fare.
All restaurant employees should know what veganism is. No more blank stares. I’m fed up. I’m ready to swear off restaurants entirely unless I know the establishment is entirely vegan. I know it seems a little harsh, but it hurts me to see them have to take back my order 3 times before getting it right. And, as a result, they are not only using animal products, but they’re wasting them! And I don’t feel that I should have to compromise my beliefs because they messed up. No way.

I don’t get upset easily about these sorts of things, but this was just the last straw. I feel helpless. Should I go around handing out flyers to all restaurants explaining what veganism is? Would it even make a difference? Perhaps I should take it a step further and contact every culinary school I can track down, and tell them all how I feel. What do I have to do? It’s cheaper for you not to give me the cheese and mayo on my sandwich. It’s cheaper to leave the egg out of the pasta dish. Stop making it harder on yourself and just get it right the first time! I worked at restaurants for many years. It’s not that difficult. Really. Just listen to your customers, and pass this information on to the cooks/chefs. I don’t want to be rude, but these restaurants are really testing my patience.

Brought to you by Emily (me), the fed up vegan.