vegetarian burger with a slice of bacon!

RobertoMoir

missbishi wrote: »

Something similar happened to my brother last year at my local Wetherspoons - he was a veggie and was given a lamb burger instead of the veggie burger he ordered. Only realised after taking a bite! All W's did was apologise and replace meal, certainly no reply to the follow-up letter I sent!

Such mistakes are, IMHO, unacceptable. What if the OP's veggie burger with hidden bacon had been mistakenly presented to a Jewish diner? Or indeed, if a Muslim customer did as my brother did and unwittingly took a bite out of a non-Halal burger?

Well that would be extremely unpleasant but it wouldn't kill anyone. I don't see the religious grounds as being any more or less valid than vegetarianism by the way - some people object to eating meat on moral grounds, for example.

However, you do have to say that in that light they are unsuitable for anyone with a food allergy. On the other hand if you dig deep enough, would you end up finding mistakes like this being made everywhere?

MickMun

hoyles10 wrote: »

I agree for a vegie to get chicken or like you a slice of bacon is wrong and shouldn't really happen but you laughed it off and reacted like a normal person, my friend acted like she was going to shrivel up and die there and then because she'd had a bite of chicken.

Although a meat eater myself, for someone who has been a devout vegetarian their entire life I can see why they may react more than just "laugh it off like a "normal" person".

Absinthe_Fairy

I was given a chicken burger instead of a veggie burger last time I was in Wetherspoon's, but to be fair that was probably a genuine mistake - finding a slice of bacon in a veggie burger sounds like someone put it there out of deliberate malice (unless they're very stupid) - I would definitely be angry if no one replied to a complaint.

To be fair I can understand a hardcore veggie getting annoyed - I'm not vegetarian for moral reasons, but because the thought of eating meat makes me feel physically sick (I think I have some sort of phobia!) and biting into a piece of bacon or chicken when I was expecting a nice veggie meal would give me a horrible shock.

hoyles10

MickMun wrote: »

Although a meat eater myself, for someone who has been a devout vegetarian their entire life I can see why they may react more than just "laugh it off like a "normal" person".

I didn't mean that the way it sounds or clearly the way it came across. I can see why people would be unhappy but there's different ways people could react. The point I was trying to make is my friend went way over the top with her reaction but the OP acted in a proper way and didn't make a mountain out of a mole hill. Either way it didn't change what happened.

dampdaveski

It is indeed wrong, but on the other hand nobodies dead are they? except of course for poor little porky pig
and for the record I am a non practicing vegatarian.
Joking aside though I can appreciate why a proper / devout veggington would take offense at it. I despise prawns with venomous passion and would be quite miffed if my big fat juicy steak was served up with said crustaceons on top.
Also carrots have feelings too
the other problem is as it's weatherspoons (or any similar establishment)do you really want to complain and send your food back where it's out of sight for 5-10 minutes?
eewwww

Enfieldian

That is the level of service be expected from minimum wage, non English speaking, immigrant staff.

Kool_Kool

I would be mad, as even if you gave the bacon to your friend some animal fat etc remains in your burger and that is a big no no with vegans which is why the staff should be given a right ticking off.

sillyvixen

RobertoMoir wrote: »

Well that would be extremely unpleasant but it wouldn't kill anyone.

i dont eat meat as have a serious meat allergy - i have had anaphalaxis due to being given medication, while under aneasetic, that contained porcine products - even though i had explained my problem to both the surgeon and the aneathisist and the drug they administered was the actual example i gave as a product i was allergic to!!
so yes it could kill me!!

Darksun

Enfieldian wrote: »

That is the level of service be expected from minimum wage, non English speaking, immigrant staff.

Because all the British people on minimum wage always give world class service? :think:

SUESMITH_2

devout veggie friend at work got a chilli cheese baguette from morrisons only to bite in and discover it was chicken