She Lied About Having A Life-Threatening Allergy To Make Sure The Restaurant Her Sister’s Wedding Rehearsal Dinner Was Hosted At Served Her A Vegan Meal, And It Cost Her Parents Several Hundred Dollars
This woman has been a vegan for over five years, and since she lives in a major metropolitan city, accommodating her diet has never really been an issue. After all, there are countless restaurants that offer either an entirely or partially vegan menu.
But, she does always run into problems whenever she visits her family– who lives in rural Pennsylvania, where vegan options are practically nonexistent. Plus, the overall perception of veganism in her hometown is pretty negative.
“Attitudes toward veganism here range from ignorance to outright hostility. So, I try to avoid eating out with my family at all costs when I am home,” she explained.
However, just as life is far from predictable, she is also not always able to avoid going to restaurants. And most recently, when she was forced to eat out for her sister’s wedding rehearsal, there was a massive family blowout.
It all began after she found out where her sister’s rehearsal dinner was being hosted. The restaurant is known as the best “fine dining” establishment in her small town and prides itself on being a “French-influenced steakhouse.”
And she could not despise the menu fare more. It apparently includes every imaginable cut of steak– drowned in butter– as well as some fish and chicken, which she claims are also drenched in butter.
“Plus, sides of veggies and mashed potatoes that are– yes, smothered in butter. And the one or two vegetarian dishes are buttered and drowned in a creamy sauce,” she said.
On top of that, she claims that she had already suffered two negative experiences at the restaurant. The first time, after she explained her vegan diet to the wait staff, she was apparently served a “sad little plate” of broccoli that was drizzled with butter. That same day, they also gave her an iceberg lettuce salad that was covered in ranch.
But, the second instance was arguably worse. When she visited the restaurant that time, the chef apparently went to her table and personally promised her that the tomato pasta dish was vegan.
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Then, while eating her pasta, she realized that the cooks had swirled parmesan cheese into the pasta sauce. She believes that that was a last-ditch effort to cover up a mistake after they accidentally sprinkled parmesan cheese on top of her meal.
So anyway, after having these two negative experiences, she decided that the restaurant no longer had her trust and that she would not be taking any chances.
Then, she devised a plan to deceive the restaurant staff into following her dietary preferences. More specifically, she ended up calling ahead of her sister’s wedding rehearsal dinner and telling the staff that she had life-threatening food allergies to meat proteins, dairy, and eggs.
And she claims that after that, the restaurant finally took her seriously. In fact, she was simply served a dish of plain pasta with just salt, pepper, and fruit.
Don’t get me wrong– the meal did honestly suck. But she appreciated the consideration and was just happy that the waiters and chefs finally listened to her.
Well, that was until she got totally berated by her parents.
According to her, the restaurant had actually taken her claim of “life-threatening allergies” very seriously. In fact, the staff scrubbed down the entire kitchen, cleaned out the fryers, and double-checked ingredient lists on their products, along with a plethora of other preventative strategies.
So, all of this extra effort cost the restaurant staff an additional two hours– which her parents actually ended up being charged for on the bill.
She had no clue that her parents– who paid for her sister’s rehearsal dinner– would be invoiced for her supposed life-threatening allergen-free meal.
Regardless, though, they ended up having to pay an extra several hundred dollars. And her family was totally pissed.
“My sister and parents are LIVID. I already sent my mom the several hundred needed to cover the extra cost, but they are upset at me for lying and humiliating the chef and restaurant– whom they have close ties to,” she revealed.
On top of that, her sister’s wedding is set to happen this weekend. So, she is going to have to deal with some serious family tension.
Nonetheless, she honestly believes that the restaurant staff finally got what they deserved after ignoring her dietary preferences twice.
That sentiment does not solve the problem with her family, though. So now, she has been left wondering whether or not deceiving the restaurant staff and upsetting her family makes her a total jerk.
Do you think lying about a food allergy could have severe repercussions for people who really have food allergies? And what about damaging relations with the hometown restaurant staff– do you believe her family has a right to be upset? How would you have handled this situation if you had been in her shoes?
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