ANNOYING conversations!
So my dad and I had 'THE' vegetarian talk tonight... I had already already told him I'd made the desicion to be vegetarian but we had never really talked about it.
Conversation:
dad: well, you still eat fish, right?
me: no, don't eat fish.
dad: WHAT! fish isn't an animal! fish are stupid, they have a pea for a brain! how can you not eat fish?!
me: um....as fore mentioned...vegetarian.
dad: well fish is good for you, you should still eat fish....where do you get your omegas...blah blah blah
dad: well, you're getting enough vitamins arn't you. how will you stay healthy. i'm concerned for your health....
I love my dad. He is honeslty one of my most favorite people on the planet :)>>> But if conversations like this become frequent... I'm going to go crazy :-\
conversation with a client today:
client: you should try this recipe I made for dinner last night, it has blah, blah blah, blah, chicken, etc etc
me: I'm vegan
client: blank stare
me: I dont eat meat or anything that comes from an animal
client: silence...................oh, well, thats ok(said in a way like she is forgiving me)
me: yep
It's ok Lubi... I forgive you too ;D
conversation with a client today:
client: you should try this recipe I made for dinner last night, it has blah, blah blah, blah, chicken, etc etc
me: I'm vegan
client: blank stare
me: I dont eat meat or anything that comes from an animal
client: silence...................oh, well, thats ok(said in a way like she is forgiving me)
me: yep
It's ok Lubi... I forgive you too ;D
I don't.
I also am not a fan of "but I buy free range eggs and organic meat/dairy! so I KNOW the animals are treated humanely."
Ahh, yes. The Guilty Conscience. Good one!
...............oh, well, thats ok(said in a way like she is forgiving me)
The "Don't Apologize!".
Yeah. I wasn't.
The Martha Stewart
"So, like, for Thanksgiving, are you gonna shape something into the shape of a turkey?"
"Eh, no, I'm not really interested in eating something that looks like a bird. You know."
"Wait, so not even for like the sake of being traditional? I mean, really, no turkey? It won't be Thanksgiving!"
speaking of commercials, i *shamefully* admit i think the new hillshire farms commercials are kind of funny. the "you say hillshire! i say farms! go meat!"
of course, i'm against them ethically, but i do kind of get a chuckle out of them. in a completely 'i-know-this-is-shitty-but-i-still-have-a-sense-of-humour' kind way.
My brother was totally walking around singing this all weekend.
But he's cool. Really.
thanks everyone(except you AC!!) for forgiving me! haha
not long after this she starts telling me about these suppliments she has been using and how I should get some too since I'm such a "health nut". yeah.....didn't even want to go into how I just read The China Study and now I don't believe in suppliments either!
speaking of supplements... my dad.... takes a vegetable pill.
thats right. a vegetable pill...instead of just eating some fricken veggies.
I spent hours trying to tell him that wasn't the same thing....and how i didn't see how he'd get any benefits from that. Then he started talkin about soy and how he couldn't eat that stuff cuz it has "female hormones" and how that "just isn't safe for a man". I just wanna....drug him and force feed him broccoli, lol.
thanks everyone(except you AC!!) for forgiving me! haha
not long after this she starts telling me about these suppliments she has been using and how I should get some too since I'm such a "health nut". yeah.....didn't even want to go into how I just read The China Study and now I don't believe in suppliments either!
Anyway if you have a balanced healthy diet, you don't need to supplement it! Supplements are for people who eat chemicals instead of natural nutrients.
Someone asked me once what vitamins I take and I said "Nonatall." They asked me where I got it and how much it cost!
See I DO take a multivitamin. I'm a busy little bee, running from pillar to post, and however hard I try to be healthy a fair proportion of my meals end up being a sandwich or nothing at all. So for the sake of my poor anaemic blood I make sure I get my iron and the rest fills in the gaps.
...this leads me to my next point:
The Nutritionally Challenged
me: I don't eat meat. or milk, or eggs. no animal products.
them: what?! do you take vitamins?! have you had your iron tested?!
me: I've never taken vitamins. I've been to a dietician & had bloodwork done and never had an issue.
them: *jaw hangs open*
haha it's funny sometimes.
2. the california public school system at work:
can you eat beans?
- :o
I just had a similar one the other day. We were learning how to use the wiki at work and the exercise was that we were creating a cookbook. You could tag the recipes with labels like "vegan" and someone asked me if olive oil was alright for vegans. I said, "Yes, as long as it doesn't come from an animal, it's alright." So the person next to me said, "So you eat butter, right?" ???
Allularpunk, my favorite part of your work stories is that they all call you "the girl." Nice. ::)
2. the california public school system at work:
can you eat beans?
- :o
I just had a similar one the other day. We were learning how to use the wiki at work and the exercise was that we were creating a cookbook. You could tag the recipes with labels like "vegan" and someone asked me if olive oil was alright for vegans. I said, "Yes, as long as it doesn't come from an animal, it's alright." So the person next to me said, "So you eat butter, right?" ???
Allularpunk, my favorite part of your work stories is that they all call you "the girl." Nice. ::)
At least they don't call her "the guy."
This morning someone just called me a gentleman again. I am now 46 and quite obviously female. I have been called "laddy," "Sir", "fella" etc. ever since I moved here. Yes, I have short hair. No, I don't wear makeup. Yes, I wear trousers. But I also have McGuffies, thank you very much--don't they show?
yabbit, my husband gets called a lady a LOT. He has shaggy hair but....He also has a beard... He;s been asked 3 times at health services (our college hospital) If he was pregnant :-D
according to his mother, it's because he has "bedroom eyes" and a "shapely little butt" :-D
I think more people need glasses myself.
I got a sub made the other day. It was frutrating.
Me: Oh, no mayo please.
Sandwich lady (SL): No Mayo?!?!
Me: No.
SL: Okayyyy. What meat?
Me: No meat.
SL: No MEAT? *mutters to self* What cheese?
Me: No cheese.
SL: Seriously?!? You're one of those...vegetarians aren't you?
Me: Yes.
SL: *heavy eye roll* What do you want on your sandwich?
I got a sub made the other day. It was frutrating.
Me: Oh, no mayo please.
Sandwich lady (SL): No Mayo?!?!
Me: No.
SL: Okayyyy. What meat?
Me: No meat.
SL: No MEAT? *mutters to self* What cheese?
Me: No cheese.
SL: Seriously?!? You're one of those...vegetarians aren't you?
Me: Yes.
SL: *heavy eye roll* What do you want on your sandwich?
Like it's such an inconvenience for her! Poor baby. ::)
At least they don't call her "the guy."
This morning someone just called me a gentleman again. I am now 46 and quite obviously female. I have been called "laddy," "Sir", "fella" etc. ever since I moved here. Yes, I have short hair. No, I don't wear makeup. Yes, I wear trousers. But I also have McGuffies, thank you very much--don't they show?
Haha! ;D
I got a sub made the other day. It was frutrating.
Me: Oh, no mayo please.
Sandwich lady (SL): No Mayo?!?!
Me: No.
SL: Okayyyy. What meat?
Me: No meat.
SL: No MEAT? *mutters to self* What cheese?
Me: No cheese.
SL: Seriously?!? You're one of those...vegetarians aren't you?
Me: Yes.
SL: *heavy eye roll* What do you want on your sandwich?
Like it's such an inconvenience for her! Poor baby. ::)
Yeah, Subway should be happy that you're not using up all their expensive animal parts and excretions. ::) >:D :P
11. Captain Obvious
*sitting down to a group lunch at work or something similar* "Oh, there isn't anything here for you then! Pizza's got dairy!"
*sitting down to dinner* "Oh, doesn't leave much for you, you're vegan and all!"
*sitting down to breakfast* "Makes it difficult, doesn't it! All you can eat is the fruit!"
Grr, that really pisses me off. I mean, I can take care of myself, you know? I know what I can eat, and usually it isn't 50% as bad as they try to make it sound. Their chatter only makes vegans look bad (what I always thought the point of it was) and makes the conversation unpleasant. People are stupid.
A lady at work said my yesterday's lunch looked like something her cat would bring up. :-\ And kinda forced me to laugh 'with' her about it. MEH!! I'm not the sort of person to say rude comebacks that come to mind, but I was *this close* to saying "If you can't think of any nice comments, keep your trap shut!" ::)
A lady at work said my yesterday's lunch looked like something her cat would bring up. :-\ And kinda forced me to laugh 'with' her about it. MEH!! I'm not the sort of person to say rude comebacks that come to mind, but I was *this close* to saying "If you can't think of any nice comments, keep your trap shut!" ::)
Zing her. Tell her, "That's the sort of thing you think, but don't say. Unless you really don't mind looking ignorant." Or tell her what her lunch smells like, or where it came from.
Yes, I know. If you go down to her level, you'd have to climb 5 flights to get to the sewer.
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