Kid Tries To Eat Ham Sandwich In Vegan Restaurant, Gets Denied, Mom Complains

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May 10, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

Look, this isn't the first time we've encountered a dramatic tale involving a conflict of food ideologies, and we certainly doubt that it'll be the last time. In this case though, it sounds like the mom and kid were really testing (if not altogether crossing) those boundaries put in place by a vegan restaurant. Maybe next time, just have the kid eat the ham sandwich before sitting down at the vegan restaurant, and then bring some plant-based snacks to keep them entertained for the rest of the outing? Or, maybe there'll be folks who think that the restaurant should've just been more accommodating to the kid's meal choice. For some more vegan-themed drama check out this post about a parent who forced their vegan kid to cook meat.

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    Font - 2 AITA for not letting a kid eat a ham sandwich in a vegan restaurant The story is mostly in the title. I was working in a vegan restaurant that offered a wide variety of vegan foods, savoury sweet etc. It had been a vegan cafe for years and all the branding made clear it was fully vegan (written on menus, signs etc) Obviously there is a general expectation on most places like this that you don't eat food not bought on the premises, but obviously we waive it for kids and their special foo
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    Font - One day some women came in for lunch and one had a child about 4 years old. They ordered and asked for a plate for the kid's sandwich. This is already a more substantial meal than what we usually expect but whatever. When I take their food over I realise that the kid is eating a ham sandwich (quite obvious as the kid is ripping it up and spreading bits about etc). I tell the women that meat can't be eaten on the premises (this was inside) and they need to put the stuff back in the tupperw
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    Font - They get angrier and say they'll take their meals to go and won't be back. On the way out they shout that l'm disgusting for depriving a child of its food. I can see their point, but also think they should have thought more before coming to our cafe. So reddit, AITA? EDIT: the owner has said kids food is fine if they are small kids and parents are eating, but even staff can't bring meat in if they choose to bring their own meals. There is a no meat or fish on site rule. They take pride in
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    Font - 4 Awards NTA I'm a hardcore carnivore and I feel like bringing a ham sandwich to a vegan restaurant is totally crass. G Reply 4 7.3k 3 ...
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    Plant - On the way out they shout that I'm disgusting for depriving a child of its food. There are a ton of other places for the child to eat a ham sandwich. If the child goes hungry, that's on the parents, not on you. NTA. G Reply 1.5k ...
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    Font - Scary-Jeweler4984 · 15h NTA. Eating meat on a plate that is strictly for vegan food is unacceptable. The other meals you mentioned were baby food and a yogurt type meal, not PORK for crying out loud. Kids don't belong everywhere and other's shouldn't have to accommodate because of a kid. If he wont eat a vegetarian/vegan option, then he doesn't belong in that restaurant. Don't take your kid to a bar and get mad when people are drinking and don't take your kid to a vegan restaurant and fee
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    Smile - RoyallyOakie · 15h · Colo-rectal Surgeon [42] NTA...As a meat eater, I would consider it common sense that you don't bring meat into a vegan establishment. I'm sure there are other things on the planet that this child can eat. G Reply 4 379 3 ...
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    Font - scarlettslegacy • 8h NTA. I used to work at a place that was gf and catered to a bunch of allergies. The amount we caved on the gf thing was ridiculous (offering beer, letting ppl bring their own cakes in). If ppl truly cant respect a venues core dietry restriction, you're better off without them. G Reply 金54 ...
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    Rectangle - breechica52 · 6h NTA, they could've ordered like a vegan grilled cheese or something like that for their kid. I'm not personally vegan or vegetarian but I do enjoy meatless burgers and such occasionally, they had options G Reply 仓5 ...
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    Rectangle - Alseids · 6h NTA it's a vegan restaurant. The parent should have had more sense with the meal choice or gone to a non vegan restaurant where her child's meal wouldn't be a potential disturbance to the other patrons. This whole situation was foreseeable and avoidable. G Reply ...
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    Font - Nerfed_Donut1 · 6h NTA Well you have the right to refuse service to anyone, that is on private property. I'm a HUGE meat lover, I can't even begin to fathom how vegans live without any kind of meat at all BUT I've got not problem with vegans. Him and his mom should've known that they were walking into a vegan store and should've been prepared to be kicked out over ham. It's like me being allergic to peanut butter yet you bring peanut butter to my house and eat it next to me. and G Reply .
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    Font - LiffeyDodge · 11h I'm torn here. On one hand it's a vegan restaurant. If the parents don't think the food is kid friendly, go someplace else. But, if you have a policy that outside food is allowed for kids, why is this particular kid's food choice not allowed. The dishes are washed after each use, right? G Reply 4 42 3 ...
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    Font - jenkemeater619 · 11h As a vegetarian who eats at a lot of vegan places, I think YTA. I have a kid & I know 4 year olds can be extremely picky. Im sure theres was nothing the kid would have eaten on the menu & your boss said its ok for small kids to eat meat. Your boss literally said it was ok & you still basically told them they couldn't be in there. G Reply 1 166 3 ...
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    Smile - Donovan_Du_Bois • 11h YTA - it's a 4 year old and the parent was ordering food, just let him eat the stupid sandwich. No one would have ever noticed or cared. G Reply 4 144 3 ...
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    Font - TealoverGal • 15h NTA, it's a vegan restaurant, which tend to exist near other non vegan restaurants. If they want to feed the kid ham, go elsewhere. G Reply 4 57 3 ...
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    Font - CakeisaDie • 15h · Craptain [156] Nta Bringing food into a restaurant is okay only when the kid eats from a jar or bottle. Else you force the kid eat something off menu or they go hungry until snacktime G Reply 4 82 3 ...
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    Rectangle - ultradestrution • 14h NTA- near where I live it's a rule that every restaurant makes, I bet if you worked in a non vegan store they'd have the same rule. G Reply 4 15 3 ...
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    Font - ninainthedark• 15h NTA. There are plenty of options at a vegan restaurant and they just HAD to give him a ham sandwich? Come on... G Reply 1 40 3 ...
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    Rectangle - hisamsmith • 9h NTA- I see this as the same as a kosher restaurant not letting a child eat a ham sandwich. The plate would be seen as contaminated and would have to be tossed out. G Reply
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