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Originally Posted by AGDee
Personally, I think our society is out of control with expecting "free" lunches/snacks/etc to meet each person's individual dietary needs. If you can't have meat/dairy/gluten/fiber or whatever and you aren't aware in advance of the menu, it is up to you to inquire in advance or bring food you can eat. It is next to impossible to find anything to serve a group of people that will work for everybody present. As a person with extreme dietary restrictions, I bring my own backup food if I'm not sure what is being served. I would never consider making a big deal of the fact that the entree is a luncheon salad and I can't eat vegetables.
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I've met so many people who are annoying (and demanding) about their dietary restrictions that I've lost count.
Last Memorial Day weekend, my boyfriend and I were visiting one of his friends in Dallas. Another one of his friends and his girlfriend (we'll call them Matt and Sarah) were planning to stop by for a cookout. And what do people generally do at Memorial Day cookouts? They eat meat and drink alcohol. What doesn't Sarah do? Eat meat and drink alcohol. Ok, no big deal.
My boyfriend was on the phone with Matt prior to them coming over, and he said, "By the way, we know Sarah doesn't eat meet, and we have a couple veggie burgers in the fridge here, so if she wants those, she can have them." Matt and Sarah arrive… with nothing but a 6-pack of beer in hand. Sarah immediately starts complaining because the only thing that we have to drink is beer and whatever can be found in the fridge (maybe some orange juice?). She finally pours herself a glass of water. Then she asks if she can see the veggie burgers she'll be eating. As she's reading the back of the box, she starts rambling on and on about how she can only eat specific types of veggie burgers that don't contain a certain ingredient.
Seriously??? Why didn't you just bring what you wanted to eat?! It's not like you thought you were showing up to a salad and soda party, and you were surprised when there were only burgers and booze! You knew where you were going and what to expect. The hosts of the party were nice enough to offer you their veggie burgers, which they were probably planning to eat for dinner one night that week, and then you complain and say that you can't eat just ANY type of veggie burger? Ugh.