Yeah, the meal choices people sometimes make for a group.... years of watching people order a pork-only meal, when we had vegans, Kosher Jewish, and a Muslim guy in the office. I am becoming more intolerant of jerks the older I get, I guess.
Daughter worked in a place for a while where one group of employees, who had been there for eons, wanted to have the office Christmas meal in a fancy-schmancy seafood restaurant. Two others in the office could not eat seafood - allergic, one to the point that she carried an Epi-pen with her for the "party". One of the other staff with an allergy was a Jewish girl, so the committee ordered an "alternative" meal for her. Filet Mignon. Which comes wrapped in streaky bacon. She had had a bite of it before she realized it was wrapped in bacon. Went into the loo and was sick, poor thing, and then really upset the rest of the day. The poor girl couldn't touch anything on her plate and ended up having bread (from another plate) and lemonade for her meal, with people giving her static for not being grateful that they'd ordered her something other than the fish meal the rest were served. The Daughter said she spent quite some time consoling her, telling her it wasn't her fault that she ate pork and that, surely, God wasn't going to hold it against her since she had no idea. I don't think the "entertainment committee" even bothered to apologize to the young woman.
Sigh.
