no pork for us this week...
14 September 2004, 10:36 AM
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no pork for us this week...
We have foreign visitors at work so apparently our salad cart will have no pork in it this week.
Can't see how thats fair that I'm not allowed to have pork for lunch just cos some foreign bloke comes in. Couldn't see the favour being returned for any brit in another country
Can't see how thats fair that I'm not allowed to have pork for lunch just cos some foreign bloke comes in. Couldn't see the favour being returned for any brit in another country
14 September 2004, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by suprabeast
Can't see how thats fair that I'm not allowed to have pork for lunch just cos some foreign bloke comes in. Couldn't see the favour being returned for any brit in another country
14 September 2004, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by suprabeast
We have foreign visitors at work so apparently our salad cart will have no pork in it this week.
Can't see how thats fair that I'm not allowed to have pork for lunch just cos some foreign bloke comes in. Couldn't see the favour being returned for any brit in another country
Can't see how thats fair that I'm not allowed to have pork for lunch just cos some foreign bloke comes in. Couldn't see the favour being returned for any brit in another country
Are you really that arsed?
14 September 2004, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by bigsinky
its called tolerance for other cultures. i am sure they would reciprocate had you been in their country
14 September 2004, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by andrewdelvard
Are you really that arsed?
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14 September 2004, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Jap2Scrap
Erm.. Probably wouldn't expect to see any ham either if I was you.
Healthy lunch!!
14 September 2004, 10:50 AM
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what by laying on pork for me?
14 September 2004, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by bigsinky
its called tolerance for other cultures. i am sure they would reciprocate had you been in their country
The bloke doesn't HAVE to help himself to the pork, does he?
14 September 2004, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by ajm
Its not tolerance, its uneccessary. Tolerance would be separating the pork from the rest of the food so that everyone can choose whether or not to have it.
The bloke doesn't HAVE to help himself to the pork, does he?
The bloke doesn't HAVE to help himself to the pork, does he?
14 September 2004, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by bigsinky
certainly, why not. are you saying that there are no muslims that eat pork? don't be so niave. if it was not on the menu then manners would dictate that as a guest you should be able to order pork. i don't think you would be that insensitive though.
14 September 2004, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by suprabeast
Well exactly and theres no sausages i just found out
It's all eye-lids and ar$e holes I tells ya!!
14 September 2004, 11:15 AM
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to smuggle some pork into the salad cart some time this week. Then, if the guy doesn't get struck down by his "God", you can tell him the good news that he has been avoiding a tasty meat all his life for no good reason! 
14 September 2004, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by judgejules
"Yeah but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good."
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MMmmmmmm.......bacon!!
14 September 2004, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Vette_76
I know a former vegetarian who was "cured" by accidently eating bacon once!!
MMmmmmmm.......bacon!!
MMmmmmmm.......bacon!!
14 September 2004, 11:28 AM
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That really sucks and is partly what is wrong with this country. Visitors should respect our culture, not the other way round.
I've travelled all over the world and every country I've visited I respect their culture and accept the way they do things.
Next time I'm in the middle east I might demand bacon sandwiches because I'm a visitor.
I've travelled all over the world and every country I've visited I respect their culture and accept the way they do things.
Next time I'm in the middle east I might demand bacon sandwiches because I'm a visitor.
14 September 2004, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by KiwiGTI
That really sucks and is partly what is wrong with this country. Visitors should respect our culture, not the other way round.
I've travelled all over the world and every country I've visited I respect their culture and accept the way they do things.
Next time I'm in the middle east I might demand bacon sandwiches because I'm a visitor.
I've travelled all over the world and every country I've visited I respect their culture and accept the way they do things.
Next time I'm in the middle east I might demand bacon sandwiches because I'm a visitor.
14 September 2004, 11:39 AM
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dont be morons....we are not providing something for them we find offensive (which is what all the "i want pork in the middle east" ppl are suggesting"
they are just taking something of the menu that they dont want.
they are just taking something of the menu that they dont want.
14 September 2004, 11:49 AM
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Thing is veggies and vegans find ALL meat offensive and I wonder if meat would be taken out of the salad cart for them. If not why should it be taken off just because of a visitors religious beliefs, and as someone has already mentioned they don't have to eat it just as long as it's clearly marked up.
It then becomes a personal choice and not someone dictating how another person should live their life.
In this case it's obviously the company just being polite to a vistitor which is fine, just a little annoying.
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It then becomes a personal choice and not someone dictating how another person should live their life.
In this case it's obviously the company just being polite to a vistitor which is fine, just a little annoying.
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14 September 2004, 11:52 AM
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maybe the bosses thought it would be a nice thing to do and no one would be sad enough to moan about it?
assuming the "visitors" are important to the business maybe they dont care what ppl moan abour (esp those who are on the net instead of working anyway?)
assuming the "visitors" are important to the business maybe they dont care what ppl moan abour (esp those who are on the net instead of working anyway?)
14 September 2004, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Tiggs
maybe the bosses thought it would be a nice thing to do and no one would be sad enough to moan about it?
assuming the "visitors" are important to the business maybe they dont care what ppl moan abour (esp those who are on the net instead of working anyway?)
assuming the "visitors" are important to the business maybe they dont care what ppl moan abour (esp those who are on the net instead of working anyway?)
14 September 2004, 11:55 AM
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thing is... it was never really meant as a moan.. but it just pissed me off cos i had even less to eat at lunch time!
I'm not gonna go home and cry about it.. if i was that bothered i'd just have gone out and bought lunch instead!
I'm not gonna go home and cry about it.. if i was that bothered i'd just have gone out and bought lunch instead!