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Subject: Re: I Want to Become A Bartender (different situation)
From: apetail
Posted: Fri May 30. 2008, 09:37 UTC
Followup to: "I Want to Become A Bartender (different situation)"  by channelz28  (Fri May 30. 2008, 02:34 UTC)
> also the other problem with serving is i am vegetarian. so for most 
> places i would get to know like 5%of the menu. and trying to get a 
> job at a vegetarian restaurant lessens my chance of getting a job by 
> like 95%

I don't know why you are vegetarian but I do know that a lot of vegetarians 
have weird logical foundations for their idea to completely ban the 
consumption of meat.

If you are one of those vegetarians who doesn't like to eat dead animals for 
religious reasons than I don't see why it is not a problem to cooperate with 
others people eating meat. Serving people meat would just be as bad as eating 
meat yourself. If you can overcome the idea to serve meat you should also be 
able to overcome the idea to taste those dishes. It wouldn't be eating but 
just tasting.

If you are one of those vegetarians who doesn't like to eat dead animals 
because the idea is unpleasant or you don't like the taste than you should 
just grow op be strong and try that food. In most jobs you have to do things 
which you don't like.

If you are one of those vegetarians who doesn't like to eat dead animals for 
health reasons or for it's bad effect on the environment than there is no 
reason to be strict about it. People are doing more bad things which are also 
bad for health or the environment. The key is moderation. It won't hurt to eat 
a little bit of meat. Besides, are you also opposed to eating eggs and milk? 
Those foods also promote the consumption of meat. For the production of eggs 
you need chickens but for each few born chickens a rooster is born. Either 
they kill the roosters right away or they grow them for chicken soup. Also the 
chickens who are to old and don't produce enough eggs will end up in the soup. 

Often people become vegetarian but forget why they are vegetarian. The reasons 
for not eating meat becomes replaced by the dogmatic reason: 'because I am 
vegetarian'. It can not be true that you are not eating meat because you are a 
vegetarian. You are a vegetarian because you are not eating meat. 'Because you 
are a vegetarian' does not need to prevent you tasting a dish composed with 
meat.

Are the reasons for you being a vegetarian also reasons for you not being able 
to taste and learn the dishes which you will be serving? And if there are 
reasons which prevent you to taste the dishes aren't they also reasons for you 
not being able to cooperate in having others eat meat? 


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