All week they are serving us lunch at the conference. So far it has been beef, chicken, and today was the fish dish. Each day I have to tell the waitstaff that I would like the vegetarian option, and then I have to wait for them to make it. Most times, everyone else at my table is not a veggie, but they have been very supportive. I've had them flag down the waiter and ask about my meal. I had one woman make sure that I got my dessert (even though I really didn't want it) even though everyone else had been served.
Well today, they served the fish dish - it was salmon filet- and I asked for my vegetarian dish. After everyone had been served, and I was sitting there quietly waiting, one of the women at the table leaned over and asked "So, is your cheeseburger on it's way?"
I wish that I had had snappy comeback for her, but I was so surprised that she was taking a dig at me. I muttered something about "no, the vegetarian dish, so maybe a veggie burger" and tried to laugh it off. But jeez. I felt like she was treating me as a child - obviously I my tastes weren't sophisticated enough to enjoy the salmon like the rest of them. What? Excuse me? Pardon me for not wanting to eat dead animals.
I tell you, some people's kids.
UPDATE 4:33 PM: I was just told that I am "too young to be senior at anything" when I handed someone my business card. What is wrong with these people? It was an older gentleman who made the comment, and I'm sure he thought he was being cute and trying to complementing me on my age/appearence, but jeez!
