My job: Expectation vs Reality
When I worked as a window cleaner, everybody - and I mean everybody - I knew asked me the "how's yer father" question. The truth was that I was always knackered and freezing, and the only nudity I saw was some fat bloke's arse. Tell us how your work differs from the expectation.
Thanks to Rotating Wobbly Hat for the idea
( , Thu 8 May 2014, 22:21)
When I worked as a window cleaner, everybody - and I mean everybody - I knew asked me the "how's yer father" question. The truth was that I was always knackered and freezing, and the only nudity I saw was some fat bloke's arse. Tell us how your work differs from the expectation.
Thanks to Rotating Wobbly Hat for the idea
( , Thu 8 May 2014, 22:21)
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Somebody in the office offered me a vegan cupcake yesterday.
"What makes it a vegan cupcake?" I asked.
"Well, it's made with hazelnut milk and there are no eggs in it". She explained. "Also, the glaze hasn't quite set how I expected, so it's a bit sticky".
Despite having no interest in eating this animal product-free piece of crap, my innate sense of politeness took over and I accepted a cake.
It was brown and it was too sticky. I almost held my breath as I took my first bite, expecting the inevitable wholemealy taste of brown flour and grain, like when someone tries to make a bacon and fried egg sandwich with brown bread or eating a dry Ryvita.
I was already planning my anti-vegan rant: "We have evolved as omnivores that require animal fats and meat protein to produce energy", "Our stomachs have adapted to handle cow's milk perfectly well, actually" and "Vegan's are always ill - at least they look it".
But it tasted nice.
( , Fri 9 May 2014, 9:57, 12 replies)
"What makes it a vegan cupcake?" I asked.
"Well, it's made with hazelnut milk and there are no eggs in it". She explained. "Also, the glaze hasn't quite set how I expected, so it's a bit sticky".
Despite having no interest in eating this animal product-free piece of crap, my innate sense of politeness took over and I accepted a cake.
It was brown and it was too sticky. I almost held my breath as I took my first bite, expecting the inevitable wholemealy taste of brown flour and grain, like when someone tries to make a bacon and fried egg sandwich with brown bread or eating a dry Ryvita.
I was already planning my anti-vegan rant: "We have evolved as omnivores that require animal fats and meat protein to produce energy", "Our stomachs have adapted to handle cow's milk perfectly well, actually" and "Vegan's are always ill - at least they look it".
But it tasted nice.
( , Fri 9 May 2014, 9:57, 12 replies)
You can't have met many people who eat vegan diets if you think we look ill
I've been baking vegan cakes for years and they're always popular. Unfortunately a small number of people do cling on to old misconceptions.
I'd never use brown flour though, that would be weird...
( , Fri 9 May 2014, 15:23, closed)
I've been baking vegan cakes for years and they're always popular. Unfortunately a small number of people do cling on to old misconceptions.
I'd never use brown flour though, that would be weird...
( , Fri 9 May 2014, 15:23, closed)
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