Spain is particularly bad for this
In one of the tapas bars I went in there were two stereotypical american girls (not the fat stereotype, the thin, blonde, whiny stereotype) whinging that there wasn't a vegetarian menu. The chef obligingly knocked them something together and they bitched and whinged some more because it had ham in it. The guy behind the bar gave them a slowest, blankest look and told them 'but ham isn't real meat! Just pick it out if it bothers you.'
They left.
(berk, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:14, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

^this
In Greece I got something wiht bits of ham in it. I just picked it out. No biggie.
( girlinthehole, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:15, Reply)

They were proper squealing about it
'Like, omigod, that's like, so disgusting'. You could feel the hatred for them coming off people in waves.
(berk, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:17, Reply)

Yeah I picked the ham out of my macaroni cheese
It would just be thrown away if you sent it back anyway so you might as well eat the non-meaty bits. Plus the next meal that came out would have spit on it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:30, Reply)