Have you ever met a vegan who was not annoying? Yeah, me neither. When I was a cocktail waitress in California, the following happened to me after I delivered a vegan valley girl the piña colada she had ordered:
VEGAN VALLEY GIRL: Excuse me, ma’am? Is there milk in this?
ME: Well, there’s coconut milk…
VEGAN VALLEY GIRL: I thought I told you? I’m a vegan.
ME: Yeah?
VEGAN VALLEY GIRL: So, like, that means I don’t eat meat or cheese or drink milk.
ME: Uh-huh?
VEGAN VALLEY GIRL: So, there’s like milk in this.
ME: Well, it’s coconut milk…
VEGAN VALLEY GIRL: Yeah? I’m a VEGAN.
ME: The milk is from a coconut.
VEGAN VALLEY GIRL: But it’s milk, right?
ME: I guess?
VEGAN VALLEY GIRL: I’m a VEGAN. You’re going to have to take this drink back and bring me a margarita, instead.
ME: (huge sigh) Okay. Hey, since I’m here, are you ready to order?
VEGAN VALLEY GIRL: Yes. So like, I’ll have two fish tacos. But like no sour cream or cheese, okay?
I think when that happened, I was actually serving the future version on myself. My future self went back in time five years to tell my current self that vegans are annoying.
Two days ago, mainly for health reasons, I become a vegan. Earlier this year, I gave up meat and dairy for Lent, and after the 40 days, I felt fantastic. My body felt leaner and lighter, I had more energy, and everything seemed in order intestines-wise (Whoa! Was that too much information?). But boy did I miss the cheese! So immediately after the 40 days, I started eating cheese again.
Perhaps after being without it for over a month my body is like “WTF is this?”. My body just can’t handle it, so after much deliberation, I have decided to try to become a vegan for good.
I was feeling pretty pleased with my resolve until I heard myself say the following to my server tonight: “I want veggie tacos, but like no sour cream or cheese, okay? I’m a VEGAN.”
Augh! I have become Annoying Vegan Valley Girl! What is up with vegans? We’re like people who don’t watch cable. We’re always bragging about it, but really, it just makes us seem like we have some sort of superiority complex. Telling people that you’re a vegan is like wearing a t-shirt that says “I THINK I’M BETTER THAN YOU!”
Why can’t we just keep our veggie encrusted mouths to ourselves?
I fear that all vegans are like this, and I am now one of them. It’s almost enough to make me want to gobble down a Meat Lovers Deep Dish pizza from Dominoes.
17 May, 10:20 am
I’m taking things up a notch and swearing off all food.
Hope you’re well.
17 May, 2:53 pm
HAHAHA….don’t be annoying. ;)
Miss you!
6 October, 2:32 pm
Hi,
I totally agree with what you are saying… but I think I know why it happens.
The coconut milk incident is not only unfortunate, but annoying. SAD that vvg is representative of vegans because not only is she unaware of what coconut ‘milk’ is, but she is seemingly obnoxious.
I think, however, that these things happen for good reasons. When out to eat, it is sometimes necessary to claim your vegan-ness because people do not always respect dietary restrictions unless they understand them. I know that I have been out to eat and order, asking for meat and dairy free and been served something with an interesting ‘creamy’ sauce that turns out to be filled with dairy products ( if only I had explained that I was a vegan)… In the case of the vegan valley girl, she seems to be one of the people who is doing the vegan thing to brag about it…
But when you really think about it, there is no bad way to be a vegan. I find that most animal activists are a bit more vocal about their veganism, in hopes to spread the word and encourage others, though it does sometimes come off snobby.
For some one who also is a vegan for health reasons, I do find it important to announce veganism in some cases to ensure that what I eat is what I think is right for me, my diet and my body, not what some one else (my mom..ehemmm) thinks is right for me, my diet and my body.
Hopefully vvg does some reading, and figures out that coconut milk comes from coconuts and holds some health benefits, and hopefully you are more proud of your choices as a vegan.
Do not forget that it requires 3 1/2 acres of land per person to support a meat centered diet, 1 1/2 acres of land to support a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet and 1/6 of an acre of land to support a vegan diet. AND over 60 million people die of starvation every year.
I realize that this may be furthering your annoyance with vegans, but hopefully it does not, because I feel the way you feel a lot of the times, when uneducated people represent a whole, but there are some of us who know whats up, and do not feel better than other people.
have a good one
13 November, 7:07 pm
Vegans do NOT eat or use animal products. If she eats fish she is NOT a Vegan.