Hi everyone, this is my very first post on any forum ever so please don't eat me alive! Anyway, I was hoping that other vegans out there might have some ways of dealing with nonvegans and food. I've been vegan for three months now and getting though the holiday at work was difficult. I have told MANY people that I am vegan but they don't seem to get it. For a Christmas party I had to call the place ahead of time to find out if they could make me a vegan meal because the woman who was setting up the party chuckled at me when I asked about the menu and told her I was vegan. For a Christmas lunch I caught hold of a (thankfully) vegatarian waitress who quickly got me a huge salad and a sweet potato. Now, we have to work this weekend and they always provide us food. So I went to our directors office and told her that I was Vegan (she should have caught on at the 2 parties we were at together but I'll let it slide) and could she order a pizza with just veggies on it because I do not eat cheese. I won't tell you the entire conversation (becuase I might bore you) but she ended up throwing her pen dramatically across her desk while saying in a very nasty tone, Send me an email of exactly what you want and that's what I'll get. I just told her what I wanted, what is the big deal. Why do non-vegans freak out about food requests. If I had asked to make sure there was pepperoni pizza there would she have made a big deal about it? I don't think so. It's really starting to get to me. Do I just work with a bunch of inconsiderate people or has anyone else experienced this? I really thought that choosing this life style would be a good thing and physically for me I think it has but other people are really rude about it.
I also must mention that I got 4 boxes of chocolate from people at work that know I'm vegan. What is that about???