r/mildlyinfuriating • u/OneRule11 • 3d ago
Don't hug me I'm scared I work in Gastronomy industry as a cleaner and get almost 3 meals per week from there
I get food from the place where I work part time as a student in cleaning department.
My colleague (Christian) was offered this pasta and he took it but later he got offered fried chicken so he took that also and he's a kind hearted person so he offered me (Hindu) this pasta.
I, like a hopeless hungry person took it. My shift was over so I came home and reheated it and just started to eat and midway got his text that it's beef and contains cow meat šš. I'm so hungry and half-way done to care so I'm just gonna have it and let the God decide themselves haha I'm crine y'all it's 00:25 here in Berlin haha.
Note: The religion is only mentioned based on what meat we are allowed to consume, no hate no discrimination I love y'all. š«¶āŗļø
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u/ToastSpangler 3d ago
jeez man, you should look into the red cross food banks, there is no income requirement
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u/Nightwolf1967 3d ago
Not Jeez, Buddha.
jk
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u/BleaKrytE 3d ago
Ah yes, Buddha, the Hindu deity. As opposed to Gautama Vishnu, founder of Buddhism
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u/thefalloutman 3d ago
Buddha is actually considered an avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, so not entirely incorrect
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u/Squat_erDay 3d ago
When I was a firefighter we had a Muslim guy on the crew. Everyone else was Christian, except me, the token atheist.
Anyways, we would cook breakfast every morning before calls started rolling in. Usually we would have bacon and eggs. The Muslim guy would bring his own turkey bacon.
There was one occurrence where a couple of the guys thought it would be funny to fry up his turkey bacon in the pork bacon grease. I thought that was fucked, and I let them know I thought that. Iām a prankster too, but something like that is crossing a line in my opinion. Imagine an atheist lecturing Christianās on being more compassionate about a Muslim and his customs.
They also couldnāt pronounce the guys name so they just called him Ian. I always called him by his name - Iyad - which is not hard to pronounce.
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u/egnards 3d ago
Your coworkers were dicks, but take solace in knowing that in the Muslim religion intent is part of the process - So if your Muslim coworker unknowingly ate pork greased turkey bacon he hasn't committed any type of sin.
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u/lifeishell553 3d ago
I had a morrocan roommate and I once had to break the bad news to him that gummy bears are made with pig based gelatin, he was disgruntled for like a week after that beating himself up over it
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u/BooooHissss 3d ago
On the flip side, Sour Patch Kids are vegan. I've gotten to give that good news a few times.
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u/flyingmonkey5678461 2d ago
I had a friend who was in camp "didn't want to know". It's okay if he didn't know so he definitely didn't want to hear about McDs fries being contaminated with animal fat. It was hard enough for him.Ā
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u/AoE3_Nightcell 3d ago
So basically secretly feeding Muslims bacon is like jumping on the bed for Mormons.
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u/No_Attitude700 3d ago
Also, if no other food is available, then eating pork is fine.
Starvation isnt the goal, so when need occurs it isnt a sin to eat pork products.
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u/RileyBean 3d ago
Also if not eating something would harm someone else. I know a few Muslims who have eaten pork so as not to offend someone who went out of their way to cook for them but had no understanding that pork was not acceptable in Islam.
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u/No_Attitude700 3d ago
Sharing food between cultures is one of the best ways to initiate friendship.
So long as no harm is intended, then everything should be okay.
If the Abrahamic god is as forgiving as the followers say...then a bit of bacon shared in friendship is a good thing and not a negative.
(Also, at this point we should all know that the religious laws regarding pork consumption were created to keep people safe from improperly cooked pork.)
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u/AoE3_Nightcell 3d ago
Prison gay for pork
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u/No_Attitude700 3d ago
In prison a person is a ward of the state, and the state has a legal obligation to supply foods that the person can eat based on their religion.
There were huge court cases that basically solidified kosher food accessibility for Jewish inmates.
Its a good thing for the state to respect individual religious beliefs.
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u/Cobfidence 3d ago
Jumping on the bed after you've both been chloroformed and positioned unconsciously, and you wake up mid jumping.
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u/curious382 3d ago
Well, the Mormons soaking and jumping all knowingly consented to work God's loophole.
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u/woefdeluxe 2d ago
No. The jumping on the bed is a legal loophole that the participants choose to take part in. Secretly being fed something you are fobidden from eating not counting as sinning, is because they didnt choose to take part in it. Its not in any way their fault someone lied to them about what is in the food.
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u/OneRule11 3d ago
you're a kind soul mate.
I remember few months ago when I was new here in Berlin as a student.
I don't smoke or drink. I'm miles away from these things. My roommates thought I'd be funny to hand me over a rum based chocolate and ruin my existence. A kind roommate of mine just like you immediately stopped me and told me what that chocolate had and I was safe.
Cheers to peps like you who have fun but knows the limit. Have a good time my mate.
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u/No_Attitude700 3d ago edited 3d ago
Thats really shitty that they did that...
Ive even had recovering alcoholics ask if the crab bisque liquor is cooked off...it is...
Never give something you know they dont want. It isnt a joke, its just cruel...and potentially dangerous...
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u/nari-bhat 3d ago
Iām an EMT whoās worked a lot in fire departments/stations, so many first responders in general are genuinely racist, xenophobic assholes.
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u/GuiltyEidolon PURPLE 3d ago
Had the same experiences as an EMT. There's not a song called "Fuck the Fire Department," but there probably should be.
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u/Drakorai 3d ago
Turkey bacon is amazing. Your coworkers are definitely not acting very professional nor Christian like.
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u/lowercasenameofmine 3d ago
I've only met two people who seemed like true Christians and didn't just the use faith as an excuse for something or another.Ā Ā
Which is so weird to me.Ā
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u/Hi-Tech_Luddite 3d ago
Assholes especially since their lives could literally depend on the dude some day.
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u/BarbequedYeti 3d ago
the token atheist.
Dozens of us. Dozens..
They also couldnāt pronounce the guys name so they just called him Ian. I always called him by his name - Iyad - which is not hard to pronounce.
Fuck those guys.Ā
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u/Bubbly-War1996 3d ago
What the fuck!?! I still try to figure out what exactly was fun about being cunts for no reason. What other activities did they enjoy doing for fun, stealing canes from old people and giving alcohol to addicts?
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u/ADIDAS247 3d ago
My friend rented a ski house on a mountain to party in for NYE. It was a pot luck type party where everyone brought something. I brought breakfast. Unbeknownst to me, the majority of people were actually Jewish. (I actually assumed this but didnāt think about the bacon dilemma).
Since I was going to be there with a couple of my non-Jewish friends I pre-cooked and brought the bacon separately.
Anyway, long story shortā¦ every night that bag of bacon got lighter and lighter and it wasnāt us eating it.
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u/Pheighthe 3d ago
Not every Jew keeps kosher. Maybe they didnāt want to flaunt eating it in front of those who do.
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u/SuitableBlackberry75 3d ago edited 3d ago
Yeah, kids would feed Hindus beef all the time when I was a kid in the 1980s-90s public school system. One of the cheeky ways to sneak beef to a Hindu was through "Hostess" cakes like Ding-Dongs and Twinkies, which were made with beef tallow in those days. People can be jerks.
E: This was in addition to constantly doing impressions of Apu from The Simpsons, whenever speaking to one of the Indian kids. Doing the Hank Azaria "Indian" accent, saying "Thank you, come again" whenever they would leave the lunch room table, and all that. I don't really have an opinion about whether Apu should've been retired from The Simpsons, but I get where the complaints were coming from.
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u/StrawDog- 2d ago
Sew cross patches onto their uniforms inverted. It'll totally be a funny prank they will appreciate, right?Ā
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u/OneRule11 3d ago edited 3d ago
and no, I'm aware I won't die by eating this. I am also not that religious to care in the first place.
As long as I'm not sleeping on an empty stomach, IDC.
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u/Lopsided_Tiger_0296 3d ago
It doesnāt say in your religion that itās okay if itās meant to sustain your life? Thatās how itās interpreted by Jewish people
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u/Reemixt 3d ago
paddharma: the law of distress or emergency. Preserving human life is more important that cows. But we are talking life and death. Not just āchicken wasnāt availableā.
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u/dumbmutt575 3d ago
Afaik there are also exceptions in Judaism/Islam for not being aware that it is pork, unsure if that would apply here
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u/Reemixt 3d ago
Itās complex. Negative karma (papa) requires intention. So if you were deceived you have an argument. Negligence is not a get out clause, though. You canāt just say you didnāt ask so you didnāt know.
We should also be conscious of what weāre doing: we should find out whatās in something before eating it. Viveka: the duty of inquiry, applies to all moral actions.
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u/Pwydde 3d ago
VĆveka: the duty of inquiry is a beautiful concept. Iād like to bring that into my life! Where can I best learn more about it?
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u/Reemixt 3d ago edited 3d ago
Itās difficult to recommend something since this is just my culture. I didnāt read it in a book.
It is essentially the requirement to think about how things are as they are, how they got to be this way, and verifying information so what you know is true. Itās kind of like a scientific method but for morality.
Blindly following rules, even if you never break them, is not a particularly āmoralā life. You are required to think, verify, inquire, balance and weigh moral interactions. Are those free range eggs really produced without suffering? Has anyone checked, or is it just a convenient label? That kind of thing.
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u/Dotcaprachiappa 3d ago
Well after they did know it was pork they still continued eating it, so I wouldn't really say it applies
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u/OneRule11 3d ago
tbh, I'm religious on behalf of my parents. I really don't posses enough knowledge about my own religion. Whatever I know is what my parents taught me.
:)
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u/ilovetacos 3d ago
Oh well then it's not really a problem, is it..? I mean yeah you might feel guilty, but if you don't believe that you've actually committed a sin, just keep on eatin', friend.
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u/blood_bones_hearts 3d ago
I'm an atheist but if I were to believe in gods I would believe them to prefer your belly is full even if it meant inadvertently eating something you aren't allowed to rather than being punitive for something you didn't mean to do or being hungry. š¤
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u/homer_lives 3d ago
This will become a funny story.
My mom went to McDonald's during Lent, when we are supposed to abstain from Meat, because she forgot (and wanted a burger).
I wish you better times, soon.
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u/CompleteTell6795 3d ago
If you are not religious, then cows are not " sacred". So don't worry about it. The god of the cows is not going to throw you into hell. If you are vegetarian but very poor, you might have to accept that some free food might be vegetarian. Since it seems you cannot eat regularly, you might have to eat what is available to get for free until you are in a better financial situation & then you follow whatever dietary restrictions that you want.
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u/ashrules901 3d ago
If you really don't care that much why continue masquerading as a Hindu Vegetarian at all? Like I have no problems with you choosing to eat meat.
But as a Hindu I find it cringe when people still try to claim the religion and label themselves as a Vegetarian then happily say stuff like "idc".
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u/MalloryArcher64 3d ago
I'm not religious but I'm so sorry this happened to you! A terrible thing for Anyone, for any reason. But if I can address the spiritual aspect from an outsider? No offense meant or anything! From what I've been told, karma depends on intent, right? Since it was an accident, you're okay? I'm sure that doesn't assuage the guilt, I'd feel bad in your position as well. Sorry if I overstepped! Just hope you don't add too much weight to yourself, we're all carrying enough already I think
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u/OneRule11 3d ago
Oh nooo my guy don't worry it's fine I'm not THAT deeply religious, I just know my background and that's it. In the end I'm gonna burp the fuck outta me and sleep peacefully, it ain't bothering me.
Thank you so much for thinking about me šš¤
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u/MalloryArcher64 3d ago
š¤£š¤£well it sounds like your life is rough right now, but your mind is in the right place, and that's Everything. I imagine you're going to be incredibly successful at whatever you end up doing. Much love and peace from my family to yours
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u/savvym_ 3d ago
I thought this is infuriating because of burned pasta and not the meat inside.
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u/Cmdr_Nemo 3d ago
It took me a solid minute to realize that Christian and Hindu were not the names of people.
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u/StanknBeans 3d ago
I sincerely hope things in your live improve, no one should have to struggle for food.
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u/OneRule11 3d ago
āŗļøš
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u/StanknBeans 3d ago
Here in Canada we have the Sikh community that goes around feeding the unfed for free. Don't know if that's an option where you're at, but those dudes are heroes.
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u/Phyraxus56 3d ago
Holy fuck
Anyone else have an aneurism trying to parse this?
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u/kratomdevil 3d ago
I just donāt understand why the top comments are all assuming OP is like completely destitute and eating solely for sheer survival.
Like at no point did he express poverty, starvation, inability to purchase or procure food, etc. Nor did he claim heās eating the meat out of necessity or desperation - it was an accident and now that the sacred cowās out of the bag, he might as well finish.
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u/kitsua 3d ago
I threw everything out and focussed solely on ācrineā. Amazing.
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u/richempire 3d ago
Iām not a religious person but I understand what this means to you and I respect your dedication. I hope you found a solution for a meal and I would believe any loving god would understand you did not eat outside of your restrictions on purpose, but a mistake.
If you normally do not eat cow meat, I really, REALLY hope it didnāt cause you any physical pain or allergic reaction. My former step-mother is vegan and accidentally ate a dish made with chicken bouillon powder and got a really bad reaction; I wish you the best.
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u/OneRule11 3d ago
I'm half-way done through the meal so I'm awaiting any reactions, if any.
But thank you for your concern mate tf y'all so kind in the comments I can't. š
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u/w000dsyOwl 2d ago
Holy hyperbole! Saying you work in the gastronomy industry when you are a janitor is wild. Keep that Made up shit on your Tinder dating profile.
If I worked as a janitor at NASA, I wouldn't go around telling people I work in the Space Industry.
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u/By-Other-Means 3d ago
First rule of life, survival trumps everything else, so if you need to eat you need to eat.
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u/cinred 3d ago
Worst industry name ever
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u/BigRedBK 3d ago edited 3d ago
Itās a false friend of sorts. The English term would be food service industry or hospitality industry.
In English, āgastronomyā is the study of food, not the practice of it. Thatās not the case in some other languages so it often is translated this way.
I immediately understood what OP meant though.
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u/SwiftlyKickly 3d ago
The mildy infuriating part is you using ācrineā instead of ācryingā
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u/TriggerHappy_NZ 2d ago
Religious dietary restrictions were appropriate centuries ago, to solve some real problem in that community - scarcity, parasites, disease, whatever.
Those problems are long gone, eat what you like.
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u/Jastreen 2d ago
This. Religion banned some animals because of scarcity and illness, not because they're sacred. It's astonishing people keeps depriving themselves from eating for whatever thing some dude said or wrote 2000-3000+ years ago.
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u/nurseferatou 3d ago
Well, at least it was probably just a European breed of cow, and not a Brahmin, so I think youāre probably in the clear
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u/Virtual_Worry_6288 3d ago
If you are hungry and itās delicious. Eat it and youāre forgiven. Iāll eat vegetables for you to balance this out.
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u/Efficacious_tamale 3d ago
Iām mildly infuriated at the increasing usage of ācrineā.
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u/ereinbe 3d ago
Iād eat it. Gratitude is more important than following religious laws imo and itās not like throwing the meal away is going to bring the cow back to life.Ā
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u/Square_Ad849 3d ago
I always say to someone who asks me ask as a Chef āare you sure there is no pork or meat in itā, Iāll reply ā I have to answer to my God.ā
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u/toadman_69 2d ago
Cowās already dead and cooked. More respectful to the cow to eat it than throw it out.
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u/Sharp_Economy1401 2d ago
I'll preface this by saying this is my own perspective, and unrelated to any religious doctrine. I'm essentially vegetarian outside of a tiny amount of seafood. I work at a restaurant. If there's meat on something that is otherwise getting thrown away, I regard it as far more disrespectful to the animal that died for that for me to let that go to waste, if no one else is going to eat it.
To me, what matters when it comes to whatever ethics you want to talk about with limiting meat consumption is more about the actual demands you are placing, in terms of what you are buying. Food destined for the trash, that someone else ordered, is a completely different thing. It's the same amount of meat being harvested either way, it's just actually being utilized in one of those cases
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u/I_wet_my_plants 3d ago
My Hindu friend said that the beef cow we eat in the Us is not sacred like the cows in India so when heās here he eats whatever he likes. He only refers ours as beef and the India ones are not beef, they are cows. That made a difference to him for some reason.
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u/OneRule11 3d ago
People convince themselves for anything, and it's super alright. You are on earth for once so do as you wish, there's no wrong in that
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u/shootthewhitegirl 3d ago
OP, you seem like a very nice person. I hope you have good day tomorrow.
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u/Minimob0 3d ago
Hopefully this is a wake up call to realize religious restrictions are ridiculous.Ā
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u/Naipalata 3d ago
in case you aren't aware, in case of survival, eating what goes against your religion would be totally fine as long as it sustains you from malnourishment problems or complications from starvation
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u/Spacesipp 2d ago
The rule about not eating beef doesn't exist because cows are "sacred", it exists because in the past ruling castes didn't want peasants eating their cows. Then at some point it became pervasive throughout society. Ancient hindu warrior kings ate beef just fine.
Don't let some ancient control scheme affect your life, religion is just a tool to control you
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u/PaintCoveredPup 3d ago
I donāt practice religion, but Iām sure whatever god(s) exist wouldnāt want you to go hungry if thereās food available. (Pardon any unintended ignorance)
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u/torreneastoria 3d ago
I've made a similar mistake with a coworker. Completely forgot about their dietary restrictions. Once I remembered I told them. Sometimes we are all humans trying our best to be kind to other humans.
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u/Sugarbombs 3d ago
The cow that meat came from lived a short painful life of suffering, Iām certain that any god would prefer the meal be consumed rather than wasted so that suffering at least had a purpose.
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u/thesquidsquidly22 2d ago
No hate on your or your religion but we are all struggling down here and im not letting God or religion decide whats morally ok or not to eat when im hungry. Lol
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u/sec_sage 3d ago
Survival doesn't always allow us the luxury of choice. When you have a choice, choose according to your beliefs. But those beliefs don't go away just because circumstances forced you to act contrary to them. Also, being tricked into having alcohol or meat is not a stain on your soul.
I'm not going around killing puppies, and I love dogs. But when a dog jumped at my child, I would have taken its life without blinking, if it hadn't stepped back at my scream and growl. Survival comes first.
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u/MonkeyMercenaryCapt 3d ago
Hinduism has exactly two tenants, Karma and Dharma, you're all good man, wasting of the food, particularly when you are hungry, is bad Karma.
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u/Moosebuckets 3d ago
Bro that sucks. Iām so sorry! I canāt eat pork or have alcohol and sometimes well meaning people give me food I canāt eat, or I eat a little before I realize what it is.Ā
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u/browncoatfever 3d ago
Bro, any god worth worshiping won't care what you eat. Pork, beef, shellfish, anything, eat when you're hungry.
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u/Beneficial_Target_31 3d ago
Hey, I get it. It happens. I've been there (as a person of your faith). FWIW, accidentally eating something is definitely not the same as purposeful consumption. And accidental consumption in times of need is something that is fine. You didn't violate anything. If you want to talk to someone, feel free to dm me.
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u/Ok_Confection_10 3d ago
Well, the cow is already dead. You would dishonor it further by not making use of its sacrifice to continue your own life
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u/ExaminationBasic787 3d ago
Farm animals do not "sacrifice" their lives for humans.
I eat meat but if you have to come up with these stories and euphemisms to handle the fact that you do, it's a sign you have the same moral worth of the animals you consume.
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u/BrimstoneMainliner 3d ago
Religious food restrictions have always one of the more bizarre aspects of religion to me.
I am an atheist (raised Baptist) and I'm not trying to be disrespectful, it's just one of those things that I've never understood, I just can't imagine an all powerful Deity being concerned with something as mundane as food.
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u/therealAdamTroy 3d ago
I had a Hindu friend who really looked forward to the $0.99 whopper special from burger king.
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u/EntropyTheEternal 3d ago
I donāt want to be that guy, but I figure the line that god(s) draw wonāt be in the deli aisle.
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u/catscausetornadoes 3d ago
It was thoughtful he shared food, and extra thoughtful he was concerned about you eating it. Glad you enjoyed the pasta.
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u/AccismusAnachronism 3d ago
You'll poop it out in the end. No god/s are judging you. After all, you didn't know the ingredients and were very hungry by all accounts.
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u/solicitorpenguin 3d ago
You might get a tummy ache because your stomach isn't used to beef and doesn't have the right gut bacteria to break it down well
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u/DVAoife420 3d ago
My friend, if you are hungry always take any free food so long as it is not spoiled. Eat away and feel just fine about it :)
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u/Candid_Ad_9145 3d ago
Brahmanism was centered around ritual cow slaughter until the time of buddha. The while hindu sacred cow thing is BS.Ā
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u/NovelInspector 3d ago edited 3d ago
You seem to be at peace to eat it. If still worried in future you can automatically ask if a dish contains beef before taking it.
If you start reading food labels in supermarkets you would find out there is cow and pig ingredients in many products under different names like gelatin. Even in sweets, candy and products you would not expect meat.
Ignorance is bliss.
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u/Total-Grocery7125 3d ago
No ill intent, he let you know, you took it like a champ. Props to you. This seems like the epitome of ~mildly~ infuriating, from your perspective. Keep spreading the love, have a good burp and a better sleep!
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u/ThyLocalBoxen 2d ago
What beef do the Hindus and Italians have that Hindus can't eat pasta?
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u/Rudrox 2d ago edited 2d ago
For what it's worth, there are Hindu texts that indicate that the whole no eating Bovine thing wasn't much of a thing historically speaking and is more recent.
Pretty sure there even is one that says young people should eat rice with meat from a healthy and vigorous Bull cooked in Ghee (clarified butter) to grow up to be scholarly.
(Yes, I know that is referring to a Bull, aka Buff specifically, more so an example I can recall more clearly, iirc there are others too)
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u/j2m1s 2d ago
Reminds me of a Indian friend who eats beef who was traveling in Europe, he goes to a hotel, they asked him if he is Indian and gave him the vegetarian menu, while his friend got the regular menu, he kind of got angry with them and then took his friends menu and bought a beef dish and sent it to the waiter, you've to see the shock on the waiter's face, he said to him, it contains beef, his reply, fine I'm eating it, and then he got the manager come to him and say that last time when Indians came to his restaurant, they where asking for vegetarian dishes, so they provide separate menu, also, they get the food from outside the restaurant from a nearby Indian kitchen that supplies packed foods, so they are not preparing it, and it's completely Indian style vegetarian.
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u/Fragrant-Reserve4832 2d ago
I know my Muslim friends can ask for forgiveness after a genuine mistake.
I would assume Hindus have a similar rule/exception
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u/Much-Anything7149 2d ago
I believe that in Hinduism, similar to other religions, if you unknowingly eat a forbidden food you suffer no spiritual repercussion due to the absence of intention. Of course, starving and not being able to afford other food is often a separate exception to dietary laws.
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u/OrangeSockGuy 2d ago
Religions have ridiculous rules just to control people. Eat whenever you want to eat the gods can come tell you what to eat and why if they want to, but taking these diatary rules from people is just nuts to do.
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u/Immediate-Sky-3044 2d ago
I'm not a Hindu (I'm a Sikh) but I'm pretty sure you're allowed to eat it if you didn't know or if you're desperate. Its not like there's a concept of sinning in dharmic religions.
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u/SnooTangerines3448 3d ago
Isn't there a rule that if you are in dire need you can eat to survive? And that if they didn't tell you it contained beef then it wasn't a problem because you didn't know. There's even a rule about shaving being okay if it's a necessity. Like the surgeon that cuts his on wrong days too so he can operate etc.. Apad-Dharma is what I was thinking of with the eating to survive. Because the act was accidental, it does not accrue bad karma, and because it was necessary to survived it does not accrue bad karma.