Persecuted for Eating a Certain Way
 

http://www.westislandchronicle.com/p...noArticle=6063

That's pretty ridiculous if you ask me. Too bad the kid wants to eat with utensils. God forbid he becomes too neat. Has anyone experienced this kind of prejudice before?

I'm sure they read our news stories about finding fingers in Wendy's chili and are similarly shocked. Or appetized, who knows.

What I don't get is how eating with a spoon and a fork is disgusting.

Anyway, he should just learn how to eat like everyone else while at school. But at the same time, he shouldn't be punished for it. Although if the students dislike it, he will be ridiculed for it regardless, so I think in this case it's better to conform.

I like how my local newspaper made it to a thread in GFF. Welcome to Francophone Quebec folks.

Just a note - nobody ever had a problem with how the Filipinos at my high school ate. I hope this principal gets fired.

That is pretty ridiculous.

evergreen, how did you find out about this? You're not from the West Island are you?

Just the internet. I'LL HUNT PREJUDICE WHEREVER IT MAY BE.

Wait.

I don't understand.

WHAT is disgusting about using a fork and a spoon to eat one's food. I mean, maybe, maybe if you're at a high-class fancy place, and you eat with the wrong salad fork, the uppity fucks would look at you in a certain way.

But I don't see what the problem is with using 2 utensils instead of one. Would they prefer that he use his FINGER in lieu of the spoon? Because I would eat with my fucking HANDS just to piss the assholes off.

Sass, they're racist. That's the problem.

So, what you're saying is they made up a reason to yell at the kid?

That seems kind of pansified to me. Is this the Canadian way?

Someone should sit that lunch program monitor down and shove all sorts of mushy/pasty food all over her face using their hands. WTF! The kid's being tidy and you punish him for it?

They should use utensils.

Eating with a spoon and fork isn't disgusting, but it's definitely inefficient. There should be no reason you can't eat with a single utensil.

From the way I read it, they seemed to think that the Filipino way of eating was backwards or something, and that they weren't eating in the "civilized" western way.

That's like saying writing with your left hand is lacking. It depends on the person. You can scoop stuff up with the other utensil. Without a second utensil, you could try to scoop up your rice or whatever and end up pushing it off the plate... OFF THE PLAAAAAATE.

People persecute me because I like to eat with my mouth open.

I really don't understand it =/.

That said, that article is pretty sad. God forbid he eat like a civilized human being.

EDIT - > That's exactly how I eat, except for the fact that I normally use my fingers instead of the fork.

There's a simple explanation for this.

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Color me CONFUSED.

To them, the "civilized" way of eating is with a single spoon or fork. I personally haven't seen anybody eat with both either. The only time I can think of where two utensils are actually necessary are for things like steak, since you need a knife and fork. But again, it's obvious the issue here wasn't about the way he ate, it's about the racism of the principal and/or school.

Also, being asked not to eat with your mouth open is completely understandable...it's noisy and extremely distracting. And nobody likes see-food. Unless you've got a cold, or there's some other special circumstance that prevents you from breathing through your nose, there's no reason not to eat with your mouth closed.

Although, I think you're going to persecuted no matter what if you scoop food into your spoon with your FINGERS.

Yeah, but I generally have a hard time understanding why I should change by eating habits just because somebody is offended. God forbid anything so terrible should happen that someone else would get OFFENDED.

But yes I see where you are coming from :p I just relish in having bad table manners. My mother gave up on me years ago :).

Was he eating pasta? That generally is one of the few instances where you would eat simultaneously with a spoon and fork. Personally, I only use one utensil at a time for most instances, and I could care less how one uses theirs as long as it is used correctly.

Silly Quebecois and their prissy table manners. Next thing they'll scold you for not lifting your little finger when drinking.

Now unless he's licking the plate like a dog, unbuckling his belt a few notches to let his out-stretched stomach rest easy, burping/farting excessively, picks his nose and flings snot/snot rockets, or scratches his balls, then wtf?

This may be stereotypical of black people, but I'm pulling the race card on this one.

You're black?

Silly Quebecs and their silly prejuidices. I mean comon, eating your food using both hands? Heresy!

Yeah, and I'm going for MCPs, in a computer support tech program, and don't listen to rap music. Who would've thought?

Fuck off. There is nothing wrong with Quebec. People like this exist everywhere.

I lick my plate clean....especially after baked potatoes, all the butter that didn't soak into the potato is in a pool at the bottom of the plate, mixed in with the cheese, salt, pepper, and whatever else, and it tastes SOOOOOO good.

I usually try to let out at least 3 good belches at every meal, just for my mother :).

Itchy balls? IDK I think it would be more rude to sit there and dance in your chair when you could just discretely reach down, slip your hand in your pants, and relieve that itch. Now if he was masturbating at the table, then THAT would be pretty rude.

Hey, if you do that in the privacy of your own home, more power to you--just not in a public place imo, that's just not proper etiquette.

What part of the US are you from? B/c I know of a ton of reasons why people would use more than one utensil here (unless you have some sort of weird spork-like object that can cut into things as proficiently as a knife).

Anyway, I do believe that the monitor went overboard on this problem. It's not like he's sticking his face into the food and eating it that way. He's not even using his hands! We should send the monitor down south and desensitize him to the whole idea of eating with just one utensil. I know I eat with a knife and fork quite often b/c this University isn't sanitary (I will even cut pizza up and eat it that way). Sometimes I will use a knife and spoon if the forks are missing. I have used a fork and spoon before when I was eating fried ice cream in order to prevent the outer shell from slipping off. Then again, I'm part indian, so they'd hate me in Canada anyway (according to a couple of friends of mine in Canada).

Seriously, I could understand if it was with his hands or something, but that is just way too much. I would sue, and normally I am against using the race card, but I say that he should go for it. It's just too outrageous!

What's with the Canadian Hatin'?

No, they're racist in the sense that our way is the only right way and not the way some other nationality does things.

My coworkers have laughed at me for eating with chopsticks. I prefer eating salads with chopsticks, and I have been eating a lot of salad lately. It doesn't bother me, but I do wish I could show them how to use them.

I wouldn't know. Ask the hater that I responded to.

Is that a school for one-armed freaks? The last time I checked my common sense I recall using two pieces of cutlery gives you much more control than just using one. Besides who on earth would be offended by someone eating with a fork and spoon?!

I cannot believe he actually said this. What's more I can't believe she punished him, not because of not using utensils, but because he used the wrong ones. I hope that if, god forbid they're not fired, they're at least encountered with kids who are really disruptive in the lunch room.

That's just plains tupid. Its like banning someone from a chinese restaurant because he can't use chopsticks. (Heck I don't even know how to use chopsticks!) I hope that the direcotr gets fired for saying something that stupid.

Awww racists. >=(