A vegetarian restaurant owner’s decision not to accept the new £5 note because it contains traces of meat byproducts has come under fire from vegetarians and omnivores alike.
Sharon Meijland, who has run the Rainbow cafe in Cambridge for three decades, said she would not allow customers to pay with the polymer note because the animal byproduct tallow is used during the production process.
The businesswoman said she had been shocked and frightened by some of the online reaction to her decision, but that customers had supported her stance.
“Our own customers who are actually in the restaurant in Cambridge have been very favourable, but it is people on Facebook – there’s been a good deal of charming comments such as ‘I hope this comes back to bite you in the ass’,” she said.
On Twitter, Stephen Coltrane said he had eaten at the Rainbow cafe and enjoyed it, but that Meijland’s stance was an “over-reaction”.
Robbie Weir tweeted: “Pretty hypocritical when the food on your menu … contains animal products.”
Denise Venn tweeted: “I’m veggie and I find this so embarrassing. We’re not all this stupid.”
Others accused Meijland, 66, of seeking publicity, but she rejected the claim and said some people were reacting in such a way “because I made a stand”....
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Rainbow comes under fire
The Rainbow cafe in Cambridge that is....
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The note probably contains higher trace levels of cocaine and fecal material...
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They don't object to the material but the production process. They will probably also not serve customers wearing leather.
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Except if the customers are wearing chaps, because they don't want to discriminate against the gaysNineBerry wrote:They don't object to the material but the production process. They will probably also not serve customers wearing leather.
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