A mum and her autistic and non-verbal son claimed they were yelled at in a community cafe in a row over a vegetarian breakfast.
Kate Fuller decided to visit Rest Bite cafe in Melling on Monday, July 25, and questioned why the vegetarian breakfast had been scribbled out on the menu, to which she claims she was met with the response "it's not worth it" by the man behind the till. The vegetarian said she had already decided to opt for a jacket potato herself but continued to probe into why the option wasn't available for others.
The local parish councillor claims that the man serving her decided to "bang the glass countertop three times" as he began to raise his voice as he told her and her son, Conrad, 14, to leave. The 37-year-old left and went to a cafe in Maghull where she said she had a pleasant time with her son, who she was worried about during the altercation.
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When the mum took to a local Facebook group to share her experience at the cafe and described it as "vegetarianism discrimination", the cafe replied and said: "Hi Kate, sorry you feel this way, however, your attitude towards the staff was like nothing I’ve seen before you have caused alarm and distress to my staff as well as the minor you had with you.
"I kindly explained to you we didn’t have vegetarian sausages but we could do you other meat free things, you simply went off it and started shouting to the point you was shaking, at this point we kindly asked you to leave but you escalated further. After you left a shopkeeper who overheard your shouting even came in to ask if everyone was ok and assumed you were drunk!
"We kindly ask you don’t come back as we are a community cafe and very welcoming and we will not tolerate being spoke to or treated the way you treated us. Have a lovely day, Rest Bite."
Kate told the ECHO: "I'm not trying to call anyone out I'm just trying to raise awareness about different dietary requirements. To be a community cafe and not serve every dietary need is odd. My son is non-verbal and his behaviour changed but he can't speak to me to tell me if he's okay. I didn't know if he was okay after we were shouted at."
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