Milking a Chicken!

[Grauntie Mag]

Today I went to our local Tescos for some 'free from' biscuits. I didn't have my specs, so I asked the young man at the till if the ingredients included egg as they were for my friend who is celiac and also very allergic to egg. "Theses are fine, it states 'no dairy'" he said. Well this then scaled up to a full debate with me trying to explain that 'dairy' meant milk products and cows didn't lay eggs and you can't milk a chicken. This fell upon deaf ears with the girl at the next till explaining to me that it all came from a farm which made it dairy. I left at that point.🙄
Worrying, though....

[Gemini]

Dairy means comes from a farm does it?! Chicken and meat would be dairy then, and corn and all sorts. How ridiulous

[Oma]

Makes you wonder if they know where chickens come from ,or if eggs actually come from chickens ,

[Daisy]

I think part of the problem is that youngsters working in supermarkets have grown up with packaged, sanitised foods that are very disconnected from the reality of rearing animals and fowl. They genuinely have no idea where food originates from.

[ZIZI]

I would really like to try to milk a chicken, it would definitely cheer me up running around after a feathered friend like a lunatic and said feathered friend thinking "oh my bruddy good goodness what the flipping heck is she going to do?"

I don't think there is any excuse for not knowing what dairy is, or where eggs comes from, or vegetables. Sorry maybe I am a bit more unforgiving than others.

[Nanto2girls]

I think they should have to learn topics like this when working in a supermarket. So many people suffer from food allergies/intolerances, assistants ought to know what things mean.

[Grauntie Mag]

How I agree Nan2.

[ZIZI]

My butchers, which is seven miles away, has a big sign saying to ask about allergens etc. They know exactly where every piece of meat comes from. The breed, the breeder, the geographical area and I would not be surprised if they knew the nick name of the animal (apologies to vegetarian/vegan ladies). The pub that I used to take all my T2S volunteers to before the mayhem begun for the residential event used to supply several menus with allergen advice. Gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, even some things I had never heard of before and had to look up. It cannot be that difficult to remember these things.

[Grauntie Mag]

The worry is the assistants were convinced they were correct and I was wrong! That'll teach me to forget my specs. I'm still deliberating whether to point it out to a 'higher being'. I really think if they are selling food they should know what's what.

[ZIZI]

Try Tesco customer service. You will not get far, trust me........

[Grauntie Mag]

I did in the end. I got a reply this morning full of apologies which was something, but the basic spelling and grammar left much to be desired 🙀. Tescos have done themselves no favours in my book. They must employ people because they look nice!