So embarrassed

[Notwithoutareason]

Got some vouchers for dsis and Bil for Xmas for a restaurant as they like eating out.

Gave them today and they look up the food rating and it was low. Dsis was disgusted and gave them back saying "we can't even re gift that"

I'm so embarrassed :(

Did not occur to me to check first as although we had not eaten there ourselves it had been recommended to us and was local so we thought it was a nice present
I feel mortified

She should feel embarrassed, not you

I'd send her the link to this thread, ungrateful wench she is.

Enjoy a night out. And make a point of letting Sis know how great it was. Bugger her, you did nothing wrong. Merry christmas.

Your sister is a fucking bitch. End of. Take some friends and enjoy a meal there yourself, OP. I bet it's much better than a 1 star review.

Fuck her. You and dh can have a nice evening out on her, next year she doesn't get anything. How rude.

Shocking! You have nothing to be embarrassed about, she is breathtakingly rude. Have you opened your presents yet? What did she get you?

If it was unsafe to eat there it would be shut down. I hate all this food hygiene rating crap people are obsessed with all of a sudden.
It was rude of them and they need to chill out.

That is staggeringly rude. She looked up the good rating (whatever that is) and complained that it was too disgusting to regift?!? Unbelievable. Go have a lovely meal out yourselves. Do NOT get her a replacement gift. Rude bitch. The only one who should be embarrassed is your sister.

Two of my favourite local places to eat have a lower food hygiene rating. I discussed it with the staff once. A lot of it is paperwork. It's not enough to keep things clean and follow the correct hygiene procedures, they need to keep really accurate records for a good rating. They have to do stuff like check the temperature of the centre of a quiche and record it, all while the place is busy and customers are queuing waiting for their quiche. A lower rating can be the result of poor record-keeping, rather than poor hygiene. I've seen the kitchens and they were spotless. Even a lower rating must fall into an acceptable range, as itsbetterthanabox said, if the place was unsafe it would be shut down not just poorly rated.

It's your sister's decision if she only wants to eat at places with a high hygiene rating, however checking the rating in front of you and refusing the gift was shockingly rude, it's her behaviour that is disgusting and she is the one who should feel embarrassed. Ridiculous of her to say she couldn't even regift them, plenty of people would be grateful for a free meal! I really feel for you, I know spiteful behaviour like this from some family members can really take the joy away from the day. I hope you ignore her, enjoy the rest of Christmas, have a nice meal with your DH on her and don't buy her anything next year!

Oops didn't realise you posted on the 23rd. I hope you are having a merry Christmas, at least her hissy fit didn't spoil the actual day.

Food ratings mean nothing.

Where I work has five stars and it's fecking filthy. I eat as little as possible there...

Your sister is vile .... Please show her this thread or better yet tell her to get lost and never buy her another xmas present again

Please don't feel embarrassed she should not you

Use it......then rave about what a fabulous meal you had, even if it was shit.
Cheeky cow....how bloody rude!!!

would love to know what your gift was

your dsis was beyond rude

I suspect that if the restuarant was previously 4 and you have found it fine before then it could be a one off problem. environmental health or whoever it is will be all over them checking it is ok. And yes sometimes it is down to paperwork.

Staggeringly rude.
Even if you don't like a present, especially an expensive one, when did it become acceptable to be cruel about it

This is why some people give cash, to avoid the vituperation if they misjudge someone's personal preference.
They could have just discretely binned it later. No need to deliberately shame the OP.

Ignore her and enjoy the vouchers yourselves.

Get the vouchers back and go there yourself to spend them. I bet it´s delicious.

She is a rude cow.

Take the voucher and some friends, have a lovely evening and take lots of photos for Facebook!

"I think that you should be able to be honest with your Sister, the "manners" thing doesn't quite stand in the same way as non close family."

^^I think this misguided belief is the source of many, many family conflicts...as if family doesn't warrant the consideration of basic manners.

Wow...just....wow how bloody rude!

Mother in law gave us restaurant vouchers. I was well chuffed. A couple of days I dont have to cook. Brilliant!