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About avocado peel?

108 replies

Furiousaboutinstarubbish · 03/05/2018 06:59

I had brunch in an expensive avocado smashing kind of place.

Half way through I realised that in the smash was unpeeled avocado, and I was eating it.

It was a small place and I didn't want to make a fuss, so I very quietly told the waitress and explained I would like a refund as that was unacceptable. She came back to me with three free coffee vouchers and a croissant and explained that they didn't want to refund me as I'd eaten half of it.

I quietly accepted and left.

Should I have insisted on a refund?

OP posts:
DuchyDuke · 03/05/2018 07:01

Lol what do you mean unpeeled? I guarantee it was peeled - you can’t even chew Avocado peel. Do you mean it was slightly raw?

Iputthescrewinthetuna · 03/05/2018 07:28

I don't think I would have asked for a refund if I had eaten half of it before noticing. It must have tasted ok if you didn't notice and avacado peel isn't dangerous.
Saying that, I am a big scaredy cat and get DP to return things for me so asking for a refund for food wouldn't be something I could do easily.

Deerdear · 03/05/2018 07:31

What’s an expensive avocado smashing place?

Mycatsarebetterthanyours · 03/05/2018 07:34

I wouldn't have asked for a refund as you didn't even notice till you'd eaten half of it so it can't have been that bad. Coffee vouchers seem fair enough. If it really was that bad then you could have insisted on a new one I guess.

What's an avocado smashing place though?

ShatnersBassoon · 03/05/2018 07:35

I don't think the skin could have been mashed in with the rest to be disguised on the toast. It was more likely some fibrous bits of flesh - not the best but something you could have worked around and pointed out as a disappointment.

MyOtherUsernameisaPun · 03/05/2018 07:36

Avocado peel is like leather - you couldn't have chewed half of it! You would immediately have noticed the texture!

CocoLoco87 · 03/05/2018 07:36

I don't think I would have complained bout avocado peel. If I found a hair then Yes, but part of the avocado rind, then no

WinnerWinnerChickenDinner0 · 03/05/2018 07:41

Would you expect a refund if you found a piece of egg shell in your scrambled egg?

It’s nothing serious, just a piece of peel that slipped through. Not pleasant but not refused worthy

WalkingOnAFlashlightBeam · 03/05/2018 07:48

What the fuck is an inexpensive avocado smashing place? Is this a wind up? 😂

WalkingOnAFlashlightBeam · 03/05/2018 07:49

Expensive*

Uniglo18 · 03/05/2018 07:50

I've just read the ridiculous parenting thread and now I'm reading this. I think you're being precious and unreasonable.

ChardonnaysPrettySister · 03/05/2018 07:51

Did you have an avocado smashing photo session?

Like the baby cake smash, except with h avocado??

BarbarianMum · 03/05/2018 07:56

Have just excavated our old compost bin. Even after 5 years the avacado skins were still recognisable. Even their stones had rotted ffs. Anyway I'm finding it hard to believe there was a sizable amount of their skin in your food and you ate half of it before noticing.

blueskyinmarch · 03/05/2018 07:57

Was it just a little bit that they hadn't noticed? You couldn't smash and entire avocado with the peel on, it is very tough. If it was just a little bit could you not have picked it out?

Whatalovelymug · 03/05/2018 08:00

I know what you mean about expensive avocado smashing place. Was it served on sourdough bread with a flat white?

I think I’d have picked it out or accepted the coffee vouchers.

Buggeritimgettingup · 03/05/2018 08:05

What's an avacado smashing place?!? I feel I'm missing out..... off to find ridiculous parenting thread uniglo* speaks of

pigmcpigface · 03/05/2018 08:07

Can I register a protest at the unnecessary 's', in menus up and down the land, in front of the word 'mashed'. Grin

I think it depends what kind of restaurant this is. I would not expect to find rogue eggshell in an expensive fine dining restaurant meal. Or avocado peel for that matter. In a breakfast cafe where meals are £7-8, I'd just have a quiet word and accept the vouchers and croissant.

tolerable · 03/05/2018 08:09

is it toxic? ...was it grated?... a garnish?

Laiste · 03/05/2018 08:09

Do you mean mashing OP? Mashed avocado on toast is very in at the moment ...

Was it a little bit of missed skin? Like as pp said a bit of egg shell. Or was the whole avocado not skinned and just cut up and served?

kaytee87 · 03/05/2018 08:10

Expensive avocado smashing place??!

You wouldn't be able to chew avocado skin. Do you mean there was a bit of skin in it that you noticed?

Laiste · 03/05/2018 08:10

We MUST know! Grin

Furano · 03/05/2018 08:13

You can’t eat the skin, it’s suoer tough and unpleasant.

There is no way you were eating un leaked avo without noticing.

Dons1975 · 03/05/2018 08:13

There is a restaurant near me that sells just avocado meals! Avo avo was it that? Never been but I don’t much like avocado.

RestingBitchFaced · 03/05/2018 08:15

If you had taken one bite and asked for a refund then maybe, but not if you have eaten half of it no

AsAProfessionalFekko · 03/05/2018 08:18

I love guacamole. This is just hipster guacamole.