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To be disgusted by this?!

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Sabrinatheteenagebitchx · 26/04/2019 12:03

So i work in a pub, i was serving a family of four (2 kids between 6 and 10ish) the kids were off playing in the play area when i bought over their meals. The kids both had chicken nuggets and chips (no veg) and as soon as i put the plates down the mother poured salt all over both of the kids meals without even asking them if they wanted it!!!

Why? Why why why would you ever do this?! Why do the childen need any extra salt to an already salty meal? She didn't even give them a choice just poured it all over the meals without even asking them. They dont even get a choice in whether they get an addrd salt diet or not. Id never even dream of putting any added salt in mine or my children food. Also any salt for that matter, I wont buy any high in salt foods.

Sorry this is a rant just upset me the children didnt even get a choice in whether they eat salt or not. Start as you mean to go on i suppose...

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NoSauce · 26/04/2019 12:43

You’ve obviously got issues with salt OP and sound quite controlling where you partner is concerned. Surely it’s up to him if he adds salt or not?

As for the (no veg) comment that just comes across as pretty judgemental. Maybe your line of work isn’t suited to you if you’re going to judge customers on what they’re eating!

MumOfOne92 · 26/04/2019 12:44

@LaCastafiore, the pub I work in does! Not the whole menu, but a good variety! It's all homemade too.

BeanBag7 · 26/04/2019 12:44

I do find it strange when people add salt or other seasoning when out, before tasting the food. How do they know it needs salt or how much? If they over season it, it's too late!

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Sabrinatheteenagebitchx · 26/04/2019 12:45

This is why i hate mumsnet Hmm I never said anything to the parent or even looked in a funny way i kept it to myself and asked on here not at work.. so saying i should loose my job isn't really necessary.

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Morgan12 · 26/04/2019 12:47

Oh my God!!!! Who do you think will play them in the movie?

LilFGS · 26/04/2019 12:47

sure if that was the case there would be healthier food options to get salt from that chicken nuggets, chips and a side of salt

Actually if we are out I’ll choose what I think is the highest salt option on the menu, usually something unhealthy, and then add extra salt to it. You know, so my kids don’t die. They’re just not going to get enough from lentils and wheatgrass, though I sincerely doubt your pub offers anything healthy for children anyway. At home I add salt to healthier food of course.

The condition they have occurs in 1 in 40,000 people so not overly rare either.

SihtricsHorseWitnere · 26/04/2019 12:48

Of course you never said anything to them, you'd get the sack. You just wanted to come on here and slag others off to make you look better. Nice. 'Oh, they're so awful! I'm such a better mum! Poor kids!'

Get over yourself. It's shitty to diss on clients on the net to boost yourself up.

butteryellow · 26/04/2019 12:48

I think I'd probably put salt on pub nuggets and chips too - they can be a bit bland.. my eldest would then further smother the chips in vinegar, and the youngest would have a pond of ketchup.

The kids weren't babies - a bit of salt on their lunch isn't going to kill them - we need a moderate amount of salt anyway (and if they've been getting sweaty in the play area they'll have sweated some out), and we know nothing about the rest of their diet.

Where I am, macdonalds hands out little sachets of salt with the meals, and that I do find a bit weird - they salt the chips anyway, mine were seasoned just fine, so adding more seems odd.

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Sabrinatheteenagebitchx · 26/04/2019 12:49

Thats what im saying it already had salt in so why add more?!Halo

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C8H10N4O2 · 26/04/2019 12:49

Maybe your line of work isn’t suited to you if you’re going to judge customers on what they’re eating!

Well yes. If you make your living providing junk food and alcohol then getting het up about the customer adding salt seems to be missing the point.

stayathomer · 26/04/2019 12:49

As for the (no veg) comment that just comes across as pretty judgemental. Maybe your line of work isn’t suited to you if you’re going to judge customers on what they’re eating

I'd agree with this. Remember the families are out and mightn't necessarily eat like this at home

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Sabrinatheteenagebitchx · 26/04/2019 12:50

Clients.. thats hilarious

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Toooldtocareanymore · 26/04/2019 12:50

salt its just one of those bad habits, like one of the EP I had a dad who massively salted everything, and I was like that till I moved out of home, but really the amount of salt coming into a diet from extra salt from a shaker is minimal when compared to the amount in the processed foods like nuggets and ketchup or bbq sauce. The nuggets alone are probably about 30% of the kids daily allowance, depending on make and number they have . I've reared my kids to not use salt, we don't put it on table, don't add it to water when cooking veg etc , use lots of herbs etc but if they got into a pub when little and saw a shaker they'd go mad, so first thing we generally did was remove the salt from table, thought I was doing a good job, but my dh had to go on a low salt diet last year and I was shocked at how much added salt was in some products. I just didn't read enough labels, had to recognise that my dh and ds had probably twice the amount of ketchup ( two good dollops) they should have as a serving and that was adding about 14% of daily limit of salt to the meal. One weekend we sat down to a brunch, not every weekend but I didn't think it was the worlds worst meal , with grilled mushrooms tomato etc I totted up the added salt to the hash browns, sausages and veggie sausages, ketchup, brown bread toast, dairy low fat spread ( a lot of salt to make up for low fat) and baked beans and we had all exceeded the daily allowance so really I had been doing a crap job.

TheOrigRightsofwomen · 26/04/2019 12:51

FWIW, a consultant cardiologist has advised me NOT to go easy on the salt for my young son. I don't need to add tonnes of it, but if you cook from scratch meals can be pretty low on salt and we do all need some, and my son needs a bit extra.

To be fair I wouldn't then pour it all over his meal as I want him to learn to manage his own intake, but still....

hsegfiugseskufh · 26/04/2019 12:53

theres a big difference to adding salt to your food during cooking when you cook from scratch and pouring it all over already salty processed food on the plate.

Lweji · 26/04/2019 12:53

Salt is essential in our diet and for our cells, not to mention that our nervous system runs on sodium.

Salt "fountains" in forests are often sought by animals.

When we dehydrate it can be just as important to replenish with salt as it is with water.

So, don't be so disgusted, OP. Get a life. Maybe even improve your grammar instead of judging your customers.

Blackandpurple · 26/04/2019 12:53

Im not disgusted by it. Nothing to do with you nor me.

Ive seen more disgusting stuff than that.

KaterinaPetrova · 26/04/2019 12:55

I kind of agree however, chips need salt. Fact. It doesn't matter who's eating them, chips always get salted. If healthy eating was the issue then she wouldn't have ordered chips in the first place surely.
I enforce mostly healthy eating in my house and cook from scratch most days, however, on the occasion we have chips, I do dust off the old salt shaker.

IHateUncleJamie · 26/04/2019 12:55

My dd craves salt at times as part of a chronic illness. She always has a bit of salt on oven chips or fries if eating out. Like mine, her blood pressure is always low. If anyone gave us side-eye when seasoning our own food I’d think they were nosey fuckers.

My DH’s ex BIL was fanatical about zero salt and as a result everything he cooked tasted utterly bland.

YABU for ranting about someone else’s salt use.

bibbitybobbityyhat · 26/04/2019 12:55

I agree OP - it's a pretty bloody stupid thing to do. I probably couldn't bring myself to be disgusted by it, but it's frustrating when people don't even know the most basic of basics re. nutrition for their children.

SihtricsHorseWitnere · 26/04/2019 12:58

Clients.. thats hilarious

Yeah, so funny! People coming in and patronising the business is what keeps it operating. Hilarious Hmm

PandyCuff · 26/04/2019 12:59

Why IS salt such an issue? I've always vaguely wondered about this. How do we get too much of it, 'in our diet'? Is it purely through what we add at the table/in cooking? How much salt do you have to eat for it to be too much?

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Sabrinatheteenagebitchx · 26/04/2019 13:00

Customers not clients.

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SihtricsHorseWitnere · 26/04/2019 13:01

Where I am, macdonalds hands out little sachets of salt with the meals, and that I do find a bit weird - they salt the chips anyway, mine were seasoned just fine, so adding more seems odd.

To other people, they're not seasoned just fine. Imagine that? People are different from each other. Crazy, huh Hmm

Lorddenning1 · 26/04/2019 13:01

Oh dear me,,, clutching my pearls, did you alert the church elders,

Seriously OP get a grip, what’s it got to do with you