Why is flying such a nightmare these days? From safety concerns to chronically canceled flights, the public has lost nearly all confidence in the airline industry.
A furious vegan has ripped Virgin Atlantic after being served a “pitiful” sandwich with “moldy” vegetables — which he claims was the “worst meal” he’s ever eaten. “It’s certainly the worst offering I have ever had,” the UK’s Paul Booker, 55, told Kennedy News of the abysmal bite.
The traveler, from Somerset, had reportedly been flying from Cancun, Mexico, to London’s Heathrow Airport on Jan. 14 following a 10-day vacation with a buddy.Toward the end of the nearly 10-hour ocean hop, the hungry passenger was served breakfast, whereupon the Brit opted for the vegan option. ICU nurse reveals what every patient tells her before they pass: 'People know when they're gonna die'Booker, who said he has been a vegan for 10 years, was reportedly served “thin strips” of courgette and a “rotten”-looking bell pepper slapped between two slices of bread. “The first thought was how little there was in there; it wasn’t until then we looked at it closer, and we saw the state of the vegetables that were in there, and just disgust, absolute disgust,” said the appalled passenger. “I have had bad food on a flight before, but this was a joke,” he added. “It is certainly up there as the worst meal I have ever had.”Revolted, Booker shared a pic of his dismal dish to social media with the caption, “This was the pitiful vegan offering that I got,” with the globetrotter noting that his plane ticket cost over $800. Needless to say, the flyer refused to eat the revolting hero, declaring, “There was no way that was going anywhere near my mouth.”“The first thought was how little there was in there; it wasn’t until then we looked at it closer, and we saw the state of the vegetables that were in there, and just disgust, absolute disgust,” Booker said.Booker even showed the sandwich to the flight attendant, who was visibly embarrassed and quickly swapped it out for a cup of fruit salad. “She looked at it and said, ‘That’s terrible, that’s not acceptable at all,’ and to contact Virgin when I got home,” he recalled.“We never want to disappoint our customers, which is why it’s disheartening to hear that Mr Booker was unhappy with the meal served on his flight from Cancun to London Heathrow,” said a spokesperson. “All customers, including those with specific dietary requirements, should receive food that meets our usual high standards.”“£100 isn’t going to go anywhere on a Virgin holiday or flight,” complained the disillusioned customer. “I just wanted some acknowledgement from their in-flight catering team, and something properly financial would be nice. Something to make me feel a bit more valued.” He found the boucher especially insulting, given that, he declared, they could’ve given him “£500 and it wouldn’t be a drop in the ocean to them.” Booker saw his meal from hell as yet another example of airlines shortchanging passengers with dietary restrictions. “The problem is that when you are on a flight, they only take a limited amount of food with them, and then they will only take a limited amount of specialist meals with them,” he claimed. “If that meal isn’t quality checked before they send it out onto the plane, and you are 10,000 feet in the air, then you haven’t got any other choice.”Dad fatally shoots own daughter after 'big argument' about Trump 'Shocked' delivery driver detained in Nancy Guthrie kidnapping reveals why he thinks cops nabbed him: 'I'm innocent' Delivery driver detained in Nancy Guthrie abduction investigation released after several hours: 'What the f--k am I doing here' 'Gunperson’ in a ‘dress’ behind Canada’s deadliest school shooting in decades, horrified students revealWhoopi Goldberg Calls Trump Out On ‘The View’ For Skipping Kid Rock’s Halftime Show So He Could Complain About Bad Bunny’s Instead: “What Was Happening With Kid Rock, Wasn’t That Your Thing?”"The first thought was how little there was in there; it wasn't until then we looked at it closer, and we saw the state of the vegetables that were in there, and just disgust, absolute disgust," Booker said.
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