A man with a facial disfigurement says he was asked to leave a restaurant in south London because staff said he was "scaring the customers". 

Oliver Bromley has Neurofibromatosis Type 1, a genetic condition that causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on his nerves.

Speaking to the BBC, he said when he had gone to place an order at a restaurant in Camberwell, staff told him there had been complaints about him.

"It's a horrible thing to happen. I took it very personally on the day," he said.

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[–] 20 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Yeah, I read the article. I was just imagining a hypothetical situation where he and I were eating in the same restaurant.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    "at that"... If you don't want to eat around other people that exist then just don't go to restaurants.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    It's pretty clear that they are saying your phrasing was pretty dehumanizing. They didn't get wooshed, they were pointing out your well-intended micro aggression.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It looks dehumanizing because they cherry-picked my reply. I referred to him as a person in the very same sentence. When I said “that”, I was referring to the skin grafts and scabs. Those are things. They are not him.

    The accusation was not made in good faith, and/or was made by someone with poor reading comprehension. They definitely got wooshed, and it’s pretty clear that you did, too.

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