Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

I was using the self checkout because it was Sunday Before Football and the lines were miles long, but the woman running the self checkout came over to help me because apparently you can't scan your own beer. She noticed that I had some coconut milk ice cream and asked me how that is, and explained that her doctor wanted her to eliminate dairy because of some health problems, and I told her that I'd been vegan for 12 years and that my son always has been, and how healthy he is. Turns out her teenage son went vegetarian briefly and wants to try it again, so I pointed her toward a few places to get recipes, and suggested a better milk substitute than she'd tried before.

It was a bit embarrassing to be talking about healthy eating considering it was Sunday and before a Niner game, so of course I was buying beer and chips and the healthiest things in my cart were a few avocados and a portabella.