Abuse at my favorite burger joint "Back when I was in the army, the guys at the Burger Ranch by my base all knew that my order is always tomato free, and so I got used to not having to specify it. One day, a new worker was taking orders and my burger came with slimy tomato slices. Naturally I sent it back. To my utter shock, they gave me the *same* burger back, minus the slices! (You didn't need a sharp tomato Hater's eye to see the slimy goop that was left on my burger.) Naturally I sent it back again, and the worker was quite annoyed with me for being so childish and petty. After some arguing that attracted lots of attention, I was forced to lie and say that I was allergic. That did the trick, My burger was tossed in the trash can and I got a new one, 100% tomato free. As I got back to my seat I was appalled to learn that they hadn't given me enough ketchup. I had to go back to the counter and ask for additional ketchup. Imagine my humiliation as my lie was exposed in front of everyone." -Noa Harvey The writer of his heartbreaking story heads the public relations department of the Tomato Haters' Society The Lunch Break from Hell "I get hot meals at school. Sometimes they're in a roll and sometimes they're in a trey. When they're in a roll, they usualy put cucumbers in it or some other vegetable, and meat. One day they changed the catering. It was horrible. I went to take my lunch, and what do I see bulging out of it? a TOMATO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was disgusting. I couldn't look but what was I supposed to do? I was hungry. So with no choice I started to pick the tomato slices out of my roll. my friend saw I wasn't going to eat them so she asked me: 'can I have those tomatoes?' I said yes, I didn't want them. I gave her the tomatoes, and with much disgust saw her eat those horrible things. And to top it all off, when I bit into the roll I saw the little tomato seeds sticking out. so I threw it out. the HORROR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Kaley Eigner The couragous author of this story heads the Israeli branch of the Tomato Haters' Society

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