Dont' be a pushy vegan like me and Moby once were - Hayley Matthews

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Back in my Edinburgh Telford College days, I was on the press list for Moby at the Barrowlands. It was around 1999-2000 and his support band were called Hardknox, who did what it said on the tin.

I always remember sneaking upstairs to the dressing rooms and hanging about with all the team. Moby had put on a massive spread for all the staff and it was all strictly vegan food. I remember seeing rice and vegetables for as far as the eye could see. I became vegan a few years after, but I always wondered what his staff thought. Where they all sneaking out to the takeaway round the corner for a chips and cheese or did they obey the vegan one? Who knows, but it brings me on to a post I saw yesterday on LinkedIn from Michael Bergson of Glasgows infamous "Bucks Bar". He mentioned how he wanted to put out a huge thanks to singer Billie Eilish who broke the Buck’s record for the largest takeaway order! Despite her being a strict vegan, she treated all her staff to a take away costing of over £1,000 - what a lucky road crew!

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What a way to treat your staff and how good of her to not be that pushy vegan (it used to be me - and Moby), preaching to everyone not to eat animal products. If people are less pushy about something, people are more inclined to listen.

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