Across the water in Great Britain, elections for Prime Minister are coming up in May, and the current office-holder David Cameron is running to be re-elected. This past Monday, as part of his campaign, he went to what they call a “voters garden” where he had a meal and met/spoke with British citizens who have benefited from recent changes to their tax system. This all sounds like nothing but positive interaction between the higher-ups in the government and the citizens; and it was until he ate a hot dog… with a fork. With a FORK?!?!? Actually, there isn’t a problem with that at all, the guy can eat however he wants. It seems that where he did mess up was when he let the press in, who got plenty of photos of him eating his hot dog “wrongly”. The photo had reached the public, and ignited plenty of discussion/slandering over social media within hours.
The fact that I’m even aware of how someone, thousands of miles away, ate their lunch last Monday is quite annoying to me. Annoying, not because he used a fork, but annoying because the vast majority of people actually care about this kind of stuff. To me, this isn’t even news and I shouldn’t even know about it. The original article gave real examples of tweets, posts, etc. and from looking at those, there are a lot of people who care way to much. One of these tweets read “I’m sorry but I can’t possibly vote for someone who eats a bloody hot dog with a knife and fork!”. I’d like to ask that person, why not? What does his “improper” use of a fork say about him as a person, or how he will lead your country? Although you cannot tell how serious someone is speaking when reading text, I find it far more improper to completely change your opinions on the leader of your country over this, than it is to eat a hot dog with a fork. Its rather bothersome that this photo/his use of a fork could change the outcome of the election coming up next month. I think people who are bothered by the way this man eats should do some reevaluating of their priorities/morals… Possibly think for a minute and come to the realization that he is just another human being and his use of a fork is only being blown up because he has the label of “prime minister”.
What if I ate my hot dog with a fork, and someone posted a photo? Nobody would look twice because I haven’t been idolized by society.
marielena0221 • May 7, 2015 at 2:23 pm
I agree as well, this is so stupid. How people will judge people in the way they eat. They should judge him in the way he is governing now their country. They should reconsider their priorities and analyze what they do and think. There’s no such a problem eating a hotdog with a knife and a fork. That is how he is and just because of that people are saying that they won’t vote for him… If he did good in his first term as president, he will help more his country and their citizens. People need to stop been judgmental and they need to focus in what is really important.
nathalie031 • Apr 29, 2015 at 2:18 pm
Wow, I agree 100% with the fact that this whole thing is absolutely absurd. The fact that he is being criticized on his choice of eating a hot dog is insane. And the fact that people actually want to change who they are voting for because of this… doesn’t even make sense. How does him eating a hot dog interfere with him being a great prime minister?
Andrew Powers • Apr 20, 2015 at 12:38 pm
This make me think of the “blind” election theory: where you don’t get to see who you voting for or get to know their race, religion, sexuality/marital status. In not saying we should implement this just that a tiny step in that direction would be nice, as none of those things should really impact your vote, only their platform and what they say during the campaign should.
VMU • Apr 16, 2015 at 12:08 pm
That is the price you have to pay when you want to be someone important or famous. People always will criticize no matter if it is something good or bad. They don’t have privacy anymore and since the beginning he entered the elections, he knew people were going to criticize him even the way how he eat.