Mr Winters visited the Gold Sea on Ferry Road and ordered a sausage supper for himself, and a hamburger and fish supper, for his fiancé and a friend. However, he left after staff told him there was a charge for ketchup, but not brown sauce. He said: “I couldn’t believe it. Every chip shop I know gives ketchup free of charge. A condiment is a condiment. You can’t offer one customer brown sauce for nothing and then charge another for tomato sauce.
“I said I thought it was racist that if you come from Edinburgh you can get brown sauce free but people from elsewhere, who like ketchup, have to pay. It’s clear they’re discriminating and I don’t think it’s right. If something is morally wrong, I will shout from the heavens. I feel in this instance, it is morally wrong. We went to another chip shop and the guy was killing himself laughing when we told him. It reeks of racism. Just because we come from the west and tend to like ketchup instead of brown sauce. It’s clear they’re discriminating and I don’t think it’s right.”
But Paul Crolla, owner of Gold Sea, defended his decision to put a price on the branded sachets. He said: “Fish and chips is an Edinburgh thing and people want salt and sauce on it – that’s the tradition. If you go west to Glasgow, it’s salt and vinegar. Salt and sauce goes with fish and chips, anything extra should be paid for.” The shop offers seven sauces, including mayonnaise and chilli – which also cost extra. “It’s not just like we offer two sauces, we do it so customers have a choice. For this guy to suggest it is discriminatory takes the biscuit. It’s like going into a car dealership and saying you want an electric sunroof instead of electric windows, it’s ridiculous.”
4 comments:
Wow, everything has to be racist, ain't it?
His shouting to the heavens is discriminatory to my athiesm. He should be jailed for life for the outrage.
Wait a minute... Edinburghers and Glaswegians are different races?
Must be sort of like Northern Irish and Ireland Irish.
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