Oliver Bromley has a genetic condition that causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on nerves.

A man with a facial disfigurement says he was asked to leave a restaurant in south London because staff said he was “scaring the customers”.

Oliver Bromley has Neurofibromatosis Type 1, a genetic condition that causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on his nerves.

Speaking to the BBC, he said when he had gone to place an order at a restaurant in Camberwell, staff told him there had been complaints about him.

“It’s a horrible thing to happen. I took it very personally on the day,” he said.

  • magnetosphere
    20•3 months ago

    Yeah, I read the article. I was just imagining a hypothetical situation where he and I were eating in the same restaurant.

    • @[email protected]
      -8•3 months ago

      “at that”… If you don’t want to eat around other people that exist then just don’t go to restaurants.

        • @AlexanderTheDead
          0•3 months ago

          It’s pretty clear that they are saying your phrasing was pretty dehumanizing. They didn’t get wooshed, they were pointing out your well-intended micro aggression.

          • magnetosphere
            5•3 months ago

            It looks dehumanizing because they cherry-picked my reply. I referred to him as a person in the very same sentence. When I said “that”, I was referring to the skin grafts and scabs. Those are things. They are not him.

            The accusation was not made in good faith, and/or was made by someone with poor reading comprehension. They definitely got wooshed, and it’s pretty clear that you did, too.

            • @AlexanderTheDead
              0•3 months ago

              Okay bud. This means way too much to you. I think maybe you should take a step back and take a deep breath, because holy fuck.

      • @FrostyTheDoo
        0•3 months ago

        Yes absolutely, the polite thing to do would be to stare at the man’s disfigurement for the entire meal…