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.

  • Sundial@lemm.ee
    1423·
    1 month ago

    Then don’t look at him? The man was just trying to eat. Poor guy.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      22·
      1 month ago

      I feel so bad for this guy. Imagine the shit he has to put up with all the time. I used to work with a lady who had a big tumor on her face. She was so sweet, but I’m sure she had to put up with all kinds of horrible shit. I honestly really liked her. I would have asked her out if I hadn’t been in a relationship because we got along really well. I don’t care if you have a big tumor on your face. I’ll get used to it after I’ve seen you for more than a minute or two.

    • JackFrostNCola@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      Its that simple. I dont have a hard time ignoring other tables at a restaurant unless they are obnoxiously noisy. How about ya cunts just carry on with your lives and be happy that you dont have to live with that.

    • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winEnglish
      558·
      1 month ago

      It isn’t that simple. A worldwide measles outbreak is in the news, as is the fact UK is dealing with a surge in far-right BS. As a layman all I know about measles is it has spots as a glaring symptom and is dangerous for children.

      This dude would have made me worried about a measles exposure, but a simple query assuring the proprietors it was not contagious would have resolved my concern. This dude has my sympathy because this is not the only hassle he has been forced to endure, as if the condition wasn’t enough suffering.

      • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
        372·
        1 month ago

        This looks nothing at all like measles, to even bother the person enough to ask such a ridiculous question is revolting.

        • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winEnglish
          327·
          1 month ago

          Yes, yes we all know everything you wouldn’t do is repugnant. Must be nice. I am not a doctor, and 99% of the population isn’t either. This could also be that new pox variant gathering steam. Point is, you see something like this reminiscent of a serious and contagious illness, in an eatery, and there are reasonable concerns for the public beyond politeness.

          Like, someone walking in to a restaurant coughing like crazy with hollow eyes and pale skin wouldn’t trigger any alarms? Be realistic.

          • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
            142·
            1 month ago

            and there are reasonable concerns for the public beyond politeness.

            No, there are not.

            This is a seriously fucked annd irrational attitude to hold.

              • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
                152·
                1 month ago

                This is real life, right now. Lemmy doesn’t exist in a different reality, everyone you are talking to here is a real person in real life.

                And it is very fucked up. It’s the sort of hateful shit one would expect from a right winger.

                • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winEnglish
                  117·
                  1 month ago

                  everyone you are talking to here is a real person in real life

                  How delightfully naive.

                  Nothing f’d up about at all. Very left wing to put the well being of many over those of the few or one. Seriously, maybe come down from that pedestal and actually learn a thing or 2 about what you discuss before assuming your self-righteousness.

                  • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
                    142·
                    1 month ago

                    Your irrational hatred and fear of people who have facial disfigurements does not protect people.

                    There is zero others wellbeing defended by your response because no one is at risk from this, you are only hurting another human by excluding them from society.

      • Sundial@lemm.ee
        193·
        1 month ago

        That’s not an excuse. No questions were asked, nor were there any follow-ups to clarify what was happening to him. People just didn’t want that sight while eating.

      • stoly@lemmy.world
        12·
        1 month ago

        LOL this is a pretty common condition. You’re projecting your ignorance without taking a moment to look up the wikipedia article on this disease.

        • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winEnglish
          324·
          1 month ago

          Sorry, I’m in the middle of dinner at a nice restaurant. I’m not going to try looking up every known contagion with spots or bumps as a symptom when the person could just do a public courtesy and alleviate everyone’s concerns by just stating “I’m not contagious”.

          Edit: better yet, it’d nicer if the world wasn’t full of selfish assholes willing to spread their suffering to others intentionally so we wouldn’t even be worried in the first place.