I really don't care what people choose to eat or not to eat. But, you're right. It seems like vegetarians just pine for the moment the waiter asks them what they want so they can say, “What do you have that is vegetarian.” It's like they're just dying to have the conversation evolve around them.
And have you ever noticed how many vegetarians have the same intro. “I started it for health reasons. But then, after a while, I kind of had trouble with the morality of killing animals.” This, of course, is a passive-aggressive way of insulting anyone who eats meat.
So, here's what you do. If you don't particularly care about the vegan-moaralist trying to shove their morality down your throat (which is exactly what they're doing), the next time they do so at a restaurant, wait for a pause in the conversation and ask:
“So is it true that your shi* sinks in the toilet bowl rather than float because it doesn't have animal fat in it?”
“So is it true that your shi* sinks in the toilet bowl rather than float because it doesn't have animal fat in it?”
LOL. Fortunately, all of my friends and family like meat, so I don't have th suffer those people lately. There was one where I used to work (my last job in the US) who would do that "Look at meeeeee! I'm a vegetarian!" act every time we went to a restaurant for a company function.
One year, I was on the committee to plan our Christmas lunch, so I pushed for this Brazilian restaurant that is ALL ABOUT meat. Guys dressed like gauchos run around with sizzling platters of things to serve. We went there and the vegetarian drama queen was in his element. He managed to find some vegetarian food to have with his vapors but the rest of us made a big production of raving about how delicious the various meats were. (And they were.)
I can be evil sometimes. ;-)