Green Room Etiquette for People Who Don't Eat the Deli Tray

The green room is a fragile ecosystem of egos, leftovers, and people who have been awake too long. Your diet is not the main act. The show is.

Take space, not the whole tray

If there is one vegan platter, take a plate and leave the rest. Announce nothing. If someone asks, tell the truth in one sentence.

Offer what you have

The fastest way to stop being "the vegan" is to be the person with extra chips and hot sauce. Share the good stuff. Culture is logistics plus generosity.

Headphones and timing

After the set, people need a hole to fall into. Do not workshop nutrition. Do not recruit. If someone is curious, they will find you on a day off.

Be excellent at the job. Eat plants. Those two facts can live in the same room.

When to bounce

If the room is all meat platters and beer and you are getting mean, leave. Walk. Find your stash. Come back when you are a person again. That is professionalism, not purity.