There are some things you just shouldn’t do at the footy.<br /><br />You shouldn’t shout profanities within earshot of children. You shouldn’t waste your money on half-strength beers that cost $12 each.<br /><br />And you definitely shouldn’t eat the meat out of the inside of a Four’n Twenty with a fork. But here we are, sadly.<br /><br />Thanks to the power of social media and the good people at Brown Cardigan, we have footage of a woman in the stands at the MCG last night doing just that.<br /><br />Yes, she’s doing what most footy fans do during a major break in play. But instead of biting into the pie — as it was designed to be eaten — she takes a fork and scoops out the meat and gravy. She blows on it to cool it down (smart move) before spooning it into her mouth.<br />Brown Cardigan shared the footage with the caption: “If this doesn’t rattle your cage, then you’re not Australian.”<br /><br />It has been viewed more than 166,000 times and received more than 2500 comments by midday on Friday.<br /><br />Surprisingly, the response was divided. Some celebrated her efforts and called her “smart and civilised”.<br /><br /><br />“I actually appreciate the way this pie was eaten,” one person wrote.<br /><br />“I’m Australian and I do this,” another wrote, bravely outing herself.<br /><br />But others were downright disgusted.<br /><br />“What have I just witnessed, lock her in jail and throw away the key,” one furious commenter said.<br /><br />“This has disturbed me,” another wrote.<br />One person called it a “national disgrace”.<br /><br />Richmond went on to lose the match by a large margin, but none of that really matters anymore.<br /><br />Of course, the humble meat pie has been at the centre of controversy before.<br /><br />Queensland Police had to intervene when footage went viral of an ESPN reporter in the US dismantling a pie on camera.<br /><br />Darren Lovell was trying to educate the people of Philly about the iconic Australian cuisine after the local 76ers — which include Aussie Ben Simmons on their roster — hosted a pie night last year.<br /><br />But what he did was hard to watch.<br /><br />Later, Lovell apologised. “I am sorry to all Australians about my lack of understanding of how to eat a meat pie,” he wrote.<br /><br />Queensland Police shared the footage on Twitter with a warning.
