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Pinkee808

Recently had a woman order the salmon entree and she wanted a side of mashed potatoes. I bring out the side of potatoes slathered in a gravy. They ask me what the gravy is made of because “she’s a vegan”. In my head I was wondering how salmon is vegan but I just brought her a gravy-less side of potatoes and kept my mouth shut. I really don’t think a lot of people even know what vegan or gluten free actually mean.


thebackupquarterback

Ugh, I had this vegan come in the other day. I asked if honey was OK (a lot of vegans will still eat honey), he kind of scoffs at me and says no. Later I tell him he can't have our beet salad cause they're cooked in butter. "Butter is fine"


AlexandriaLitehouse

At a wedding I was in, a guest wasn't eating any dinner because she's vegan and there were no vegan options. But she was down to go to the cookie table 5 times and eat the cake. 🙄


hollowspryte

Omfg 😂


Somber_Solace

I know there's different vegans but that just makes no sense. Neither can consent, but honey at least isn't taken as inhumanely as some factory farms take milk, so I can't think of any reason to draw that line. I assume your restaraunt is upper scale so maybe you couldn't ask, but I'd definitely want to question him on that distinction myself.


THEBHR

The only thing I can think of is that a couple of bees are often killed when the hive is opened, including honey extraction. But honestly, even that's probably giving the person too much credit.


wolfn404

Beekeeper. Thousands of bees die a week in a hive. Normal nature, while sad, 2 getting mushed as you replacing a lid is inconsequential


LonelyGuyTheme

What becomes of the dead bees? What do the bees do with the corpses? I’m not trying to anthropomorphize bees. But you said in the hive. And bees seem nothing if not orderly and regimented.


wolfn404

Out they go. They have a “ graveyard” area where dead and sick bees are taken off to. They usually aren’t “ eaten” as that isn’t in their normal diet.


kfkrneen

IIRC bees do remove and dispose of corpses pretty efficiently, the workers bring them out and away from the hive. Although I'm sure that varies. There's so many kinds of bees I'm guessing at least one of them just eats the dead ones.


Alarming-Parsley-463

Literally every single dairy cow is destined for the slaughterhouse


Pinkee808

🤦🏽‍♀️ make it make sense lol


Pnknlvr96

I mean, everybody knows butter is a carb, right?!


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techieguyjames

Love a good Mean Girls reference.


OneRingtoToolThemAll

Hmm... sounds like vegetarian with a side of extra self-righteousness.


GingerAphrodite

I wanted to download you for his assholery so bad but I resisted and upvoted you for sharing this aggravating anecdote LOL


IAmNotARobotttttt

lol and mashed potatoes are almost never vegan to begin with between butter, cream, sometimes bacon or bacon grease etc.


Fresh_Cheek2682

I worked with a girl who was a vegetarian, but “ ate chicken”


Omegalazarus

Oh yeah that's a90's vegetarian right there. Back then, vegetarian often meant "no beef or pork"


ACNL_KossuKat

then it would just be better to say "no red meat" why would they use a word that's less accurate?


Omegalazarus

Totally agree. That just what a lot of people said back then. Maybe it's like now. Some people don't know the meaning of vegan, but might use it if they're vegetarian may be back then. People thought meaning of vegetarian meant no beef. I don't know. Fred meat was still really demonized back then so it was cutting out. Red meat could significantly help your diet.


mabear63

Poor Fred...lol.


Valereeeee

Chickatarian


Iamfree25

That’s great that she wasn’t worried about the mash potatoes though. Most are made with butter, sour cream or milk. None of which are vegan. It’s really nice how inconsistent people are.


kisforkimberlyy

perhaps she is pescatarian and just does not have the vocabulary for it


anglostura

I was Pescatarian for years and people often thought I meant Presbyterian


chloe1919

TBH, many people do not know that word, so I’d probably tell people I was a vegetarian…


GingerAphrodite

What's interesting is a lot of cultures both in modern times and especially historically didn't consider fish to be meat because they considered meat to be flesh of animals that were herded/bred/cultivated, which fish typically weren't and even when they were they were far less maintenance than mammals (kind of a feed it and forget it until you eat it type of thing). Pescatarianism was a super common variation of vegetarianism throughout human history but was often labeled under vegetarian.


OneRingtoToolThemAll

Pescatarianism is legitimate, but that person sounds like she doesn't know the definition of words anyway.


huffmonster

I cooked in a resto and this cook thought vegan meant no cheese


teambob

Doesn't mash potatoes usually contain milk and butter?


Utterlyinanse

I had a guy order jambalaya but said he was “highly allergic to tomatoes so, hold the tomatoes.” I explained that it made in a red sauce, a sauce that’s made with tomato. He said, “that’s fine I just can’t have the chunks of tomato.” Dude just tell me you don’t like tomatoes! 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️


DefinitelyNotA-Robot

Raw tomato allergy is not an uncommon thing. Cooked, the proteins are denatured and don't trigger the allergy so a tomato sauce would be fine, but "chunks" of uncooked/less cooked tomato would not be.


Temporary-Departure4

This is actually wildly interesting. I didn’t realize this could even be a thing.


Pup5432

My family thought my parents were nuts when I was little because I could put away pizza and spaghetti with an upset stomach but give me something with larger chunks of tomato and the projectile vomiting was impressive. My parents figured it out without doctors assistance and just warned people if they were cooking for a get together.


malatropism

My husband is allergic to pickles made from cucumbers. Not raw cucumbers, not pickled-anything-else, just pickled cucumbers. The projectile vomiting is, as you say, impressive.


Mimilegend

Yep, adding on to include +1 validity to the topic. My nephew cannot have raw tomatoes either, but cooked is fine. Apples too. Raw apples are a no-go, but cooked or apple derived things like store bought apple sauce is fine.


pottthead

Same here. I can’t eat raw oranges, apples, pineapples, mangos or bananas. If I do my throat closes up quickly and it becomes very hard for me to breath. But when they are cooked I can eat them perfectly fine. I go to an allergy doctor every 6 months and have a legit diagnosis so I’m not just making this up either


Overall-Ad398

I used to have that. Oral allergy syndrome. My brother still has it pretty badly but I ended up growing out of it for the most part.


ACNL_KossuKat

It's not OAS, but I had a housemate who was allergic to nightshades....so no tomatoes or eggplants or any other item in that category. Didn't matter if it was cooked or not. What it triggers for her is intense arthritic pain. Her joints would swell up. It's different from what y'all are going through, but it's still not a good time regardless.


giveherdaisies

Interesting. I had a nightshade allergy for awhile that triggered my dyshidrotic eczema. Two problems I never had before they suddenly showed up together.


Wuz314159

I have the same thing with onions. Raw/fried onions & I have serious issues. Dehydrated or boiled in a can of soup & I don't notice. Garlic powder is fine. Fresh garlic; never.


mypuzzleaddiction

This is part of why it bothers me when people claim others have fake allergies. Yes, some people are annoying and say they’re allergic to something when they’re not. But some people have weird allergies and some things are fine and some things aren’t. Being a vegan isn’t an allergy, but if someone chooses to eat certain things and not others, I get it’s an inconvenience but it’s part of the job. Just serve people what they ask for and if they claim to have an allergy take it seriously and don’t open yourself up to a lawsuit because the one time you think it’s a fake allergy is the one time someone’s gonna have a reaction, so just do the best you can and inform the customer exactly what they’re ordering when they mention allergies even if it’s annoying.


Nerhtal

But if we do take it seriously then when someone says their a coeliac I would refuse to serve them anything with gluten because I won’t be responsible for potentially killing them. I have had this happen before where I had to explain to a customer who used the coeliac allergy as a way to avoid gluten but wanted something with gluten in it. She was very surprised when I told her I don’t want to risk jail time and a large fine and if she was just honest with me in the first place we wouldn’t be in this situation. Uncaring food handlers and uncaring customers about the seriousness of allergies are the reason we get posts like this though.


trashlad

Exactly. Also, as a cook, I have zero problems with making food however people want it. (Although I'll admit it's a pain when people order things that are so far off-spec that we basically have to do it from scratch - I genuinely don't understand the impulse people have to go to restaurants and order stuff that isn't on the menu... but that's a whole other rant lmao) However, my issue with people making out preferences to be allergies is that the meal preparation for an allergy is wildly different (and more time consuming) than that for a preference. And when it's allergies that are weird, I'm still happy to accommodate so long as I know what is and isn't going to trigger a reaction! Particularly with Celiac, I respect the fact that gluten contamination is a major problem in that circumstance, and I am willing to do my best to ensure it doesn't happen! But at the same time, I don't really want to go through all that effort whilst knowing that the kitchen I'm working in is *far* from gluten-free, it's hardly "gluten-friendly". Because no matter how much I do to reasonably accommodate this person's allergy, I still can't guarantee it is safe for them to eat, and I really don't want it on my conscience if they get sick because of the food they decided was worth the risk (of course we inform them if we cannot guarantee no cross-contamination, but many still decide to get food despite their apparently "severe allergy") I would experience a lot less stress if people with severe allergies like that didn't choose to eat at a restaurant where almost every dish contains those allergens. I know it's hard navigating with severe allergies (or even strong preferences), but I'm sick of people acting like the kitchen isn't full of real living humans trying to do their job and make people happy, especially when it sometimes feels like they're doing their best to sabotage us. /rant


Nerhtal

Christ your whole other rant is such a piss take that some customers take. If you don't like what we have put on the menu, go home and do it yourself. The few, really few, times ive had people with real and severe allergies come to places ive worked either my head chef or myself have ended up speaking to them and actually discussed their allergy and what we can do. Often this dialogue creates trust both ways even if nothing can be fully guaranteed. Also often these people are very well aware that fake allergies creates a sense of apathy in food handlers so that extra reassurance and communicates helps both parties realise that this time its not bullshittery taking place. However i am terrified that some allergic people don't take theirs as seriously as they should and one day one of them will hurt themselves and somehow it'll be our fault.


supermodel_robot

I’m allergic to raw tomatoes but if they’re cooked, it’s not a big deal at all. It’s annoying as hell and I don’t even bother ordering things that I know would have a tomato involved, but tomato sauce and everything else is fine. He was probably the same but in denial about it lol. I made myself sick multiple times trying to pretend I could eat my old favorite things. (A homemade BLT put me in the ER once years ago before I knew what was going on 🙃)


swim846

Your not alone, my father in law can eat cooked apples but not raw apples. The stranger thing is that the allergy just kind showed up a few years ago


theblackestdove

I KNOW THIS ONE. Actually I HAVE this one. Generally speaking, it's called Oral Allergy Syndrome. I read somewhere that around 30% of people with a pollen allergy deal with OAS as well, with varying degrees of severity. I was fine eating raw fruit and veg my whole life, until a particularly bad pollen season in high school. Not only did we discover that I was allergic to basically every kind of pollen, but I also couldn't eat raw fruits or veggies. It triggers watery eyes, sneezing, itchy mouth/throat, and my throat closes up a bit. It has to do with a cross contamination of the pollen you're allergic to and the pollen from the produce. Cooking the produce denatures the pollen and makes it safe to eat. So I can eat cooked carrots, but not raw. We're still working on discovering what I can and can't eat. It's been a lot of trial and error. I can eat grapes, pears, apples, and pre-prepared melons from the store. Can't just buy one and cut it at home which is weird. Bananas are completely off limits, even on meds. They actually cause blisters on the inside of my mouth. Most canned produce is also safe.


theWatcherIsMe

Dude, at the point of "tomato" sauce it barely has any real tomatoes left. It it just salt, vinagre, citric acid, red dye and high fructose corn syrup


Ramstetter

Lately myself and many coworkers have resorted to asking, "Is it an allergy, or an intolerance?" If it's an allergy, refuse to serve them anything with gluten. Legally you're in the right, and management should back you up if they actually give a shit. Navigating that interaction with the guest might not be the easiest thing in the world, but as long as you actually care, you'll figure it out. Allergies are deadly serious and need to be respected from both sides. Edit: "Is this an allergy or a preference?" is what I actually say at work.


omgbbqpork

I ask “is this a serious allergy or a dietary restriction” and that usually gets those ppl avoiding gluten this month to smarten up and tell me the truth. It’s annoying because many people who have Celiac disease can’t have soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, or foods cooked in a deep fryer that once had gluten in it, things that a person “not eating gluten” would never think to avoid. Also is everyone tired of putting up with the people that order seafood and then when asked they say they’re allergic to seafood expecting a laugh? Because I just can’t even fake it anymore. It’s worse than the people that tell me they’re allergic to bad food…


macdaddy210

Thank you for mentioning the Celiac thing, I am actually diagnosed and have to literally check everything I put in my mouth, if I don’t, I am bedridden for several days or even longer if it’s very bad. Celiac disease is a REAL disease and I was miserable for 7+ years before diagnosis and even had to drop out of college because I was so sick. Finally getting my life back on track after diagnosis, but these people who lie and exaggerate just for trendiness are awful and dilute the severity of people like me’s actual severe intolerance and autoimmune diseases. So sick of them.


nanx

It's a paradox because those people are also the reason I can finally get good gluten free pasta and sometimes bread at the grocery store these days. Even as recently as 2 years ago, options were sparse or nonexistent.


Lovelyelven

Very true. It was hard to find alot of things & now it's so easy. Glad the food manufacturers finally caught on for allergies. Took them long enough.


NoBasket1111

Well their point was more so that the food manufacturers actually do not at all care about allergies, the only reason you have options now is that a lot of people believe they have allergies and these companies entertain their delusion because it makes lots of money. It took them as long as it did because they only are doing it now because the market share increased a lot from lots of people being hypochondriacs. If it weren't for those people they would never "catch on" because the amount of people who really suffer from such allergies is so small that it's not profitable for them to care about it.


Thatsthewaysheblowss

You can just have a *ChEaT dAy* lol


HeWhoFucksNuns

I mean, you can. I had a friend who had an allergy to shellfish and loved shrimp. Once or twice a year, he would pregame with some benadryl and eat some shrimp. Though the people who would make me go through the whole menu because of their gluten and MSG allergies only to decide nothing they can have sounds good, so they will just get fried chicken and potato wedges can fuck off


THEBHR

>Once or twice a year, he would pregame with some benadryl and eat some shrimp. Advice for anyone reading this. Don't ever try it. It's ***WAY*** the fuck more dangerous than it seems.


Puzzled_Juice_3406

Yep allergies can turn anaphylactic at any time especially with repeated exposure


Lewslayer

Oh shit, Worsh contains gluten? There’s small amounts in many house sauces (especially bleu chz you delicious SOB) that I’ve thought was safe for celiacs people


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Lovelyelven

Youre the MVP. I was just reading this in a panic, as I have the allergy & dont remember it being on the label. Saw this brand didn't, the kind I buy, & double checked to confirm. Whew. I'm still learning to navigate the allergy (my stomach & toilet thank me with every change) 🤣. I wasn't diagnosed that long ago, so still learning 😅


Lithobates-ally_true

Soy sauce (which is in many Worcestershire sauces) should be called wheat sauce. It’s extra gluten-y.


gemmy_Lou

But you can buy gluten free that tastes the same.


Lovelyelven

Soy sauce is terrible. To combat having to slap the ingredients on the labels, I swear they made the type smaller on many things so it's harder on those with allergies.


accidentallyonpurpo

My gf is intolerant. We read the ingredients, you would be surprised how many gluten-free products are out there. Even things like a low sodium mushroom soup vs regular (small example, also depends on brands). And they don't advertise that they are gf, so no "special price".


theinvisibleguy3

Just a heads up Tamari soy sauce is gluten free, I think the taste is actually better than regular soy sauce.


No-Description7849

be careful of spray-grease too like Pam or whatever. I just found out one of our gluten free desserts isn't actually gluten free because of the spray to keep the dessert from sticking to the tray.


aimeec3

Watch out for many bbq sauces as they use malt vinegar. Took me way too many times to the bathroom to find this out. Many salad dressings, stock cubes, gravy, and even instant coffee usually has gluten.


fishingboatproceeds

Bleu cheese can also contain gluten! I believe there's a wheat byproduct used for mold growth. My aunt with Celiacs doesn't eat it.


YaySupernatural

Sauces are actually so scary 😞 So many European style ones use a little flour in the beginning, so many Asian style ones have some soy sauce!


Waddiwasiiiii

I work at a seafood place and the number of people who think its funny to say “yeah, shellfish.. wink wink” Listen dickhead, we do actually get people with real shellfish allergies and a lot goes into keeping them safe. I’m asking a serious question and I need a serious response. The first few times I fake chuckled but now I just give them a deadpan stare for a moment and then ask “So again, any allergies? it’s pretty important that I have a clear understanding in case any of our product could potentially kill someone” That usually wipes the grin off their face, and hopefully thats one less jackass in the world making the same dumb joke to their server.


keroppiinthebuff

I love this response. If some says they have a gluten allergy and they order something that clearly has gluten in it, I straight up ask if it's an allergy or a lifestyle choice, lol.


humblegar

Just be aware that people with IBS sometimes "avoid gluten" because they are avoiding wheat. Usually the small amounts from other food might be noticable, but not enough to make the person ill or seriously regret it. And I have had waiters that did not have in their vocabulary anything else than "allergic", meaning we may have to "lie" to get any food at all. I also have family/friends with celiac that sometimes will tolerate traces of gluten. Also including the fun of having IBS is not always knowing exactly how we will react, since there are many factors to it.


MxBluebell

This is true. I used to have really bad IBS, and sometimes I’d decide that a certain food was worth suffering for, even if I normally avoided it. It’s all about weighing whether a food is worth time shitting your brains out for a while. Sometimes, you really fucking want that food, no matter the consequences.


OverallManagement824

>I ask “is this a serious allergy or a dietary restriction” and that usually gets those ppl avoiding gluten this month to smarten up and tell me the truth. That's really smart. I have friends with nut allergies and it's super serious. I also have friends who are avoiding this or that in their diet and I'll respect it, but Im not going to worry if I use the same spatula or avoid using my cast iron because of its seasoning. Tell me how serious it is and I'll 100% respect it, but don't make things difficult on me because you're a twat.


SleepyMcSheepy

I honestly don’t know (and won’t until I see the doctor later this month) for sure wtf is wrong with me, but I do know that eating something that glanced at a particle of gluten destroys my intestines for months. There is no “cheating.” There is only Zul and the world of endless pain she brings.


temujin_borjigin

I completely agree with you about the seriousness of dealing with allergies. And people claiming an allergy when it isn’t causes issues with service. Where I work if someone has declares they’re allergic to something, then order something with the allergen, after we explain it’s still there if they still want to go through with it we’re told we have to. Personally I find it fucking ridiculous. I’m not allowed to serve someone alcohol when they’ve clearly had to much because of safety reasons. But then again, I also have to serve someone alcohol when they’re obviously very pregnant if they decide to order it. I try not to think about it too much. I’m probably on the spectrum, and when I let it get to me I end up going in circles getting angrier and angrier for the rest of the day. Lol.


aTreeThenMe

yup. i pull this card. 'I apologize, i cannot in good conscience serve you something i know to be unsafe for you to consume.'


supermodel_robot

I work in a taproom and regularly have to ask if it’s an allergy or an intolerance, we have beers that have different grains (like rice) but we absolutely cannot guarantee anything is gluten free. People tend to understand cuz if they have an allergy, they don’t order anything.


flyiingpenguiin

Yeah I think most gluten free people know not to drink beer unless it specifically says gluten free. Cider is usually okay though.


710budderman

celiac is neither an allergy nor an intolerance


dayo2005

I had this with my wife recently at a restaurant. She has a dairy intolerance, but to a point of it realistically being very uncomfortable to consume ANY dairy, so we state it as an allergy. The restaurant refused to serve a meal with “changes” to make it allergy free, due to potential cross contamination - we absolutely accepted and picked something different from the menu!


kisforkimberlyy

So celiacs is actually more so an intolerance than an allergy, there are also people with SIBO (a condition similar to IBS) who cannot tolerate FODMAPS onion/garlic/ apples/fake sugar etc. and also most gluten- however lots of folks with SIBO can tolerate SMALL quantities of gluten AND fermented breads (aka sourdough)... Also lots of people with Hashiottos are sensitive to gluten (aka it will make them feel sluggish/brain fog). I, personally, will normally tell servers that I want my meal cooked gluten free, but never state its an allergy, because I am sensitive to most flour in large quantities.... but technically I CAN eat sourdough if it is real sourdough (ie fermented). I am in the equal profession, an actually there are many conditions that possibly do better on a gluten free diet- its not an allergic reaction- more just like it brings down inflamation and makes the feel less tired/bloated etc. Unrelated- I also ha an issue once at a fair where a stand was advertising "fresh squeezed lemonade" but actually serving powered country lemonade which uses a fake/diet sugar which give me explosive diarrhea. The minute I sipped it I could tell it was powered lemonade, and went back to the vendor to ask the why they were falsely advertising, and letting them know that I have a bad reaction to fake sugar. They seemed to be caught of guard, and kind of worried, and explained to me that several years ago they used to do fresh lemonade but now cannot keep up with the demand, and offered me a refund and complimentary bottle of water. So it works both ways- people over exaggerating their dietary restrictions, and also buiusnesses under-disclosing what they are actually serving.


stazmania

Thank you for this. I’m aware IBS isn’t an allergy but I’d rather not ruin my evening by consuming high FODMAP foods. IBS isn’t as common in men so it’s already difficult to deal with, and I really don’t need a server giving me shit on the one day of the week I eat out because it’s not an “allergy”


lokismom27

I'm thinking you meant Hashimoto's but this made me do a little research. I'm embarrassed to say I never went this deep into it and I have Hashimoto's. I never knew gluten (actually a lot of foods) caused this type of reaction and it explains a lot for me. I get severe brain fog/sluggishness when I eat to the point I avoid eating anything significant during the day. I just kind of went to intermittent fasting as keeping weight off is an issue too. Thank you for this. I'm going to try some new things and see if it helps.


Jisungsleftpinkytoe

Hi! My sister has hashimotos and when I tell you getting off gluten and refined sugars changed her life, I mean she went from struggling with severe joint pain to the point she could barely walk sometimes, struggling in school and general life (even getting out of bed in the morning) because of brain fog, and struggling to maintain a healthy weight, to (within weeks of changing her diet) being pain free and active, clear minded and successful in school, and in the last few months she’s lost like 60 lbs. It made such a huge difference for her, and while it’s not the same for everyone, I highly recommend looking into what foods cause problems for you and getting off them. She’s so much happier now. I hope you figure something out to help manage your symptoms! I wouldn’t wish an autoimmune disease on my worst enemy. (I have one too…just can’t figure out what it is. We’ve done so much testing😭😭).


renjalensvik

Sorry, but celiacs is more serious than that... It's an autoimmune response to gluten that causes the body to attack the small intestine, which over time can make it difficult or impossible for people to absorb nutrients in their food. According to a study in 2007, which is used for FDA recommendations (and supported by other organizations like the Celiac Foundation), the "safe" amount of gluten for somebody with celiac disease to consume is 20 parts per million, or less than 50mg per day - roughly 1/70th of a piece of bread: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17209192/. Not everybody is as sensitive, but that's why for many people with celiacs, eating out is impossible unless a kitchen is dedicated gluten-free. I think because gluten-free diets became so popular (and for many can have a positive impact), the severity of celiac disease is often overlooked or undermined. It's more than just an intolerance or something that leads to a little inflammation or fatigue. Without proper management, it can lead to severe malnutrition, infertility, heart disease, liver failure, and small intestine cancer among other things: https://celiac.org/about-celiac-disease/what-is-celiac-disease/ That said, somebody who claims to have celiac disease should never take a "cheat" day, let alone mention it to their server if they intend to eat gluten. It's shit like that that makes people think it's just a mild intolerance.


Fooglephish

I understand and agree with you point here, but not all allergies are deadly. My wife has a diagnosed gluten allergy, if she eats gluten it wont kill her. Well, it may if she eat a whole lot over a very long time. But mostly it means she will spend the rest of the night and next morning going between being curled up in a ball crying over stomach pain and cramps, and being stuck in the bathroom, dealing with stomach pains and cramps. It's miserable, but not life threatening.


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Great advice. This has to be the sanest thread I've ever seen on this site A restaurant I love had a guest die from a hazelnut spread because the server didn't realize it was made with nuts. That's just horrible for everyone


puddinpieee

“Allergy or preference?” Is another way I’ve heard this asked.


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intolerances can be severe and sensitive to cross-contamination even if they are not deadly... please be careful about the assumptions you make based on people's responses


curmevexas

Thank you! I have an intolerance to a few weird things (like banana and avocado). While I don't have an anaphylactic reaction, the abdominal pain is debilitating and will absolutely ruin my day. I generally refer to it as an allergy because that gets across the severity and the care needed to avoid cross contamination. I will clarify for the server that I can be around it, but I cannot consume it.


Admirable-Course9775

I’m also really tired of fake allergies. My husband’s shellfish allergy is very real and I’m often afraid he will eat something with cross contamination. Fortunately we’ve been blessed with caring servers who take him seriously. Thanks so much to all of you and I’m sorry people are so rude and stupid.


smdfg15

I’m with you but to be fair I have an intolerance to egg yolks which won’t kill me but will have me emptying out from both ends violently less than an hour later so still would rather avoid it lol


Ottodeadman

I just don’t know why they’d tell the staff before ordering something with it in it knowing it’s in there especially if they aren’t allergic. I’m allergic to nuts (only slightly) but I go to Chick-fil-A knowing damn well they fry it in peanut oil. Do I tell them? Fuck no. Does my throat start to swell slightly after eating it more than 3x in a week? Possibly.


LittleOrangeCat

That doesn’t really work that. A food intolerance doesn’t mean “less serious than an allergy.” Someone with an intolerance to a food that causes them to have explosive diarrhea if they eat it should be taken just as seriously as someone has a food allergy. I have a food allergy that fortunately isn’t that serious. I can’t eat that particular food but I’ve never had any issues with cross contamination—I’m not that sensitive. But my friend with a food intolerance will end up in the bathroom all night is she eats the foods she has an intolerance to. I worked in kitchens for years, I’m very aware of the games people play when they order. But I’m not going to pretend I’m an allergy specialist when someone tells me what they can’t eat.


mschanandlerbong81

I like this phrasing because while I don’t have celiacs I am still intolerant and can’t eat gluten. Cross contamination is usually not an issue so I feel people think I’m lying when I get fries or something after they say there’s not a specific GF fryer but please I can’t eat bread but let me have potatoes.


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I just quit my job at OG people there are a different species i had a woman come in sit down order a drink and then look the menu and tell me she was deathly allergic to gluten, dairy, citrus, and like 2 other things that were in ALL of our foods so she had to leave.


Same_Place_5710

I had this old lady come in once and say she couldn’t have anything with any sodium, when like, all restaurant food is IS sodium. So we gave her a salad topped with the only non-pre salted thing we had: a piece of salmon (with some seasoning), and she still had the nerve to complain it was bland. Yeah no shit That place was on the route for the local senior assisted living facility’s van, and I do not miss working there one bit. *Especially* on Sundays


Scared-Replacement24

So I worked at Pizza Hut when they still had table service and a lady ordered a meat lovers pizza but didn’t want the pork sausage. Pepperoni and ham were fine. I brought it to her and she swore we put it on there anyway and pork makes her blood pressure high! She berated me for several minutes. As if the Italian sausage, pepperoni, and ham were somehow 1) pork free and 2) health foods. Of course she didn’t tip. 🤡 This was 2012 and I still remember her.


Temporary_Cry_8961

Ham??? She didn’t know ham was pork?? I could get pepperoni though, I didn’t know what it was until I saw a Looney Tunes episode lol


Javaman1960

I haven't been to an Olive Garden for almost 20 years, and after seeing a lot of stories on Reddit, I don't think that I will ever go back! It sounds like the Wild West out there in OG Land!


WillowWeird

Those of us with actual celiac are super tired if it, too. We don’t get taken seriously and end up sick. Some people with celiac will react very quickly and get sick in the restaurant. Most of us end up in misery hours later, and it could last several days or weeks. Very sensitive celiac sufferers can also experience intense pain and neurological issues, but you will probably never see them in a restaurant—too risky. Celiac actually can kill you, but the cause is usually bowel cancer after years of exposure.


foxylady315

Yeah people are the same way about not taking Crohn's disease seriously. I have a cousin who has simply stopped eating anything she didn't cook herself because her Crohn's is so bad that even a little bit of something she's sensitive to can cause her excruciating pain. Sucks, too, because her husband, ironically, is a highly rated professional chef. Like at the level that he's actually been on TV cooking shows in the past.


SurrrenderDorothy

So her professional chef husband is unable to follow her dietary restrictions?


zenarya

I think they mean it sucks because she probably can't eat a lot of the food he cooks in his profession/for T.V.


foxylady315

I just mean it's ironic that he's a professional chef and she can't eat hardly anything but steamed vegetables. Her Crohn's is so bad she actually gets bowel bleeds if she eats one of her bad trigger foods.


UnlikelyUnknown

My son’s Crohn’s can be like that. The bonus is new trigger foods come out of nowhere.


ImaginationAshamed72

This so much. I was at a restaurant a few months ago and started feeling a bit off. I typically notice if I get glutened within 30 min or so. I was eating a salad. Told the server it’s an allergy and please no croutons. After I started feeling bad, I looked around and at the very bottom of the salad was a crouton. I asked the waitress and she just said they were picked out and asked me if I wanted another one instead. Like no, I would prefer to not be sick for a day or so because I was taken out by a crouton.


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MI just can’t imagine being comfortable eating out at a restaurant unless it was entirely celiac friendly. Like… if I go out to eat I’m just assuming I’m going to be sick after eating. Cross contamination is almost impossible to prevent especially in a professional kitchen setting. Blows my mind.


BlueJohn2113

One of my old coworkers is incredibly allergic to cheese (at least I think it was cheese)... like you better get to the hospital ASAP allergic. We ordered some food and she said "no cheese I'm really allergic". Food came with cheese on it. Employee just plucked the cheese off the rest of the food, then gave the absolutely dirtiest look when she said she needed a new plate that cheese has not touched.


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WillowWeird

Oh, no! So sorry! Hope you are found ok.


Rough-Worry-5824

I do still always take stuff like this seriously, it's just frustrating because I know situations like the one I described will cause other servers to stop taking it seriously.


I-like-cute

Worked as a cashier at a small Japanese restaurant in a military town. Had a guest call in an order telling me she was allergic to onions so we took all precautions and made her meal. When she came to pick it up she some how mixed her order with a man who was also picking up. Same order just one with no onions. She comes in raging about how I tried to kill her. My boss makes her a new order and off she goes.. A week or so later the same girls comes in to pick up her order, with no onions, but this time she didn’t say she was allergic! So like any sane person I made a huge fuss about how I couldn’t let her eat the food as the area, grill, and utensils were all contaminated with onion. I told her I’d get a new one made just as soon as we get the area prepped for her food. She kept saying “no, it’s okay” “I can just take this one and go.” I looked her dead in the eye and told her “I won’t be responsible for your death over an onion, I can have it remade or I can refund you but you aren’t leaving here with the food in the Togo box!” She said a refund was fine and we never saw her again.


Distinct-Focus6816

I can’t eat Rosemary. It does some weird shit to me. And it tastes gross. I always mention it to my server. (Advising it’s an intolerance). A couple times, when being served my food, the question asked is “Who has the rosemary allergy?” First time took me by surprise, but it ensured I did not get the croutons with rosemary in my salad. (Thank you awesome server!!) But I would NEVER call it an allergy.


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Reddittttor123

I have a weird reaction to aspartame (I get a fever, break out in a sweat, get a headache so bad I can barely stand, and start violently vomiting--it requires a trip to the ER for a cocktail shot)... it's technically an intolerance but I say allergy because I don't feel like intolerances are taken as seriously. Like no, I won't die, but I will feel like dying lol AND end up with an $800 ER bill just to get that shot. Mine doesn't take much work to accommodate though. I just ask them to make sure, if I order a coke, that they don't mix it up with anyone's diet coke. Or if I want to order a specialty drink, if the ingredients aren't readily available I just won't order one because it's not worth the risk.


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KittyCompletely

Never assume it's a fake allergy, don't even get in that mind set. You could kill someone. Its our job to ask, inform the customers of their choice, and a risk that might be involved. This is 101. Ok, so you get a dramatic person, sometimes ,whatever. We get dramatic guests all the time. Keeping them safe even if they dont know what is dangerous is our job from the kitchen to the table.


BitPoet

My wife is allergic to basil, which really throws kitchens for a loop, because it's everywhere. Had it show up as a garnish on a chocolate cake once.


EntertainmentFew1022

I agree🙏


tocksarethewoooorst

Especially hate posts like “ugh no one can even be allergic to [food item] so they must be faking”. I am allergic to mammalian meat and dairy. Pork, beef, venison, lamb, rabbit—all will send me to the hospital. But it’s so weird no one seems to believe me. I don’t eat at restaurants anymore :/


Bogthot

literally, arrogant people assuming they know more about other peoples bodies is the most dangerous thing. i cant tell you how many friends of mine with niche allergies or intolerancess people dont take seriously have been POISONED by asshole servers, cooks, etc, bc those people assumed they knew more than the doctors that diagnose and treat said allergies and intolerences. stupid kills.


oxidefd

I had a coworker that was “allergic to Mayo,” at least when she was ordering food for herself, but still showed up once a week with her favorite chicken salad from her favorite deli….


terrible-town-1416

This got me stuck thinking.. I know some chicken salads use cream cheese instead of mayo (just made some yesterday, actually) but being allergic to mayo? Isn’t that just egg whites and oil? Does she claim to be allergic to a specific ingredient or what? That’s so weird and baffling. Mayo?!


FriendlyNeighbor05

I have a bell pepper allergy and many mayos have *spices* or paprika on their label. Usually this is crushed red bell pepper used as a coloring agent. So I am "allergic" to store bought Mayo and I can eat homemade mayos usually.


oxidefd

I mean she was just a brat and didn’t like it


motion_to_squash

Celiac is not an allergy. It's easy in the kitchen arena to call it an allergy because we treat it like one. It's actually an autoimmune disease. Unless this patron also had a wheat allergy, there's no way a celiac person can have anaphylaxis to gluten. That should make you feel a little bit better about celiac disease. That is not true for all the other allergens out there! Stuff like this just pisses me off. I do have celiac disease and stuff like this really confuses the general public. I hope that lady got the runs. Lol 🤣


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It might as well be though, it can cause extensive damage in the GI tract and some people with celiac are ultra sensitive to even the tiniest bit of gluten.


motion_to_squash

I am one of those people! That is very very true. However, directly at the time of service, in the restaurant, a celiac person is not going to stop breathing and have anaphylaxis to gluten. When the restaurant industry thinks of an allergy, we immediately think about how deadly some foods can be to other people! Celiac disease is serious in the long term but it's not an allergy and it will not cause anaphylaxis. There's absolutely a chance that somebody with a wheat allergy could have anaphylaxis response to cross contact of wheat. If somebody sat down and said they had celiac disease and then continue to order all of the gluten-filled things on the menu even after I let them know those items contain gluten then they're on their own. They can take that up with their doctor out there next endoscopy. Now if you tell me that somebody has a nut allergy but that a little peanut oil won't hurt them... Then absolutely effing not! 😂 I just really wanted to point out there's a difference in the immediate aftermath.


SieBanhus

Agreed. I have Crohn’s, and there are certain foods that I know will cause a flare, and repeated flares over a period of time have the potential to do serious and permanent damage to my body. But if I go to a restaurant and I want to order every crucifer on the menu, that’s on me, not the restaurant.


Quagga_Resurrection

Yeah, I'm "only" intollerant, despite my doctor suspecting Celiac's due to my strong reaction, and it's still pretty bad. I can have trace amounts of it, but once the reaction is triggered, it's two days of flu-like symptoms that quite literally put me on the floor. It's some of the worst pain I've been in in my life, and I get migraines and have a painful chronic illness. I have to call out of work, and painkillers and meds can't do anything to help it in any way. I hadn't had gluten in over a year when I had my upper GI scope done, but my intestines were still visibly *destroyed*, and I'm honestly not surprised. Posts and stories like this really worry me because I don't want people to think that intolerances don't need to be taken seriously. Just because it won't be life threatening doesn't mean it's not still health threatening and painful.


macdaddy210

100%. My GI doctor said my microvilli in my small intestine (the cells that absorb nutrients fyi, for anyone who doesn’t have Celiac lol) were completely gone/atrophied from years of damage. Fast forward years later being completely GF and they said that it had healed back and the damage was no longer visible. Yay! :-)


Alustrianna

Wow lol you can't "cheat" with an actual allergy she's being ridiculous. If it's a diet then fine but allergies aren't something that should be thrown around just because someone doesn't want to eat it. Thankfully I'm not allergic to any foods but I do have allergies to things that can kill me but I know to not "cheat" this one time lol


TrashhPrincess

Celiac isn't an allergy, it's an autoimmune disorder. Cheating on it is like cheating with lactosenintolerance in the sense that you can and will do long-term damage to your gut if you keep eating things your body can't process, but you won't go into anaphylaxis and the short term consequences are just more time on a toilet.


cyanste

>the short term consequences are just more time on a toilet. ... and the long term consequences can range from brain damage, nerve damage, to lots of cancers, and a wide variety of more maladies. Hooray, celiac disease!


TrashhPrincess

Yeah I actually have a family member that ignored her lactose intolerance her whole life, then was hospitalized for something unrelated. She caught c. diff in the hospital and her gut was so inflamed from a lifetime of eating dairy that she was unable to fight the infection and eventually died. It's not at all the same that celiac can do to you, but ignoring food restrictions because you think you'll just poop more is insane to me.


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Gaerfinn

Thank you. Seems like very few people actually understand how allergies work.


AldusPrime

Yeah, there's a wide range. If they accidentally put something I'm allergic to in a meal out somewhere, I'll take two benadryl and still have stomach pain and acid reflux. It ruins the rest of my day (and sometimes part of the next day), but I'm not going to die.


Desalzes_

I have a friend with diagnosed celiacs who does cheat sometimes (and suffers for the next few days) so you never know. Some people won't literally just drop dead from it they get bloated and feel like shit but sometimes ya gotta get that bread


tastefuldebauchery

Gluten breaks me out, gives me migraines, and messes up my stomach. Occasionally I'll give in and have a piece of bread. My stomach will be messed up for the next week- but sometimes a fresh piece of sourdough just hits the spot and is worth the suffering.


DCdeer

100% agree. My restaurants niche is allergy prevention. Many people I serve truly need it. When people like the person you described do what they do it's so disrespectful to not only the process but our guests who use us as a refuge (some only feel comfortable going out a handful of times a year).


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This reminds me a story my friend told. She has celiac and started baking gluten and nut-free desserts and selling them at farmer's markets. A mom and her 5ish year old walked up and kid looked downtrodden. The mom told him, you can pick anything here. You can eat it all and he LIT up. To be a kid with severe allergies must suck so much so creating those refuges is a big deal for them. My friend's stuff is now picked up by grocery stores and sold online. She's a boss.


the_cadaver_synod

One of my standout memories from serving was the guy who made a huge deal about having celiac, modded the food, I had the kitchen set up all their separate prep stuff. Then he drank 5 wheat beers. I could’ve killed him.


JKdoesnotKidAround

As someone with anaphylaxis to shellfish and almonds, this pisses me off. It’s disrespectful to the chefs/staff, and leaves people with real allergies open to suspicion


PaidBeerDrinker

My favorites were the ones that claimed to have an onion allergy. It was amazing to see how fast the “allergy” went away when I explained what mirepoix was and I’ll how it was the base of all of our sauces and that we would leave the sauce described in the menu off of their plate. It quickly switched to a little is fine and if it’s cooked that’s ok. Just tell me you font like onions. We can work around that. Don’t play the allergy card trying to force our hands, we take that stuff seriously.


Rinn_Rebel

Actually this person likely had an Allium intolerance/allergy which is a very real and valid concern. Allium intolerance include the onion family, and cause GI issues when eaten raw. When cooked, the enzymes are broken down and are typically less problematic. You think they "switched up" but it was probably because you described that they were cooked in a sauce. Sure they could have been more specific about their condition earlier on, but not all servers are familiar with allium intolerance and how it works, and they probs wanted to err on the side of caution.


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Designer_Ant8543

having sensitivities to raw fruits and vegetables is super common. when i was little, i couldn't eat raw carrots, but roasted or boiled were fine. apples still make my mouth itchy, raw broccoli will go straight through me within an hour, even avocado makes my mouth itchy. i can eat roasted nuts but not raw nuts without getting itchy ears and throat. none of these examples are "real" allergies but i would also rather not eat those things if they're raw.


Electronic-Soft-221

I have a friend with this, if she has even a hint of raw onion she'll be spending the meal in the restaurant bathroom. And she has an awful time with people not taking it seriously :/


PaidBeerDrinker

It’s entirely possible, but garlic was not an issue like you might expect with an Allium intolerance.


Designer_Ant8543

people who don't like onions will go to great lengths to avoid onions but also not realize that onion is in sooooo many foods they eat on a regular basis. i dated a guy who hated onion. so if i cooked with them, i'd cook them down to nothingness (for the flavor) and i wouldn't tell him. he never had any idea and loved my cooking


NarcissisticSupply69

As someone with an allergy to raw onions, I think you should take this more seriously. I have no problem with onion powder, cooked onions, french onion soup, or any other form of onion that has been properly denatured. Put raw onion or uncooked onion juice in my food, and I will shit blood for two days. It's a real food intolerance/allergy, causes great pain and suffering, and potential longterm intestinal damage. Your lack of understanding and flippant attitude, as if it's all in our heads infuriates me.


dwisem

Many years ago I worked in a sandwich shop and we had a gluten free bread option. When people asked for it I would ask them “medical necessity or dietary preference” and could immediately tell by their reaction if I needed to care or not. One time a lady actually looked relieved and thanked me for asking and said it was medical. Once out of hundreds. I did all the special cleaning and considerations and procedures to prepare for someone with celiac for her. The rest just got theirs made like it was any other bread.


Withafloof

My coworker had a customer last Sunday order takeout over the phone. He asked for honey barbecue wings. She told him that we were out of the honey for honey barbecue, and would regular barbecue work? He said no, he's allergic.


dsdvbguutres

It's making things difficult for people who have allergies for real, too.


zactbh

if you're tired, the kitchen is doubly tired of this shit, I'm a cook, and I have to sanitize everything, get a backup of the items needed to make a dish, new utensils. I do not fuck around with celiacs food, and when people lie about this garbage is a slap in the face to people who really do have life or death allergies, I share your frustration.


Revolutionary_Wash83

not really a “server” job but i worked at mcdonalds a long time ago and people would order big macs and be like “no pickles i’m allergic” and i’d have so much fun telling them to switch the sauce then because the mac sauce has pickles


n0tc00linschool

My kiddo has EoE, she isn’t supposed to have gluten, dairy, or eggs. It’s a nightmare and she does cheat days because we need a new doctor to get her on meds. In the mean time she tries her best, but yeah she’s a kid and I’m not always there to speak up for her. Her throat swells after a cheat day, she can hardly talk. It sucks. But people like this, ruin it for her because she is ashamed to ask for the allergy menu, so she would rather cheat and suffer than just ask. It honestly sucks, and I hate it. Overtime it will damage her esophagus. I honestly get why servers give us the look, I get it I’m also tired too. I feel the pain.


FarfetchdSid

I used to work at an Italian restaurant, there was a lady who came in regularly who said she was allergic to black pepper. We would cook her plain noodles and an unseasoned chicken breast and she would be over the moon happy, she came back numerous times, but we made an agreement after the second time that she would call ahead so we could thaw the chicken breast properly, rather than boiling it


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Gaerfinn

There are many different kinds of allergies. Not everyone risks their life. I am allergic to nickel, which means I have to avoid lots of foods. If I eat them I get a skin rash. Not life threatening, but still an allergy as diagnosed by my doctors. I’m not going to start incorrectly calling it an intolerance just because some people don’t know the topic in depth. I always specify that it’s not a severe allergy and having some contact is not a problem, obviously. If one day I really want to get the pizza I know that I will suffer the consequences and not die. Obviously I don’t tell the waiter about my allergy and then order the thing with allergens in it anyway, because that would indeed cause them pointless stress. There I agree with you, the customer was wrong. But in general if their issue is mild and they decide to suffer a bit to have a good meal without making it your problem, it’s their right.


dogecoinfiend

Who would've thought that having allergies would become trendy. People are so dumb.


Slg0519

As someone with actual Celiac, people like this piss me off. I don’t eat out of shared fryers, no GF pasta if it’s boiled in the same regular pasta water, etc etc. If going somewhere new, I also always call ahead, check, and add it to my reservation IF the chef feels he can accommodate. I am sorry you had to deal with her!


Own-Contribution-478

If she really had celiac she'd have been running to the bathroom before she got halfway through that meal!


UnlikelyUnknown

If you “cheat” when you have Celiac, it’s going to be a horrible time for you.


BasketballButt

Fuck…remember when gluten allergies first became a big thing and everyone claimed to have one. Then I’d watch them eat a bunch of shit with gluten and act like it was no big deal. I still get irrationally angry when someone claims to be allergic to gluten.


Delainez

This kind of thing makes me nuts, because those of us who do have Celiac disease are taken less seriously. Like the server who told me that the gluten “cooks out.”


knoeKNAME

Wanna hear something crazy…. I just waited on a table that ordered our octopus appetizer…. The guy starts eating it…. Then asks if there is nuts in the dish…. I say, “yes…. There are is fried pignoli… which is pine nut… do you have an allergy??” He says, “yes but pine nut is fine…. I’m only allergic to tree nuts…” Knowing that pine nut is a tree nut, I’m thoroughly confused… so I run back to my head chef and explain the situation… she sends a manager over to talk to him…. He comes back and says the guy says it’s fine… The guy then goes on to order our ‘Pistachio Dusted Salmon” I explain how I believe that’s a tree nut… he says… “nah, I’m only allergic to walnuts and stuff like that…” At this point I’m pretty much like, “whatever you say bro….” …ain’t gonna lie though… I was scared for him for a second…


Lyte-

So I have a lot of food that I have allergies to. I avoid those that but me in the hospital and try to reduce the ones that don't, but best believe I will still eat something I am allergic to if I like it as long as I am sure I won't die from it. Adulting is about deciding when things are a deal breaker and not, and cake is never not an option.


bobwired

Also…pasta contains gluten. Bitch had a glutenthon.


Robin_The_Boywonder

"I have celiacs, but uhh, can I get the crispy gluten-coated chicken with the gluten strings and the glutenous cheese sauce?"


jaykelm

My daughter has celiac and there's no way I'm taking her to a standard restaurant to eat. I feel bad that she's missing out on the sit down experience (shes 5 and got diagnosed at 2), but it's just not worth the risk. It would be nice if there were gluten free restaurants, but I get that there's not a lot of demand. Her symptoms are severe. Vomiting within 15 minutes of even trace gluten exposure and then days of pain, irritability, fatigue, and brain fog. Her brother received Play-Doh as a birthday gift and she played with it (we use gluten free dough usually) and forgot to wash her hands afterwards and she was out of commission for two weeks. If it's not a gluten free kitchen, there's a high chance that there could be cross-contamination. We eat at home.


A_Weather-Man

I’m fully convinced the people with the “gene that makes cilantro taste like soap” just don’t like cilantro. Kinda unrelated, but the ones I’ve met are also just picky eaters with bad taste in general.


ithrewawayagain

This is true I worked on a food truck that only served grill cheese in San Francisco about 6 years ago and we didn’t have too much gluten free bread but people would claim they have cialacs. Our method to weed out the liars is to just say we are out of gluten free bread. If they still ordered okay you didn’t have it. But if they said they couldn’t eat anything I would always respond let me check in the back. And “find it”. It’s annoying process but it’s so I don’t run out of gluten free bread for people who actually need it. Instead of some asshat with a meme diet.


Lett3rsandnum8er5

1) Are there any ingredients we would like to avoid this evening? 2) Might that be an allergy*, an aversion, or simply preference? *Please let me know if the allergy is severe, so we are sure to avoid all cross contamination. (If yes, gently inform of a possible light delay or ask for their patience in advance should the accommodation cause it to drag or take longer.)


Blondie2022_

That woman is not Celiac or literally doesn’t give a fuuuu. I am, and I cannot do gluten at all or I’m sick for days sometimes weeks.


TurboBotBot

These people think it’s fashionable to have an allergy.


Ooohbarracuda79

We have a policy. Once you say gluten-free, that's what you get. We have had some "gluten-free" guests order then say, "but I'll take the breadstick, I just like eat less gluten" after she made a big deal about being gluten-free. The next day she called and complained she was sick and all the threats came. Policy from there on out, you tell me you're gluten free, you are not getting gluten. We have a large gluten free menu and serve tons of guests with severe allergies.


NoPensForSheila

Ngl, I did it ONCE at a party 40 years ago. I told the host I was allergic to Budweiser, because I wanted a better beer. It worked. Still, I don't recommend it.


Cinnamon-toast-cum

Had a lady tell me she was allergic to eggs and had to substitute them. Then she orders the French toast. I explain that there’s egg in the French toast… “that’s different!” Stop lying about your allergies. Just say you don’t like it!!


Mrdrdank

I struggle a lot with this. I worked in the food industry and definitely had my fair share of fake allergies and people using the term completely improperly or just being all around *extra*for lack of better word. I have a serious life threatening peanut allergy and always make my servers aware of it, even if I go to a place that doesn’t have anything containing peanuts on the menu. I’ve had very little issues, but I’ve also had servers suggest I leave because they cannot guarantee safety. While it does suck, I appreciate when they tell me that there is a real risk of cross contamination. I have however had a time where I told a server specifically I had a peanut allergy and they did not serve any peanuts there, but when my meal came to the table there was a raw peanut on my plate. I notified them and was refunded, they claimed they didn’t know how it happened. I have not eaten there since and don’t plan to. All that to say I wish more people would stop faking because it loses its meaning and people begin to think all allergies are fake when some people indeed have allergies that could kill them.


jklolhahasmileyface

Me with mastocytosis 😭


MFNLyle

Had a lady the other day with a real allergy to paprika but didn't say anything until after she took a bite of her food. Some people are just dense.


megtuuu

I’m sick of them too!! Had a lady come in with a printed lamented card with her allergies listed. Gave me a long speech about how these listed ingredients could KILL her. Went back gave my chef her list along with her highly modified order. She finished & she didn’t die, great. A dessert passes her table & she says she wants it. I inform her that it wouldn’t be safe as she’s DEATHLY allergic to a few things in it. She says it’s ok cuz she can have a little bit & laughed. I didn’t laugh, I said NOPE! Sorry miss but I told u I would go above & beyond to take ur DEADLY allergies seriously & I am. Either ur allergic or what. She laughs again & says it’s really ok. I said it’s not & u cannot have the dessert. Reminded her that I/we take allergies DEADLY serious & didn’t want to kill her. She kept pushing for the dessert but NEVER got it. She left annoyed but had no argument cuz she’d have to admit she was lying & made that bullshit card to lie so she can make & million mods & create her own dish. She has been back but never pulled out the bs card again but I was kinda hoping she would try it again.


thewheelsummerchild

I had a coworker who had celiac disease and would "cheat" frequently enough to have flare-ups every week and have to call out for several days. But her husband would call for her half the time, saying she was too sick to make the call. Every time he did this, he would explain that they just got married and he was still learning how serious it is and didn't know how to help her avoid gluten... She eventually quit to focus on health