TOTALLY GEEKED!

This is tragic.

When I worked in the restaurant business, and someone made an allergy known, I personally made their food.

I'd change my apron, wash my hands and arms, put on special gloves, cover a surface away from the allergy food, and use clean tongs or spoons to prepare their food.

However, I remember a couple that came in, they both ordered, then the woman asked if we served shell fish. I said we did, both shrimp and calms. 

She asked if I could say there would be no contamination. 

I couldn't promise that. We were a seafood restaurant, I couldn't sanitize the entire store, she became rather annoyed and loud. 

But what was she expecting? She walked into a restaurant where, even if I could promise there would be no contamination behind the counter, I couldn't promise there would be none in the dining room. 

 

 

I haven't heard a lot of dairy allergies that were anaphylactic in nature. If that was the case, he should have had an epi pen at all times and not wise to eat out.

There are different kinds of allergy. My son has celiac's but that is not an anaphylactic type of allergy. I think part of the problem is that allergies that cause symptoms of gi upset, etc are confused with allergies that cause your throat to close and the risk of death. Peanut allergies are often of that nature versus a the gluten problem that my son has which is more GI related.

In any event, of course restaurants should know what is going in to their food and should not serve foods to those with problems. But, as you can see, you really cannot trust anyone, which is sad.

I do like the wanting to put ingredients of the dish on menus. It might make menus huge, but I'd like to know what's in dishes I order, too.

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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Not sure how I feel about this. I get the customer was informed wrong about the ingredients and that is really bad. But this is a burger place which usually employs teens / young adults. Their training was not good apparently. But when someone has a deadly allergy they are begging for trouble if they are not carrying the epi pen or some other medicine. The allergy is to dairy and so many foods contain dairy. What about the bun for the burger? Eh I am sure the article doesn't contain all the details.

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 Yes.  I mean if you have a deadly allergy you need to be ultra careful and certainly have an epi pen.  And, not all food servers understand the severity of allergies.  On thinks allergy they think it's a rash or the sniffles or something like that.  I would not assume that servers in a burger joint have all that much knowledge of a potentially deadly medical condition.  

Southern_Belle wrote:

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My coworker has a son with a lot of pretty bad food allergies. When they eat out they will bring him something to eat from home. One time they were at chick fil a and the manager came over to speak with them and offered to personally cook for the boy and promised he would avoid any cross contamination.

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 As a parent, not sure i would be trusting anyone's promises.  I mean, they may truly mean well, but they don't necessarily know the intricacies of anyone's allergies.  Best not to take chances if one has anaphylactic type allergies.  

  

Southern_Belle wrote:

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My coworker has a son with a lot of pretty bad food allergies. When they eat out they will bring him something to eat from home. One time they were at chick fil a and the manager came over to speak with them and offered to personally cook for the boy and promised he would avoid any cross contamination.

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 How sweet that the manager would do that for him❤️. My Dil’s sister was born with I think is pku? She can’t eat any protein, her mom would always send with her her own food when she went to a friends house till she was older and knew what foods to stay away from.  I had a young boy in my SS class that was so allergic to anything wheat that his mom had to wipe down the grocery cart in case there is any wheat residue. He was Rushed to the er at least one because of a very bad reaction. They would always send with him his own snacks to have during childrens Church.

My hospital cafeteria is terrible about cross contamination. I'd never get food there if I had allergies. They will serve shrimp and then stick the same spoon in another dish.

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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Southern_Belle wrote:

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My coworker has a son with a lot of pretty bad food allergies. When they eat out they will bring him something to eat from home. One time they were at chick fil a and the manager came over to speak with them and offered to personally cook for the boy and promised he would avoid any cross contamination.

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 As a parent, not sure i would be trusting anyone's promises.  I mean, they may truly mean well, but they don't necessarily know the intricacies of anyone's allergies.  Best not to take chances if one has anaphylactic type allergies.  

  

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 Chic-fil-a uses highly refined peanut oil to fry their food. The refining process is supposed to remove the proteins that cause the allergic reaction, but their site still says to check with your doctor.

Our chick fil a uses separate fryers for fries and chicken.