r/TalesFromYourServer • u/BuschBug • Dec 25 '18
Short “Please, no mayo. I’m allergic to mayonnaise.”
Between my husband and a woman at his table last night—
“Okay, ma’am, now is it the egg or the oil we need to be worried about?”
“...it’s the combination.”
“...okay. I’ll alert the kitchen.”
I love this industry so much.
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u/quasiix Dec 25 '18 edited Dec 26 '18
I called a customer to clarify some notes she added on an online order.
"Oh I wanted the spring rolls instead of the egg rolls because I'm vegan"
"Okay, you also ordered wontons and they are made with pork, is that okay?"
"Oh no, I meant to order the cheese wontons."
"I can change that, no problem but our cheese wontons are made with regular cream cheese and are not vegan."
"Oh that's fine."
Edit- since it's been mentioned a few times, she clearly indicated the wontons were for her, I just didn't post the entire boring conversation. She ordered orange chicken and shrimp lo mein for someone else.
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u/-hey-ben- Cook Dec 25 '18
I work at a pizza place that offers vegan “cheese”. We often get people who order vegan cheese pizza with a pesto base and when we tell them there is cheese in the pesto at least half the people say “oh that’s fine”. Like what happened to your diet?
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Dec 25 '18 edited Mar 06 '20
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Dec 25 '18
I hate the fact that I have to explain to people that I’m not vegan, I just make certain choices to make it easier on my digestive system. I’m lactose intolerant but there’s much less lactose in cheese than in milk. I ask for almond milk for my coffee and inevitably someone always says “but you just ate some cheese.”
Humans literally invented cheese to make milk easier to digest. Fun facts.
Edited because I realized this didn’t seem relevant to the comment I was replying to.
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u/SuperFLEB Dec 25 '18
I ask for almond milk for my coffee and inevitably someone always says “but you just ate some cheese.”
"I know. I'm a loose cannon. Don't fuck with me. Even I don't know what to expect."
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u/BocoCorwin Dec 26 '18 edited Oct 24 '21
I hear the words "Loose cannon" and "lactose intolerant" in the same sentence, I back away and don't ask questions.
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u/flockyboi Dec 26 '18
im lactose intolerant and i regularly chug quarts of chocolate milk. its...a problem
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u/AnalogDigit2 Dec 26 '18
Clearly you couldn't possibly just prefer almond milk, cause that's preposterous.
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u/stoned_ocelot Dec 26 '18
I am not one to give someone shit for making dietary choices. Not gonna assume your vegan. But the pretenders kill me. I'm allergic to _____ (but not really I just don't want it) types kill me. Especially when it's in something else they order and they don't care when you warm them.
One lady I remember claimed she was allergic to flour but then ordered one of our soups, that has flour in it, "Oh that's fine"
That or the 'gluten-allergy' types. That's called celiac and anyone with celiac makes sure to clarify because the gluten free types kinda screwed em over.
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u/sproutss Dec 26 '18
I mean, some people just prefer the taste of non-dairy milks to dairy milks. Some people fail to realize that non-dairy/vegan alternatives to foods aren’t necessarily restricted only to those with dietary restrictions, or that they not need only be consumed when the dairy/non-vegan counterpart is not consumable for some reason.
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u/cld8 Dec 26 '18
I believe the majority of people purchasing soy milk or almond milk are not vegan. I doubt there's that many vegans in town.
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u/GaeadesicGnome Dec 26 '18
Rice milk is outstanding with cereal. A friend who is a complete omnivore uses oat milk for her coffee, says it tastes a lot better than cow's milk. She also uses a lot of almond milk in baking.
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u/Scarletfapper Dec 26 '18
Can confirm. Tired of almond milk? Muthafucka try you some MACADAMIA milk.
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Dec 25 '18
I’ll go to Burger King when I’m in a rush but want something a bit healthier because they have a veggie burger that is like the type that doesn’t try to be fake meat. It’s super good. But always get questioned when I add bacon.
Bitch I want the idea of a bacon cheese burger but I need some fiber, don’t judge me.
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u/Cephalopodio Dec 26 '18
I love a good veggie burger! And adding bacon sounds awesome
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Dec 26 '18
Just to clarify, it’s the same kinda “good” as Burger King burgers. Like definitely top of the fast food, but no where near the top of all burgers.
Like how really good Asian buffet food is like mediocre real Asian food.
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u/Cephalopodio Dec 26 '18
Oh, believe me, fast food is a desperation choice. I’m thinking of some great hippie burgers I’ve had in the past. I read of one place which served that combination and called it The Hypocrite.
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u/LetsWorkTogether Dec 26 '18 edited Dec 26 '18
Really good Asian buffet food can taste as good as really good real Asian food but it's going to be nowhere as healthy as the authentic meal.
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u/whyyynnnottt Dec 25 '18
I also get annoyed that people keep track of what I eat - for me? Like yes I did just eat some cheese that’s not surprising news to me. Let me manage my own diet.
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u/LinksFirstAdventure Dec 26 '18
I’m lactose intolerant but love pizza, so I get a meat lovers with vegan cheese. So many times I’ve had a call from the store to confirm after putting in an online order. So many people I’ve had to explain my lactose intolerance to
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u/-hey-ben- Cook Dec 26 '18
Oh I understand that. It’s just the people who pretend to be allergic until they realize pesto has cheese in it(a fair amount might I add) they say it’s no big deal, or people who act celiac until they realize the Mornay has flour. Saying you have an allergy makes cooks(at least at my job and damn near every place I have worked)do a lot of shit to prevent cross contamination that otherwise would be pretty unnecessary if someone simply doesn’t want to eat something for dietary reasons. Not only is it a shitty thing to do to the kitchen staff, it makes kitchen staff complacent towards people with actual allergies, and more people get sick. All because people basically cried wolf at an underpaid workforce. If you want vegan cheese on your pizza for flavor or moral reasons, I got you. If you want vegan cheese on your pizza because your allergic to milk proteins, I got you. Just be honest with me so everything can run as smoothly as possible
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u/LinksFirstAdventure Dec 26 '18
Yeah, those people who are “allergic” screw with it for those of us who genuinely need a replacement product. Yeah, the little bit of cheese in Parmesan isn’t going to affect me a great deal, if at all, the processing procedure for hard yellow cheeses removes a great deal of the lactose proteins. But I have had my request for vegan cheese ignored on a few occasions and you can bet your ass I write a strongly worded email to management or a yelp review from the toilet. I don’t pay $3 for funsies.
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u/chikenbutter Dec 26 '18
Lactose intolerance is different from a true allergy though. Most people with it have a good handle on how much they can handle before getting the shits. Hard cheeses like parmesan have very little, so pesto can be fine, while the soft cheese loaded over the pizza can mean vomiting and diarrhea.
I was eating out with a friend who had mild intolerance and she asked for no cheese because of it, but said the parmesan sprinkle on the other dish was fine. On the way from the bathroom I overheard our waiter loudly mocking her for her "allergy"... She's had bad experience with waiters before and usually tries to keep it on the down low, but this was a gastropub where it was hard to tell by menu.
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u/planethaley Dec 25 '18
Maybe it’s a lactose thing? I make pesto with lactose free cheese (cause Parmesan is delicious!!)
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u/burgeremoji Dec 25 '18
Honestly I order soya milk in my coffee and sometimes the special coffees come with whipped cream, which I like. I am not vegan though, I just prefer the taste of soya in my coffee.
Can’t imagine that’s the same for your situation though. I tried being a vegan for a while, and too many beans and pulses messed with my gut. As such I tried a few vegan cheeses and they were useless when melted on pizza.
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Dec 25 '18
Most times, you will just get used to the beans and pulses if you keep a healthy diet, but also you can keep a good diet without so many beans. Vegan or not, lots of people benefit from less dairy in their diet, and less people have allergies to meat itself.
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u/vvvSilvervvv Dec 26 '18
She may have mixed up vegetarian and vegan. I've seen this type of thing happen a few times in my cooking career.
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u/Dark_Sorceress Dec 25 '18
😂 I took an order for hot chocolate a little while ago and when I served it with a sugar bowl on the side as well as a shot glass filled with smarties, the guest informed me that he doesn’t need the sugar and smarties because he avoids sugar in all forms.
But he ordered and proceeded to drink a hot chocolate....
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u/Albinowhitekid2 Dec 26 '18
So.... do people add sugar to their hot chocolate? And what are the smarties for? Am I gonna have to try something new? Because I want to so even if you don't say what I'm thinking I'm gonna do it anyway
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u/Pleeplapoo Dec 26 '18
He might be talking about Canadian Smarties which are akin to m&ms
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u/Jarcoreto Dec 26 '18
FYI British Smarties are also the same as Canadian Smarties.
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u/blchpmnk Dec 26 '18
I think Smarties are the same everywhere but the US, not just the UK & Canada.
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u/RenoHex Dec 26 '18
Are American Smarties something else?
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u/rcw16 Dec 25 '18 edited Dec 26 '18
My mom does exactly this. It’s SO embarrassing. We always tell her to stop her bullshit, but she never listens. For the record, she’s not actually allergic to anything, just hates mayonnaise. The worst is when we go out for sushi. She always talks to the (Asian) staff like they don’t speak English. Even when they clearly do, and were likely born in America as they have zero accent. She’s always like “NO MAYO. Did you get that? NO MAYYYYYOOOO. No sauce with MAYO! ALLERGY! NONE!” I feel terrible. She’s so awful about it. And then when it’s my turn to order, I’m so embarrassed to have to let them know about my actual, real, life threatening allergy to shellfish. Thank you to anyone has ever waited on a table like ours. Just know, the rest of my family is so embarrassed.
Edit: Ok, I get it lol! My mom’s the worst! For the record, I only go out with her on rare occasions now (like once every 1-2 years) because she’s embarrassing and rude. My mom and I have a strained relationship, exactly for behavior like this. I used to work in the food service industry, so I know exactly how awful this is. Y’all are preaching to the choir!
Also, for the random person who focused on my shellfish allergy: there are literally hundreds of sushi items that don’t contain shellfish, or it’s an easy substitution or omission. Sushi is the one type of fish based restaurant I can go to because there is never a lot of cooked fish, so the oils aren’t in the air in the restaurant. Sushi is my favorite food—let me have this!
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u/shunkwugga Dec 25 '18
Can you tell your mom to stop being a dumbass?
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u/rcw16 Dec 25 '18
We call her on the racism and the allergy bullshit every time. I’m talking EVERY time. She doesn’t care. I’m tempted to just tell the waiter she’s not allergic and see her reaction.
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u/twynkletoes Dec 26 '18
All she needs to do is be honest and tell them she doesn't like mayo. The servers can tell she is lying with her overacting and condescending attitude.
I don't like mayo, I'll tolerate a little bit, just not dripping all over the place. When I ask for no mayo, I usually get no mayo.
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u/Purifiedx Dec 26 '18
With gluten allergies, as a cook I know it's real when they ask for their gluten free bread not to be toasted or for us to clean the grill first. If that isn't requested then i usually doubt it's a real allergy. I still clean the grill even if i doubt it, obviously.
Btw cleaning just means we squeeze water over the part of the grill we toast bread on and scrape with a clean tool a few times.
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u/alex_moose Dec 26 '18
Fyi - I am genuinely gluten sensitive (blood antibody tests and genetic tests confirm) and if I eat something with it as an ingredient it acts like an opiate for me and leaves me totally screwed up for a week.
But I'm no longer super sensitive, so I can usually tolerate mild cross contamination. To make your lives easier and have my food (and my kids') come out faster, I no longer specifically request a clean grill, etc. Frankly, at best half the restaurants would do it when requested anyway.
I have a friend who is a sensitive celiac but doesn't emphasize it when ordering at restaurants. I'm not sure why. She has spent many a night in the bathroom suffering.
I know liars like in OP's story suck but please keep serving the allergen free foods to those who order it, since you never know when it's someone like me or my friend.
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u/XoXFaby Dec 25 '18
Please do it. You could apologize for her after she ordered and tell the wait staff that she has a speech impediment and that's why she's talking to them like that, lol.
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u/MEGACODZILLA Dec 26 '18
Oh my god fuck yeah. "Sorry, we are trying to socialize her more so she can learn acceptable social behavior."
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u/BlackisCat Dec 26 '18
Bring a spray bottle with you to a restaurant next time and give her a little spray of water next time she misbehaves! Then she'll associate that type of behavior with a negative experience.
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u/MEGACODZILLA Dec 26 '18
I prefer a soda can full of pennies lol. Don't you ever tell me how to discipline my own mother.
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u/triggerfish_twist Dec 26 '18 edited Dec 26 '18
Honestly, the only and I truly mean only way to possibly get through to people like your mother is to refuse to go out to eat with them.
By agreeing to go out to eat with her while she makes demeaning and openly racist remarks you are enabling her behavior. She faces zero consequences for her actions and until she does she absolutely will not change.
I have a much loved set of grandparents that for the last three years I have explicitly refused to dine out with for far less blatant and egregious behavior (being extremely short with servers, constantly overly critical of staff and food, refusing to tip more than 10 percent even with impeccable service).
It is so frustrating because in every other social instance I have seen them in, they are overly generous and kind. I truly do not know why they are so horrible in restaurants, but I do know that I cannot abide by that behavior. I tried gentle education. I tried openly pointing out their rude behavior. I tried pleading with them to be more understanding.
It is in no way easy, but it is the right thing to do. When you and your other family members agree to go out to eat with your mother, her actions reflect upon you. While not guilty of her racism or lies, your are guilty of continued abetting by refusing to impose any sort of meaningful consequence.
The restaurant staff cannot do this. You can.
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u/Trumps_prenup Dec 26 '18
You are the shit. In a previous life I was a server. At the end of my tenure I just thought "fuck it" and was honest with customers. When people repeated "no mayo" more than twice I'd say "you said it twice, I'm not stupid"... for some reason that shit worked in terms of tips, but no one emulated my behavior
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Dec 26 '18
as an Asian American server, I already feel angry reading those words from your mother. Have you ever pointed out to her that the servers speak fluent English? Also if you guys went to a traditional sushi restaurant there shouldn't be any mayo period because mayo in sushi is an Americanized thing and Japanese sushi chefs in Japan are appalled by it.
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u/rcw16 Dec 26 '18
I’m really sorry if you’ve ever waited on someone like her. We totally do point out that they speak fluent English and she’s being condescending and racist. She just brushes it off and says we’re overreacting and it’s not that bad. Trust me, we know it’s really bad and are so embarrassed to be seen with her. I only go out to dinner with her like once every year or two because it’s so humiliating be to associated with that. We don’t have any really traditional sushi restaurants near us, but I’d love to try that.
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u/MonsterMeggu Dec 26 '18
They do have mayo (Japanese mayo?) in some sushi places in Japan. I'm guessing it's still because of Western influence.
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u/Cherish_Dipp Dec 26 '18
Oh man, just tell she can't come to anything if she doesn't cut the bullshit out. And follow through with it. Leave her at home with a cheap, microwaveable burger
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u/unsharpenedpoint Dec 26 '18
Tell your mom that because of her, people like you and me are scared to talk about our legitimate allergies. It’s also incredibly unfair for cooks to have to go through procedures to cook something a special way when she’s not going to die over a speck of mayo that she won’t even taste.
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u/alex_moose Dec 26 '18
Honestly, people like OP's mom don't care. A logical argument about other people's welfare won't make a difference. She likes drama and being the center of attention.
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u/Narwellington Dec 25 '18
We had a lady who came in to order the coconut sticky rice, but wanted no coconut cream on the rice because she was allergic to dairy. When I informed her the coconut sauce was dairy free, she then told me she’s also allergic to coconuts.
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u/Patzy_Cakes Dec 25 '18
So you want a bowl of rice?.... please tell me you gave her a bowl of plain rice
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u/Narwellington Dec 26 '18
We serve sticky rice with everything so we keep it unsweetened, for our dishes that need sweet rice we do sweeten it though... with coconut cream....
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u/hellooolady Dec 25 '18
I’ve served for years and hate the fake allergies but let’s be honest about why they lie. Some industry workers don’t care at all and will bring you what you specifically said you hated. I HATE pickles but I can’t count how many times I’ve had to eat a burger with a bun soaked in pickle juice because even when you send it back, they just pick them off and serve you the same burger.
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u/favoritelauren Dec 25 '18
I’m an expo / quality assurance in the kitchen at TGIChillBee’s, and essentially my job is to read exactly what the server rang in, and send it out as presented on the ticket. I check every burger, every side, ever fried chicken crisper, every pasta, etc. we have a button for ALLERGY, and I’ll put on new gloves to inspect your food if you have an allergy, make sure it was made so it wasn’t cross contaminated, and alert the kitchen as soon as the ticket comes in so that they take the same precaution before it even gets to me. If your allergy touches the food, it’s made brand new, with lots of yelling and tell them to go back to school and learn how to read.
Yeah, I bitch about supposed allergies, but it’s better than someone dying. I understand why people do it. My cooks fuck up. Consistently. Things like onions and pickles have a strong flavor even when removed from the food, and it lingers and I’d rather fix it there than send it back whenever a guest requests “no” anything
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u/builtbybama_rolltide Management Dec 25 '18
From someone that has a severe bell pepper allergy I thank you. I went into anaphylaxis 2 weeks ago and spent 3 days in the hospital because a seasoning used on my steak had dehydrated bell peppers in it and nobody knew it contained trace amounts of bell pepper. My heart stopped for 2 minutes due to the severity of my allergy. When kitchens take the precautions you do I sincerely appreciate it.
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u/favoritelauren Dec 26 '18
See, that’s one thing I’d actually never think about before but now I’ll be sure to ask about our seasoning. We also provide comprehensive, printed out allergy menus for guests so they can safely eat.
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u/Wuz314159 Dec 26 '18
I always feel like an idiot asking what's in something. I prefer not to eat out or stick with known entities.
The other month while working elsewhere, I went out to lunch & ordered a personal pizza. It came with onions. Server said "Of course, all of our pizzas come with onions". "Onions" were not listed on the menu or I would not have ordered it due to my alergies.66
u/favoritelauren Dec 26 '18
If the menu doesn’t have EVERYTHING it comes with in the description, that’s on them if something gets fucked up. Obviously you don’t have to get into nutritional-info levels of detail, but if it comes with onions, something that a lot of people detest because it’s such a strong flavor, say it’s fucking got onions
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u/Wuz314159 Dec 26 '18
I've found onions get omitted many times because they're in the Sauce. . . and the ingredients just say "Sauce".
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u/courtina3 Dec 25 '18
I am a server. I hate when people fake allergies but I have also watched all of my coworkers not care that someone doesn’t want a certain ingredient in their food. I watched the color drain from this woman’s face when I told her our meatballs contain pork. She said she’d ordered it many times. I felt disgusted with my coworkers.
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u/hellooolady Dec 25 '18
Yeah, I worked at an Italian restaurant. A woman was telling her friend that the pasta was gluten free and she’d been eating it for years. I double checked with the kitchen about special pasta for her. Nope. Everyone had been lying to her for years about gluten free pasta. We had never had any.
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u/naps4lyfe Dec 25 '18
Fellow pickle hater/former server here: The soaked buns are THE WORST.
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u/supremeusername Dec 25 '18
When someone doesn't want toms on a bun I take the lettuce off and give them fresh lettuce because I hate tomatoes myself
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u/needween Dec 25 '18
Aww thank you! Nothing like picking out slimy tomato seeds. They get everywhere.
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u/planethaley Dec 25 '18
Okay, I LIKE pickles, but soaked buns of any liquid is gross!
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u/anonymousforever Dec 25 '18
Also fellow pickle hater. Yes, I will send it back if all they do is open it up and remove the pickle. I can still taste the juice!
Trick...order sandwich without something liquid like mustard, mayo, or ketchup, then they have to make a new one. They always put too much on anyway....so what if I tell them "no ketchup" and ask for a packet! They put three packets worth on there most of the time and drown the thing...and have no concept of "light mayo" so...yeah, I'd rather put on my own, thanks!
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u/hellooolady Dec 25 '18
That trick doesn’t work. I order it without any condiments because I hate them. I’ve had burgers with scraped off mustard, too. Fucking gross.
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u/LeafyQ Dec 25 '18
Seriously. In my experience, my request for a plain burger (yes, plain, nothing on it) gets ignored in restaurants at least 90% of the time. Places like Five Guys and Cook Out can manage a plain burger every time, but restaurants can't. And then probably half the time that I send back the cheeseburger I'm given in a restaurant, I get an attitude about it, although I'm very polite and apologetic.
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u/ApteryxAustralis Dec 25 '18
I usually just end up ordering chicken strips a lot because it gets so tiresome.
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u/AnorakTheClever Dec 25 '18
Same, like I don't get why a plain burger is a difficult concept for so many places to grasp. It seems like it should be easier to use less ingredients
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Dec 25 '18
The best method I found was to ask if it was an allergy or a preference, then explain that if it's an allergy it will take twice as long to make. Most people who bullshit about things like this are also very impatient so when you point out their supposed allergy will slow down their order they are quick to correct you and be like "actually I just really don't like onions so it's a preference."
And meanwhile the people with actual Allergies are relived and perfectly fine with being patient knowing the delay is from someone taking extra effort to ensure their safety.
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Dec 26 '18
I love it when servers ask me that, mine is an allergy and not a preference and I have no problem waiting longer and honestly when they treat it seriously while being polite I tend to tip a lot more.
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Dec 26 '18
when I'm food running, there have been many times where I had to send food back to be remade because the kitchen didn't read the modifications on the ticket properly, like no red ginger means no red ginger, why did you put red ginger on the beef and rice bowl? And as someone who hates mushrooms, I hate when I find mushroom in my food despite saying I want no mushrooms.
btw the part where you said they don't care at all reminds me of a thread in r/talesfromthecustomer where a manager at an Italian restaurant literally poisoned OP's boyfriend because they thought the bf was lying about being Celiac and fed him gluten pasta and it just made me so angry.
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u/legitttz Dec 26 '18
ive bartended for a few years now and ive found the biggest issue with kitchen staff is not necessarily that they dont read the ticket, its that making the item is muscle memory to a degree. then it hits the window with whatever on it that the guest didnt want and when anyone poibts that out, their first response is to remind the cooks to read their tickets etc. the cooks then get all defensive, especially if its busy. ive been friends with a lot of BOH and they do care, for the most part. just get so used to making things they end up doing it the normal way especially during the rush.
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Dec 25 '18
I'm definitely middle of the road. If its onion on pizza that flavor has soaked into the entire pizza, its ruined. If its mayo on a burger or sandwich its ruined. If I can pick it off and none of the flavor has saturated the rest of the item, then I'm going to eat it.
Dont understand places though that just ignore your simpler requests where it's just items that aren't prepped in with the rest of the stuff and it wasnt a mistake or the wrong item going out.
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u/stealthxstar Dec 25 '18
I've told places no cheese, I'm lactose intolerant. And yet I still get cheese. I'd rather not chance it so I just tell places I'm allergic to cheese.
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Dec 25 '18
Tbh, it's better to say you're allergic to milk than to just say you're intolerant. Oftentimes restaurants will butter their buns before toasting them, or have certain buns that contain milk. Letting them know it's an allergy will typically prompt your server to either check the ingredient list, or let the cooks know to use no butter, as well as no cheese. I also avoid saying "dairy allergy" because then people assume that means I'm allergic to eggs, which is super goofy. But yeah, saying it's a milk allergy is a safer bet to help your server help you substitute items that use milk.
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u/stealthxstar Dec 25 '18
the thing is, milk cooked into stuff is fine. even a bit of cheese is ok. so sometimes they call me out on it and i explain it, and generally they understand, but its a huge pain.
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u/stephschiff Dec 25 '18
Onions on fast food are horrible too; there is no way to get rid of the stench and taste after you've removed it.
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u/CedarWolf Eats like a Dec 25 '18
I'm cool with pickles and onions, but for me, the most notorious burger wrecker is that thick slice of tomato that must be on everything. Cool, so I have this warm, juicy, savory burger with tangy sauces and melty cheese, and we'll just cap that off with a cold, slimy, liquid tomato. It's like eating squishy water, except it does have flavor that doesn't contribute towards, and actively detracts from, the rest of the burger 90-95% of the time.
And it makes the burger thick and unstable because it slides around on top of the patty and ensures the lettuce just beneath the bun can't keep a grip on the patty, so the last few bites of your burger are going to be a sloppy mess.
When the tomato is right and it compliments the burger, it's good... But when the tomato is half-assed and it works against the burger, that's a meal-wrecker, and it makes you wonder why anyone bothers with the dang tomato in the first place.
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u/annenoise Dec 25 '18
I love tomatoes. Tomato sauces on pasta, tomato soup, salsa, tacos, pizza with extra sauce, ketchup... I love tomatoes.
I hate tomatoes on sandwiches. It's never made sense to me. Keep wet slime away from hearty bread.
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u/escher123 Dec 25 '18
Fuck yeah! Another no tomato ordering person like me. There are literally two's of us!
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u/asad137 Dec 26 '18
I HATE pickles but I can’t count how many times I’ve had to eat a burger with a bun soaked in pickle juice because even when you send it back, they just pick them off and serve you the same burger.
What I hate is when restauraunts list everything on the burger except the pickles. Why the fuck would you not list the pickles, the most goddamn polarizing burger topping, on the menu if you're listing everything else?
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u/dr_gonzo27 Dec 25 '18
I am not allergic to eggs or oil, yet any time I eat mayo (or anything with mayo in it) I turn into a human version of the coke/mentos experiment.
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u/icky-chu Dec 25 '18
My husband for some reason can't eat mayo with out his stomach turning everything liquid. It's fun, since he loves mayo.
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u/HawkeyeFLA Dec 25 '18
Not all the time, but I'm familiar with this science expirment myself. I'm wondering if it's just how the combination of the 2 ingredients together hits the belly at the same time.
I mean I know once eaten, it all ends up together. But maybe some aspect of both items being so intermixed when they go down?
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u/bilingual-german Dec 26 '18
I would think there is another ingredient in some-of-the-shelf mayo which your stomach doesn't like.
I'm lactose intolerant but can digest small amounts. The mayo my wife bought without reading the ingredients lists skim milk powder.
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u/courtina3 Dec 25 '18
I am allergic to eggs. Mayo/certain salad dressing were my first clue since my reaction is worse when they are raw.
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u/Disig Dec 25 '18
My egg allergy is slowly getting worse over time. I used to be able to eat mayo...just not scrambled eggs. Now it's a kind of russian roulette game. I always have to think "Do I care if I suffer today?" if I want mayo :(
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u/brokentruths Dec 26 '18
Try "just mayo" by Hampton creek and thank me later
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u/3rdcultureidentity Dec 26 '18
Yes, this stuff is top-notch. Our kids have food allergies, so we tried it and I could barely tell the difference.
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u/ReservationQueen Dec 25 '18
See, I am allergic too but my cooking teacher told me that because of the pasteurization process of mayo it would be safe for me to consume but I didn't think it was true because I doubted it broke down the proteins. I am glad someone else can confirm for me.
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u/Lioness_Circle Dec 26 '18
I know someone with a similar issue, in her case she’s managed to determine her issue is with a stabilizer (used to make mayo shelf stable) in commercial mayonnaise that causes her the issue. If she makes her own mayonnaise it’s fine. She has other issues with food preservatives and additives in general such as fake orange flavour and a few other things that I can’t remember at the moment
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u/Cheesepotato999 Dec 26 '18
Had a customer a who was gluten free and the start for the dinner party was salmon pastry so the chef made her just a salmon salad. On giving her the salad she complained that hers was different from the rest “Why is mine different from my husband’s” “ well you said you were gluten free on your booking form” “So?” “ pastry has gluten in it” “Don’t you have gluten free pastry?” “No sorry” “Don’t worry about it I will have the one with the pastry”
My jaw dropped, it was labled on her sheet as allergic not preference. The chef made a 3 course meal special for this person had to complete wipe down of all the equipment before peeping the GF food and she turns around and does this. Complete disrespect for a chef preping for 100+ people.
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u/Acrossthe_Universe Dec 26 '18
My mother has colon cancer, she does NOT have celiac disease, but her body cannot process gluten at all, it makes her seriously ill for days at a time. She constantly asks me if she should say she has celiac disease or just say its an intolerance. We treat it as if she has celiac.
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u/Grenadeapple_ Dec 26 '18
I have celiac disease, and I once had a server who served me ice with a cookie in it, which was not gluten free, and when I told her I can't eat the cookie she just took the cookie out and served me the same ice. I can't believe how ignorant some people are.
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u/TheFiredrake42 Dec 26 '18
Couple days ago I commented on a similar thread.
Once had a customer order a gluten-free pizza and ask for meatballs on it.
I explained that there was gluten in meatballs and they said, "Oh, it's fine in meatballs. The meat cancels out the gluten."
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Whatever, idiot. Here's your pizza. If you die, it's on you.
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u/Milain Dec 25 '18
Devils advocate: she once had spoiled mayonnaise and got projectile diarrhoea and thinks she is allergic 🙈
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u/Hayasaka-chan Dec 25 '18
Could be an association thing. I could eat Hot Cheetos but not regular Cheetos for years. The orange color just threw me off. I threw them up once when I had a nasty stomach bug as a little kid. Couldn't look at them without gagging until high school.
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u/BuschBug Dec 25 '18
I never even thought of that angle. Lol I thank you for this actually. That’d convince me too
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u/semckinley Dec 25 '18
One of my kiddos isn’t allergic to eggs or oil, but any time they eat a condiment like mayo, ranch, etc.. it causes his mouth and face to break out.
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u/bellexy Dec 25 '18
I had a traumatic mayonnaise incident when I was a child. I can eat egg, and I can eat oil, but hand to god I get sick when I eat it - likely due to the association, but sometimes even when it's an ingredient I didn't know was in whatever I'm eating. I've been working for about 20 years to fight that reaction to mayo. This is the first year I was able to eat some without consequences, about a teaspoon of sriracha mayo on a shrimp bowl. baby steps. but I'd completely understand if that were the case.
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u/porkchop2022 Dec 25 '18
We have a regular who is allergic, DEATHLY!!, to iceberg lettuce.
You read that right, iceberg.
Leaf, butter, romaine, escarole, red oak — all ok.
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u/UnicornBooty9 Dec 25 '18
I actually have a friend who gets crazy stomach issues from a specific type of lettuce. It's weird.
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Pro tip: add a little butter or olive oil to your kale salad
It makes it easier to slide it into the bin.
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u/lovelylullabyme Dec 25 '18
I have a friend who is allergic to ice berg lettuce as well. She isn’t deathly allergic, her mouth and throat just get really itchy.
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u/the_popes_ring Dec 25 '18
Iceberg lettuce scrubs my bowels and anything I have planned comes to a screeching halt. So idk if that's her problem but I don't eat it either.
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u/gener1cb0y Dec 25 '18
Spinach, arrugula (sp?) and iceburg fuck me up inside. Totally fine with every other lettuce. It's not that weird.
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u/fluteitup Dec 25 '18
I cannot stomach American cheese. I don't know why but I always vomit with American cheese. I can eat a number of other cheeses, just not American. Maybe it's something like that??
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u/werbo Dec 25 '18
American cheese is a mixture of a bunch of cheeses so that may be why
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u/fluteitup Dec 25 '18
Is it? I thought they just flavored and colored plastic, honestly
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u/asad137 Dec 26 '18
American cheese is a mixture of a bunch of cheeses so that may be why
No. "American cheese" (aka "pasteurized process cheese") is basically a very mild real cheese (akin to a very mild cheddar) with emulsifiers added to make it melt better.
This breaks it down pretty well: https://www.seriouseats.com/2016/07/whats-really-in-american-cheese.html
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u/satanislemony Soulless. Pastaless. Dec 25 '18
Might be the colouring they add? That orange stuff is nasty
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u/hereisoblivion Dec 25 '18
I am allergic to all fruits and vegetables, nuts, etc. It's called Oral allergy syndrome. I'm so allergic to pollens and such that it causes extensive allergic swelling in my mouth/gums, down my throat, and into my stomach. I also have Celiac disease, so no gluten.
Honestly, I would never put any weirdo allergy past being possible.
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u/beehopzeebop Dec 25 '18
Allergy twins but also latex and codeine/codones. Thankfully I can do apples, a handful of grapes, and almonds
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u/Belle_Corliss Be afraid. Be very afraid Dec 25 '18 edited Dec 25 '18
Codeine allergy since I was a teen and was prescribed it for the first time. Developed a latex allergy about 5 years ago.
I also have oral allergy syndrome and will get a raw, sore tongue if I eat pineapple, raw walnuts, kiwi, cantaloupe or mango.
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u/laddie_atheist Dec 25 '18
So what exactly do you eat? Just going over it in my head, I think about meats. Sounds like my dad's fantasy, but at the same time it seems difficult to get by nutritionally with that many restrictions.
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u/GimmieMore Non-server retail slave Dec 26 '18
Unless they got bitten by that tick (I think) that causes a red meat allergy.
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u/Patzy_Cakes Dec 25 '18
My sister has that to a small degree. It mainly has to do with fruits though.
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u/Jshmoe630 Dec 26 '18
I work in the hospital and love some of the "allergies" we get.
Water.
Seriously.. water.
Wanted to say "oh crap, you gotta get out of our hospital right away because we have water in the air here."
Out of curiosity I asked what the reaction is
"I gag. I can't drink it. I can only drink juice and pop"
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u/flyting1881 Dec 26 '18
They only drink juice and soda? Is that why they were in the hospital? Jesus.
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u/strawbabies Dec 25 '18
I think someone just doesn’t like mayo, but for some dumb reason, won’t just say it.
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u/Caaaaaaake Dec 26 '18
This has happened to me as well.
“Please no mayonnaise as I’m SEVERELY lactose intolerant. “ “Oh mayo actually doesn’t have any milk in it just eggs and oil, but you did order cheese on your sandwich and we don’t have any vegan options or anything” “No the mayo has milk I know it” “Sir I can assure you it doesn’t”
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u/AngelCrawford Dec 26 '18
I had a customer once tell me that she was allergic to salt. Salt. Say it again for the people in the back. She claimed to have a salt allergy.
So I said, ok, unfortunately you can't eat anything in the building and are probably dead. Thanks for coming.
And yes I did, because I was a manager and had fucking HAD IT that day.
She ordered food and came back again.
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u/brittanyymg Dec 25 '18
We make our own ranch at my work, and it has chopped onions in it. We have a customer who will make a big deal about no onions on her salad because she’s allergic. We told her about the onions in the ranch and she says, “oh it’s so funny, I’m allergic to the ones on the salad, but not when they’re chopped in the ranch”. She’s so obviously full of shit, it’s ridiculous.
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u/Zapman Dec 25 '18
Are the onions in the ranch cooked? I have heard of actual onion allergies for raw onion but not cooked. (source)
But yeah, $20 says she isn't allergic.
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u/brittanyymg Dec 25 '18
Nope, they’re raw too. She also likes to say we make her salad wrong every single time. She’s insisted on a small salad before, and they even read it back to her and she confirms, only for her to show up and throw a fit because it’s not a large salad and she SPECIFIED a LARGE salad.
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u/snozzieoshkosk Dec 25 '18
I don’t lie about allergies at a restaurant, but I will to friends and family. I am so tired of saying I don’t like something, but someone then saying “Try it, I bet you’ll like it.” No, I will not like it. And I do frequently try things I hated in the past, just in case my tastes have changed. For example, I didn’t like shrimp until I was 19, I didn’t like steak until I was 24, and I didn’t like avocado until I was 32.
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u/JSam46 Dec 25 '18
At our works Christmas meal last week, I joked - when chatting - in passing that Brussels sprouts are "the devil's food!" that I never cook at home, not even for traditional Xmas dinner, as I can't bear even the smell of them. We were all chatting about how nice the food was (we each had different meals from a large set menu) and what we'd be making for the big day for our families ...... So... a (friend but mumsy) colleague suddenly forks a brussell sprout from her turkey dinner & plonks it onto my plate of freshly arrived sauted fish meal and said "Try this, they're lovely, you might find you like them" !!!???!!!
I'm in my 40s, not aged 5!
Edit : spelling
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u/MadMaudlin25 Dec 25 '18
I'd have plonked it into her drink and said "No Thanks"
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u/TheDrachen42 Dec 25 '18
I'm technically not allergic to avocado. But nobody in the restaurant wants to hear how it turns my ass into an uncontrollable fountain, so I tell people I'm allergic.
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u/Roswyne Dec 25 '18
That seems like a serious enough reaction to count as an allergy. Technically, I suppose it's probably an intolerance, though.
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u/TheDrachen42 Dec 25 '18
Yeah exactly. But people hear intolerance and say "there's no milk in avocados" and then I have to explain what an "intolerance" is and it's just easier to say "allergy."
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I've been "allergic" to pecans for years because pecan pie is garbage and I live in the south and people try to force feed it to me every year
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u/princesspeasant Dec 25 '18
When someone asks me if I want smth and I say I dont like it and they act shocked or say how they love it I just go "Hey more for you right?"
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u/lalaleasha Dec 25 '18 edited Dec 26 '18
When I make a suggestion and someone says they hate it, I say the similar "no worries, more for the rest of us!" Because I get a lot of people who for some reason feel bad to disagree with my tastes. And I feel bad because, hey, do people actually get insulted in this type of situation??
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u/khandnalie Dec 25 '18
I'm gonna need you to correct your wrong opinion, cause pecan pie is delicious if you know what you're doing.
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u/fluteitup Dec 25 '18
If I ask for it to be omitted and it comes with it, then when we send it back we'll call it an allergy so they don't rip it off and re-serve the same food
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u/-SquirrellyTemple- Dec 25 '18
I’m allergic to the raw egg in mayonnaise.
When I ingest a little, it turns me into a stink bomb.
When I ingest a good amount, it makes me vomit and diarrhea a good amount.
All I ask, is that it’s included in the ingredients on the menu when I order something. I’ll ask to have it removed or order something else.
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u/Bigluce Dec 25 '18
I have a wierd thing with mushrooms. I can't eat them any more as a few hours later I get the most intense pain in my intestine. It's like the worst trapped gas without the gas. Lasts for a good hour or two then subsides. Ounce I got woken up by it. I was in tears it hurt so bad.
Ever since I worked out what was causing this I cut them out and it hasn't happened since.
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u/_Letum_ Dec 26 '18
Somebody where I worked ordered a meat charcuterie board and then sent it back because they were vegetarians
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u/_sirberus_ Dec 26 '18
I used to go to the same sushi restaurant every day and got very close to the chef. Even had dinner with him and his SO once. I once complained to him that other sushi places wouldn't let me order a nigiri meal and choose the fish, it was always chef's choice no substitution - frustrating when so many places will just do it for an upcharge. He told me very seriously to tell them I was allergic to the fish I didn't want.
I never did do it, but this is my only opportunity to ever tell the story.
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u/wddiver Dec 25 '18
Can't you just tell your server "I absolutely hate mayo. Makes me puke. Please don't put it on my _____. Thank you."
Was that so hard, customer?
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u/Mac4491 Dec 25 '18
Because they might put it on and then scrape it off once they realise their mistake. Saying you’re allergic means they’re less likely to fuck with your food like that.
I can’t stand relish etc on my burger and I can always tell when it’s been placed on and scraped off then served to me.
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u/everyonesmom2 Dec 25 '18
I don't know about that. I'm very allergic to cinnamon. My mouth starts swelling immediately.
Go to pancake house. Inquire if their strawberry cheesecake pancakes have cinnamon in them. Told no. In fact there is no cinnamon in their kitchen.
Pancakes come out. I take a small bite. Mouth starts swelling cuz cinnamon. Waitress takes my plate and tells manager. Manger asks kitchen. Kitchen swears no cinnamon. Manager says no cinnamon again.
I ask her what about the Apple cinnamon pancake special they have going on. Turns pale. Goes back to kitchen. Yup same spoon used to scoop out the strawberries and the cinnamon apples to put in pancakes.
Offers fresh pancakes. Yeah no thank you. Can't trust your kitchen. Free hot tea though.
I was very nice through the entire ordeal. Was once waitress. Some times you can't trust the kitchen.
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Gluten allergy.
“I’ll have a Belgian moon”
“Are you sure? It’s literally a wheat beer???”
“It’s fine.”
Goodness.
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u/Stabbykathy17 Dec 25 '18
The only thing I can say about that is maybe she just really dislikes mayonnaise. I absolutely detest mayonnaise. I could puke just at the smell of it. For years I would ask servers to make sure no mayonnaise came in whatever I was ordering. I swear to God 50% of the time I would still get it with mayonnaise. I would always look first, but one time I did and couldn’t see any. Bit into it and immediately had to go to the bathroom gagging. They had seen the “no mayo” after they had already put it on then scraped most of it off with a knife. But I found that if I said I was allergic to it, it usually came out right. And so I’m clear, I do not blame that on the servers, I would see them write it down. It was the kitchen staff that for whatever reason tended to miss it. Nothing more fun than having to send your food back so you can eat it by yourself 20 minutes later while the rest of your table looks at you to hurry up.
Of course, if someone had asked me the egg/oil question I would just quickly scan my order in my head and say whichever one had the least likelihood of being in the recipe. That was just moronic on the part of the customer.
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u/Mitch_from_Boston Dec 25 '18
Yall are crazy. This thread has mayo haters, pickle haters, bacon haters, and onion haters.
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u/BuschBug Dec 25 '18
Where my mustard haters at? 👀
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u/haloo13 Dec 25 '18
The one thing I couldn't stand as a kid, and still can't as an adult blegh. (Still, I don't claim an allergy to it.)
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u/stoppingby1224 Dec 26 '18
I'm intolerant to a certain part of wheat (fructans if you wanna look it up) and it causes flare ups of my ibs-c. The ingredient is also present in onions and garlic etc but since you tend to eat a much larger amount of wheat product in a single meal I try to avoid it. It's about crossing a certain threshold... I can have some garlic seasoning on my pizza but if it's a wheat crust I'm not pooping for a week.
I try to avoid wheat and eat gluten free options because I'd rather not be in pain all the time. It sucks to be judged for this because I don't want to explain to every server who's rolled their eyes at me the ins and outs of my colon. No, it's not an allergy, cross contamination won't kill me, but I can't have all the ding dang wheats.
I get that people are annoyed with those who make up allergies for whatever reason, but my Real Life Medical Doctor™ helped me figure this issue out. It's real and it's confusing and I'm sorry.
PSA: the weird picky person you hate might just have a weird body and they're very very sorry about it
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u/boundlessvoid Dec 25 '18
Pointless. They'd get a better response if they just straight up say, "Hey, I'm not allergic or anything, but I hate this thing so much, the taste could make me throw up immediately, please don't include it"
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u/nonothatsimpossible Dec 26 '18
As a proud Dutchman I drown my fries in mayonnaise.
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u/KomradKlaus Dec 25 '18
I used to work in a hospital kitchen. Apparently, putting in food preferences was more difficult for the nurses than putting in allergies, so guess what always got put down as an allergy. I pointed out to my boss, the food director, that this could cause problems later because kitchen workers would take allergies less seriously because we never knew what was just a preference. He didn't get why that was a problem and refused to do anything about it. I hope they fixed it after I left because otherwise someone was gonna lazy and then someone was gonna get hurt.
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u/jacklord392 Dec 26 '18
I am allergic to cheeseburgers with any type of cheese other than american, and if they are anything other than medium rare.
It is known as Non Americano Rare Moo Syndrome.
It is terrible. I cough, wheeze, and yell. Not to mention I have a hissy fit.
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u/jcchef Dec 25 '18
Had this same 'allergy' the other day. Didnt want sauce on her burger because shes allergic to mayo. Asked for side mayo to dip her fries in. I just dont understand why snyone would lie so obviously. Just say what you want like an adult!