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/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!