>> I don’t understand the criticism either.
Fair enough! Let me help you understand.
I have not yet met the glucose-lactose-peanut-eggwhite-HFCS-whatever-intolerant souls who bravely (and silently!) bear their terrible burden.
No, the ones *I* know are uber-hypochondriacs that make their “food sensitivity” a centerpiece of their existence.
They don’t simply pass up without comment the stuff they can’t eat at dinner parties/church suppers/family reunions/etc. No, they *always* grill whoever is serving over EXACTLY what ingrediants are in EVERYTHING, and they *always* tell everyone within earshot how They Can’t Eat That!!! and put on that “Don’t Worry About Me I’ll Starve I’m such a brave martyr!” act.
And GOD forbid you are forced to dine with them in a PAID establishment, because HERE is where they really shine. Because food-for-money is involved, they feel beyond entitled to beat the poor food server up over ingredients in every damn dish, and indignantly whine about why they don’t have a dish to accommodate their needs, and doesn’t the proprietor understand about food allergies yadda yadda bla bla bla. It’s embarrassing. And if they even think an offending morsel passed their lips during the meal — whoever picked the restaurant and/or paid for their meal WILL hear about it the next day (extending on into the next week).
Hope this helps, and FRegards
LOL, you might want to put the caffeine aside for a while.
You have a problem with the way people act, not with the theory that there might be food sensitivities.
You sound like someone that works in food service or has a very fickle person close to them. If this is your attitude, you might want to look for another line of work or just avoid dealing with the people that annoy you that much.
If an individual chooses to live their life with dietary restrictions, what skin is it off of your nose? Whatever happened to live and let live?
Just because you hate dealing with a person or people that act like that, doesn’t mean it’s not a real concern, it just means you don’t want to deal with it.
Absolutely right on and hilarious, NT.
Food allergies ARE VERY REAL.
I’m allergic to shellfish. So quick and profound a reaction, I avoid eating out, but if I HAVE to (sometimes its unavoidable) I let the staff know of my issue. Cross containinmation can cause a reaction for me where my lips, throat, tongue swell; esophagus next. I carry 2 EpiPens (a new treatment protocol for severe reactions) low dose for initial reaction; dose 2 for transport time to ER. You know what happens to a other healthy person with 1 dose of epinephrine? Your heart rate goes crazy...so now there is an admission and 24 hrs of cardiac monitoring...for me it happened all because someone prepped a steak I ordered placed shrimp on the plate realized that wasnt what I had ordered and brought the plate out of the kitchen to me.
Yeah. That was a laugh a minute.
FWIW, my daughter has celiacs (we believe one of our sons does to, he avoids gluten).