DO NOT DO THIS.
This makes me so angry.
If you work in a movie theater and you do this I have no respect for you.
My younger brother is Type 1 Diabetic.
When we go to a movie theater, we always get him diet soda. If he were to get regular when we asked for diet, we would not give him the insulin he would need for it. If that happens, his blood sugar level could go so high he could go into a coma, go blind, or even die.
If somebody gave him regular soda instead of diet without telling us, that person could be responsible for a nine-year-old being killed or blinded.
Just thinking about that makes me so angry. I get scared every time we take him to a movie in case the people working there saw this picture and decide to do the same thing.
Please signal boost this so people know.
This also applies to baristas
Fun story about the baristas doing this kind of shit.Â
I am very sensitive to lactose, not Lactose intolerant but because of stomach ulcers that are still healing. A couple years ago I went to Starbucks right after my classes with some friends and asked for a green tea latte with soy milk. The barista, for some reason out of malice and/or hate for her life so she took it out on me, gave me whole milk in my latte.
5 minutes after my first sip of latte, my stomach cramped BAD. Not the âOh! time to poop!â kind of cramp but it felt like someone had stabbed me with a knife and twisted it. Now Iâve had this happen before so I knew the cause of it. I went up to the barista clutching my gut screaming at her that she put dairy in my latte rather than soy LIKE I REQUESTED. She denied it and called me a âpretentious white girl for wanting soyâand so my friends got the manager. I had to explain that I had stomach ulcers that were still healing and if I were to go to the hospital for this incident, they would be responsible for it.
Manager flipped his shit and the barista was terrified out of her mind. Pretty sure both thought i was gonna sue. Manager actually fired her on the spot because of the negligence. My friends managed to get me home in one piece while I stayed home for 3 days in absolute agony and missed my midterm.
So remember kiddies, if someone is asking for Diet or âSkinnyâ or âsoyâ or anything that is not regular, give them what they requested because it may not be them being healthy, but a dietary need that can possibly be life or death
also if they ARE trying to be healthy you should give it to them to!! Its not your decision to police or question others food choices!!!Â
also im lactose intolerant AND ive had stomach infections/ulcers so i feel this.Â
I have Celiac Disease, so Iâm very gluten intolerant. When I go out to eat at restaurants a lot of people just assume that I asked for my food gluten free because of the gluten free diet fad (which is usually a bullshit diet btw).Â
Last month I went out to dinner with a friend at an italian restaurant that had a small gluten free menu. I had been there once before and had their gluten free pasta and it was great! I think one of the managers had been there and was super helpful when taking my order to make sure that everything was gluten free for me. When I ordered the gluten free pasta again this time though, the waitress who took my order all but rolled her eyes at me. I didnât think much of it at the time, because the restaurant was so accommodating before, I just assumed it would be the same this time.
But sure enough, they brought out my pasta, I ate it, and about an hour later I had extreme stomach pains and was throwing up (in a movie theater no less).
Barfing and agonizing pain aside, eating gluten when you have celiac causes a lot of internal damage thatâs hard to notice. The biggest thing is that it damages your intestines, preventing your body from absorbing nutrients properly, which can take months to heal.
So PLEASE, if you work at a restaurant or anything with food and someone asks for something a certain way, please listen to them and donât just disregard someoneâs order. Itâs not funny and it can have serious consequences.
I will reblog this with every single story about someone getting sick because of an asshole giving them the opposite of what they ordered until it sinks in for everyone.
Recently on the news a 16 year old boy with a dairy allergy had gone to eat at IHOP with his family. The specifically asked if they could make dairy free pancakes and they said yes. Not too long after he had a reaction and was rushed to the hospital. This kid died because the was dairy in his pancakes that they asked for no dairy. His epi pen that his mother had wasnât enough to help him. I know working in fast food or any job thatâs serves food and beverage sucks but not as much as causing someone to get sick over negligence.
My youngest cousin â who is now five, he just started kindergarten â has Celiacâs disease. You would not BELEIVE the amount of times Iâve heard my aunt say sheâs ordered something gluten free, only to watch the waiter or waitressâs eyes go huge when she gives it to my cousin â my cousin with the medical id band on his tiny five year old wrist proclaiming I HAVE CELIACS and have to take it back. Shit like this could kill my cousin. Knock it the fuck off.
I cannot tolerate caffeineâit makes me have chest pain and a racing pulse, and also gives me horrible body pain, so I always ask for decaf if I order coffee when Iâm out, and doublecheck with the waiter/ress when they bring it. but instead of saying âis this decaf like I asked for?â I always say âoh, did I remember to order decaf?â I shouldnât have to act like Iâm the forgetful one (because I know damn well I asked for decaf) but it seems to work better than implying that they screwed up when I take the blame on myself like that. and if thereâs any hesitation when they answer, I tell them, âif thereâs any doubt, please get another one, or just give me waterâif this is regular, itâll mess up my heartâ and lots of times when I say that, they look alarmed and go change it or get another one.Â
but I shouldnât HAVE to share my personal medical history with strangers just to get my order right! no one should! how is it their business? it makes me really uncomfortable to have to do that. JUST GIVE PEOPLE WHAT THEY ORDER!
Iâve reblogged this maaaany times before but thereâs a few new stories on here so iâm doing it again.
cut this shit out
donât be that kind of asshole.
As a diabetic, this would make me so beyond angry. Skinny doesnât mean they donât have a life threatening illness. Skinny doesnât mean they can process sugar the way you do. People that do this are the worst kinds of people. DO NOT DO THIS!
Me and my family went to a restaurant a few years back and one of the dishes we ordered was made with wine vinegar, which I am allergic to, so we asked the waiter to skip it, and he said sure, no problem, thatâs fine. So my food gets to the table, and I start eating and then my throat closes and I canât breathe and then I start coughing and throwing up right there in the middle of the restaurant and it was very fortunate that I was with my family and they knew what was happening to me. I had to be rushed to the hospital, and admitted, and I came damn near close to having my throat cut open so I could breathe through a whole on my neck. Because they put wine vinegar in my food when I explicitly told them not to, because they were assholes, and I could have died. They probably didnât mean to hurt me but they did. I missed class, and work, and, again, I COULD HAVE DIED.
i have cyclic vomiting syndrome and canât tolerate dairy or red meat. violating my dietary restrictions triggers an acute episode, and i have to be hospitalized and given iv saline, ativan, and anti-emetics to stop the (extremely painful and incapacitating) vomiting. if somebody put regular milk instead of soy milk in my latte and i didnât notice the taste immediately, i could wind up in the er and then spend several days in bed recovering, eating nothing but saltines and dry toast and clear liquids until my body was able to tolerate food again, unable to work or go out or do anything besides rest. whenever i go to starbucks, i WATCH them make my drink. cvs episodes are horrible and i hate them, and i can prevent them if i do everything right, but that means my damn barista has to cooperate. if somebody decided i was a stuck up white girl and gave me whole milk instead of soy they could put me in the hospital and cost me days of income. give ppl the food they fuckin order. itâs not that hard.
Reblogging because itâs so important. Iâm âluckyâ I donât have any food allergies or intolerence, but it makes me mad when people take them not seriously, think you are picky or just following a âwhite girl diet fadâ.
90% of people donât take my cats and dog allergies seriously when I tell them Iâm allergic and wondering if a cat or a dog is present at X place. They think itâs just watery eyes. Nope. Well yeah, watery and itchy eyes, but I start wo wheeze and have trouble breathing. They donât give epi-pen for those (anyway you have to go to the hospital after) just inhaler. Itâs no miracle, specially if I didnât take other meds before.
When people tell you about their allergies or restriction, trust them!
Reblogging for all the stories here because this is sooo important!Â
I have a severe allergy to gluten and relate to MANY of the stories above. My daughter has a severe allergy to milk fat, and I have had to hold her hair many times while she vomits on the side of the road because we couldnât even make it home from the âaccidentalâ whole milk instead of skim.Â
Iâm super lactose intolerant so accidental milk is always fun. Severe diarrhea, stomach cramps, bloating, and gas like you wouldnât believe. Better than death you might say but, I have other medical conditions, so that diarrhea could lead to vomiting(itâs so bad the vomit comes out my mouth AND nose) and dehydration that in turn becomes low cortisol and adrenal crisis. A bitchy barista can land me in the hospital with an intramuscular shot and saline iv. Hun, it takes no time to listen and follow my order. It takes me at least 24 hours to get out of the hospital. Be nice.
Iâm allergic to pork. Legit allergic. I canât count how many times Iâve had to ask it off my food only to receive it with bacon or ham or something on it.
Please respect peoples food requests. It costs 0.00$ to not be a dick.
I actually have customers who say theyâll only eat at my restaurant when Iâm there, because they know I require all policy to be followed, as in âI will kick you the fuck off your shift if you skimp,â if someone says the words âI have an allergy.â I developed our allergy policies, for that matter, because what we had in place before was âI guess you shouldnât change your gloves ⌠. ?â On my shifts your gloves get changed, that line gets wiped down with a new cloth, paper under EVERY ITEM for the person with the allergy, bag their food separately to prevent contact. If thereâs a risk of cross-contamination with an allergen, like tomatoes in the guac because stuff spills when youâre moving as fast as we do, Iâll open a new bag of food. I learned the ingredients in every item we serve so I could advise people on hidden allergens (e.g., thereâs a small amount of wheat in our beef as a thickener; we fry with safflower oil). We have a grease pencil to mark special builds and I use it liberally on allergy orders. If all of this sounds like overkill, youâve never watched a child suffer from anaphylaxis. I donât play around.
Like, I bitch about my job a lot, but food allergies and special needs are not something I will ever bitch about. Even if youâre a complete asshole I wonât risk contaminating your food. (Although people with allergies seem to be way nicer than the general population, I gotta say.) Donât do it. If someoneâs a petty asshole to you, give them too much ice in their drink. Donât play with their health.
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Reblogging this again because it is important. Doing the right thing has no cost but doing the wrong thing can cost a personâs life. Donât be a dick, give the person what they ordered
yes, finally this is on my dash
luckily i havenât had many problems with this but if someone gives me an âaccidentallyâ non-decaf drink after iâve taken my meds I WILL OVERDOSE. donât fuck with pplâs orders.
i have severe allergies to gluten and dairy and large amounts of sugar make me really sick, and i cant imagine what would happen if someone did this to me. dont scroll past this.
My partner is extremely gluten intolerant, and really badly sensitive to it. Heâs very chill about the whole thing, but every time we go out to eat, a part of me is absolutely terrified - it wouldnât kill him, but I canât bear to see him in the pain that he goes through when he accidentally has gluten
Imma just⌠hit that reblog button.
Many in my family have severe gluten allergies and lactose intolerance. If thereâs a lazy food handler, that could severely hurt them. Please donât be lazy with food. It can kill and incapacitate people.
Hey this is really important please read and reblog this post
People who ignore dietary restrictions are assholes. There is no excuse.
Now Iâm scared to go any where to get food with my diabetic friend and lactose intolerant brother
They can manage their own health pretty well Iâm sure, so I wouldnât worry too much.
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