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People did find out about it very quickly, since on Friday’s they order out, usually pizza. They know now to order me a salad and to not count when counting the amount of people here to order a pizza. I also now get called “LG” by one or two of my colleagues. I just find it funny and not offensive at all. You can only learn so much about a person in the office. That is one aspect about me that they know well that is easy to find out about. 

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Got tendonitis on my right foot from over stressing at my Saturday workout. So now, I am on crutches. It's stressful thinking I not only have to worry about what to eat when I go out, but I also have to worry about getting into the establishment.

So I was going with people from my office for lunch to a pita place that has salads on the menu but had no boxes available. I looked like I didn't have money or something but I told the person who asked how there was nothing for me to eat. What he did was left the group and went to another place with me to get food and then ate lunch together in the cafeteria in the office. He was so nice to do that for me and help out in such an awkward situation.

When I was a child in elementary school in the 90s, there were no “School Safe” products. Teachers did not go crazy over whether or not I would accidentially drink milk. I learned on my own how to be watchful. I knew how to say no and that was that. It was not a problem. I believe this is why I am only intolerant of gluten and dairy and not allergic. I think the way alleriges in children are handled today is the reason why kids are more allergic than they used to be.

Of course they say you can always ask, but, really, you cannot rely on it. Not every employee is trained to know every ingredient each individual food item. And why would they? It is to some people just part time job and not a career.  

There is a restaurant in my town that serves Gluten-Free pizza, but once again, it does not accept American Express. The part that saddens me about this is that now I am less inclined to support small businesses with Gluten-Free menus because of the inability to use American Express.