Jul 20
“Can you make sure to wash your hands before touching anything? I’m allergic to shellfish,” I asked my coworker, cause she was eating sushi and there’s a very high risk of cross contamination with sushi. And while I’m mostly affected by steam from cooking shellfish, touching allergens can still aggravate my allergies. It’s not life threatening UNLESS I’m inhaling it, but it makes my RA flare up like crazy regardless.
“Why? There’s no shellfish in it,” she said, and then got upset when I tried to explain the concept of cross contamination. Yeahhh, I ended up not feeling too good by the end of that shift…
This is ableism. Also, now you've made me want some sushi even though I just had an exemplary California roll last night.
