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.
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 “Oh! time to poop!” kind of cramp but it felt like someone had stabbed me with a knife and twisted it. Now I’ve 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 “pretentious white girl for wanting soy”and 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 “Skinny” or “soy” 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!!!
also im lactose intolerant AND ive had stomach infections/ulcers so i feel this.
I have Celiac Disease, so I’m 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).
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 didn’t 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 that’s 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 don’t just disregard someone’s order. It’s 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 wasn’t enough to help him. I know working in fast food or any job that’s serves food and beverage sucks but not as much as causing someone to get sick over negligence.
My youngest cousin – who is now five, he just started kindergarten – has Celiac’s disease. You would not BELEIVE the amount of times I’ve heard my aunt say she’s ordered something gluten free, only to watch the waiter or waitress’s eyes go huge when she gives it to my cousin – 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 caffeine–it 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 I’m out, and doublecheck with the waiter/ress when they bring it. but instead of saying “is this decaf like I asked for?” I always say “oh, did I remember to order decaf?” I shouldn’t have to act like I’m 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 there’s any hesitation when they answer, I tell them, “if there’s any doubt, please get another one, or just give me water–if this is regular, it’ll mess up my heart” and lots of times when I say that, they look alarmed and go change it or get another one.
but I shouldn’t 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!
I’ve reblogged this maaaany times before but there’s a few new stories on here so i’m doing it again.
cut this shit out
don’t be that kind of asshole.
As a diabetic, this would make me so beyond angry. Skinny doesn’t mean they don’t have a life threatening illness. Skinny doesn’t 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, that’s fine. So my food gets to the table, and I start eating and then my throat closes and I can’t 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 didn’t mean to hurt me but they did. I missed class, and work, and, again, I COULD HAVE DIED.
i have cyclic vomiting syndrome and can’t 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 didn’t 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. it’s not that hard.
Reblogging because it’s so important. I’m “lucky” I don’t 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 “white girl diet fad”.
90% of people don’t take my cats and dog allergies seriously when I tell them I’m allergic and wondering if a cat or a dog is present at X place. They think it’s just watery eyes. Nope. Well yeah, watery and itchy eyes, but I start wo wheeze and have trouble breathing. They don’t give epi-pen for those (anyway you have to go to the hospital after) just inhaler. It’s no miracle, specially if I didn’t 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!
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 couldn’t even make it home from the “accidental” whole milk instead of skim.
I’m super lactose intolerant so accidental milk is always fun. Severe diarrhea, stomach cramps, bloating, and gas like you wouldn’t believe. Better than death you might say but, I have other medical conditions, so that diarrhea could lead to vomiting(it’s 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.
I’m allergic to pork. Legit allergic. I can’t count how many times I’ve 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 they’ll only eat at my restaurant when I’m there, because they know I require all policy to be followed, as in “I will kick you the fuck off your shift if you skimp,” if someone says the words “I have an allergy.” I developed our allergy policies, for that matter, because what we had in place before was “I guess you shouldn’t change your gloves … . ?” 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 there’s a risk of cross-contamination with an allergen, like tomatoes in the guac because stuff spills when you’re moving as fast as we do, I’ll 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., there’s 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, you’ve never watched a child suffer from anaphylaxis. I don’t 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 you’re a complete asshole I won’t risk contaminating your food. (Although people with allergies seem to be way nicer than the general population, I gotta say.) Don’t do it. If someone’s a petty asshole to you, give them too much ice in their drink. Don’t play with their health.
DO NOT FUCKING SCROLL PAST THIS P L E A S E
Reblogging this again because it is important. Doing the right thing has no cost but doing the wrong thing can cost a person’s life. Don’t be a dick, give the person what they ordered
yes, finally this is on my dash
luckily i haven’t had many problems with this but if someone gives me an “accidentally” non-decaf drink after i’ve taken my meds I WILL OVERDOSE. don’t fuck with ppl’s 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. He’s very chill about the whole thing, but every time we go out to eat, a part of me is absolutely terrified - it wouldn’t kill him, but I can’t 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 there’s a lazy food handler, that could severely hurt them. Please don’t be lazy with food. It can kill and incapacitate people.
Hey this is really important please read and reblog this post
One more thing. Even if they don’t have an allergy or a restriction, doesn’t mean you can just do whatever you want to. Some people like soy milk over whole and some people just really don’t like shrimp. IF THEY ASK FOR SOMETHING, GIVE IT TO THEM. DONT BE AN ASSHOLE!!
I have something to add
I don’t have food allergies except for my lactose intolerance, but I am allergic to sunscreen and I’m autistic, giving me textural issues. On both of those I have story.
When I was 12, I went on a trip with my school. They gave our parents a document to list our allergies, and for some reason they didn’t want to list mine. They said it wasn’t severe enough and that I just shouldn’t apply sunscreen. During the trip, the teachers noticed I never applied any sunscreen so they told me to put some on. I said that I was allergic and they said that it wasn’t on the form, so I was making it up. They forced me to put on the sunscreen. The next day is was redder than a lobster and had bumps over my entire body. The teachers said to apply more sunscreen because they thought I had a sunburn. I told them it was an allergic reaction and they finally stopped pestering me.
Tw: self harm mention
About the autism, I have very bad food issues. Both textural and taste-wise. If I eat something I can’t stand (think tomatoes, any kind of fat, most vegetables etc) I will go into a sensory overload and it will mess up my day, if it doesn’t trigger me into relapsing in self harm, which will fuck me up on a way longer term. When I order my food without tomatoes, it’s to keep me from seriously hurting myself because of a meltdown. And I probably won’t eat my food if something gross touched it, because I just physically can’t
I’ve only seen about halfway through this on screenshots on Pintrest.
FUCKING GIVE PEOPLE WHAT THEY GODDAMN ORDER. DON’T SCROLL PAST THIS
I ordered some popcorn a few years ago and not one of the venders thought it was worth mentioning that they fried the shit in fucking peanut oil. my face, lips, and tongue went numb and my throat closed up. luckily I didn’t have to be hospitalized because I stopped eating as soon as I realized.
another time (this was like a year ago) I ordered a caramel milkshake from DQ, and as I was drinking it, a weird squishy thing got sucked up into my straw. I spit it out and realized it was a strawberry. I’m allergic. not deathly, but it does make the skin of my mouth become irritated, sore, and fall apart.
i also always ask for my food without pepper on it because I have a pepper allergy that makes my throat close up. this request gets ignored all the time because they think I just can’t “handle my spices.”
I am deathly allergic to tree nuts and shellfish. I can’t count how many times someone has given me food with either of those in it because they thought I was just a picky eater. (I was, which is why they thought that would be a valid reason.) just respect people’s food choices ffs.
i know this thread was originally about people intentionally messing with food orders, which it should go without saying is an awful fucked up thing to do for all the reasons above.
but what these stories above also illustrate is how fucking dangerous the food industry is. think about it. how underpaid are food workers? how overworked? how many have to work twelve hour shifts, work three jobs, take care of their kids on their own while doing it? how many have some manager breathing down their necks to say all the right things and manage 20 tables at once without making a mistake, maybe without having anything to eat all day, while worrying if they’ll be able to scrape enough tips together to make rent? how many stories have we heard about how all line cooks are constantly high out of their minds just to survive the demands of their job?
even if no one intentionally fucks with a food order, in a system like that mistakes are bound to happen. a lot. and people are going to die.
it’s the same clown fuckery that happens in hospitals. doctors and nurses aren’t trying to kill patients. but when you force people to work 24 hour shifts for no god forsaken reason, mistakes are going to happen. and people die.
fuck capitalism.
Not food, but people don’t take my cat allergies seriously or believe me when I say the FelD1 protein (which is what I’m allergic to) can remain even on hard surfaces for up to two years. I’ve had people try to prove it was “all in my head,” by keeping the cat out of sight, and ended up at the ER in anaphylaxis on oxygen, getting epinephrine shots, and being prescribed two weeks of prednisone so I don’t, y'know, DIE.
There are also the people who are like, “We’ll just put the cat in the other room and vacuum really well.” No, dumbass, that’s going to put me back in the ER.
When people tell you what they need, believe them.
Sorry if this post has any weird wordings. I was making it at 5:00 in the morning using the voice assistant on my phone, so she probably decided to correct something that didn’t need correcting. Anyway…
This post just made me remember something that pissed me off to an unbelievable degree back in 2019. In fact, just reading it made me re-experience the amount of pissed off energy that I felt at the time, so yeah. But I’m going to say this anyway because I understand what some of you have been through.
My friend had just got a job at Chick-fil-A. I don’t remember how we got on the topic, but she mentioned that whenever people asked her for Coke zero or diet Coke or ranch (can’t remember for sure on ranch, but I think so) that she would give them the regular one because “Coke zero is just for people who don’t want to say diet zero or for dudes who don’t like the diet connotation and want to feel cool”.
I am not ashamed to admit that I flashed out on her ass. I remember straight of saying “oh, so you’re trying to kill diabetics and people with salt sensitivities, huh? Or people who are just trying to drink diet drinks for their health? Or you know people who just asked you to give them one thing without being an asshole about it just because you could and thought you were more really superior? Because it’s really difficult to watch your food intake for things like food allergies when people are fucking around with your food just because they can and felt like being an asshole that day.”
We were on a discord call at the time and I remember her sitting in silence for like 30 seconds, totally shocked that her non-confrontational introvert friend had just lit her ass up from several states across the country. I think we were playing Minecraft at the time, and she magically decided that she needed to go to bed early like 10 minutes after that because she didn’t know what to say after that. I shouldn’t be surprised that she was the kind of person to ghost my ass literally a few months later at the start of the pandemic.
My point is that people like this are assholes, and that being an asshole and handling food makes you one of the worst kinds of asshole and maybe you should just not be an asshole and give people what the hell they paid for. And that “maybe” is not a “I’ll think about it” It’s a “fucking do it because there’s no reason not to other than being a complete fucking asshole.”
To top that off, my other best friend Alex is allergic to all shellfish, mushrooms, and paprika. I’m just waiting for the day so I’m asshole out here decides that he actually needs mushrooms in his food. He checks literally everything he buys that could have possibly come in contact with mushrooms or shellfish, and he is the first person at the table to straight up call the waiter over and be like “I’m not eating this and I have a shellfish allergy. I need you to take this back so they can fix it for me, please.” Because there’s no way in hell he’s going to forget to tell you that something in this food could kill him. I’ve watched him sit there and read the label on ketchup just to make sure that it didn’t have paprika in it. He’s not fucking around.
I’m the only person in my family with any kind of food intolerance. Specifically my radiant family. I don’t know about the rest of them, but I have some kind of nebulous sensitivity to pork. It depends on the cut of pork, or the way it’s prepared, but there are certain things that I simply can’t eat. Pork chops as much as I used to love them aren’t one of those things. I can sometimes get away with ham, but only the inner part. It can’t have a bunch of fat because if I come into contact with pork fat it makes me immediately sick to the stomach. Like, I can touch my tongue to it and immediately feel like I’m going to throw up before I’ve even chewed it. I have yet to order pork at a restaurant at all because I’m expecting them to be assholes about it, especially because I live in Texas where everybody is an asshole about everything. And don’t even get me started with how people always leave jalapenos or hot peppers on or olives when I specifically tell them that I have gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD)
Have you ever had acid reflux so bad that it ate away at the lining of your throat and your esophagus or heartburn that major entire chest burn and your mouth hot and your teeth ache and your nose burn? Have you ever experienced that for 3 days at a time because some asshole decided that when you asked for them not to put jalapenos in your burrito that they would anyway? Or that they would put hot sauce on your chicken sandwich when you ask them not to and it was literally the only thing you asked them not to put on it? And you had to take it back to the counter and have them fix it for the second time in the same week? Because I have. And it fucking sucks.
The point of this long-ass meandering post is just to say this: being overworked and underpaid leads to mistakes, and although the mistakes are just as deadly, I understand the mistakes. That being said, if you’re the kind of person who just thinks you know more about the dietary requirements of a another human being you never met and that you’re just going to give them something else and look them dead in the face knowing that you’re lying to them, you’re a fucking scumbag.
Don’t work with food if you’re the kind of person who’s going to deliberately change somebody’s food just because you don’t like what they chose or because you’re in a bad mood that day. Your passport attitude shouldn’t be the reason somebody spends multiple days in the hospital, probably thousands of dollars in medical bills if they live in the US, or even has to be buried by their family members. Your ego isn’t worth as much as my life.
Oh, and if a patient tells you that they have a allergy to something, believe them. Don’t be the nurse that injected my mom with rivacillin when she told them specifically she was allergic to penicillin and all derivatives of it. She walked less than 10 ft and hit the floor in anaphylaxis. Thankfully she was already at hospital, but she still woke up with them about to stick an adrenaline needle in her chest. Don’t be that person. You literally took an oath not to harm people, so don’t be a negligent dick head.
Yes I’m mad about this and no I’m not going to even pretend to hide it. People like this piss me off. I’ve never going to understand what goes through their heads, and I don’t need to or want to. I just want them to stop poisoning me and everybody that I love.
That’s all for now. I’m sure there’ll be more later because people are assholes.
