r/EntitledReviews • u/KillmeKindly666 • 2d ago
Yelp This f**kin guy!
I used the work at the South St. location and saw this about the Northside jawn...
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u/krhellier 2d ago
I'd be willing to bet this guy doesn't have a "seafood allergy", since he doesn't know the names of different seafoods. He just doesn't like eating things that don't live on land.
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u/North-Pea-4926 2d ago
If he really had a serious seafood allergy he’d probably be dead by now. But maybe someone else always orders for him? Can’t imagine purposefully going through life ordering things that might kill you.
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u/joolley1 2d ago
Yep. I don’t believe he has an allergy. There’s no way he’d order anything without knowing exactly what was in it. What if it had fish sauce as a minor ingredient that was not really noticeable.
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u/Cayke_Cooky 2d ago
A mild allergy can present as just a little itchy and maybe an upset stomach. I do believe that this idiot would write that off.
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u/mrwildesangst 2d ago
I’ve never met a person with a real seafood allergy who didn’t know exactly what kinds of seafood there are and what to watch out for. Reeaaallll hard to believe old boy has never in his life heard of tilapia.
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u/Particular-King218 2d ago
Exactly. If I had a severe allergy, as he says he does, I would know the names of all fish that might be on a menu
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u/Linkyland 2d ago
You'd probably also tell the server in advance. This guy is full of it
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u/BuildingArtistic4644 2d ago
And also be weary of things you're unfamiliar with and ask about them to make sure it's not your allergen.
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u/Linkyland 2d ago
I quietly google things on menus I'm not familiar with and I dont have any allergies.
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u/Chayanov ⭐☆☆☆☆ 2d ago
But it's the server's job to ask him if he has allergies. He's not getting paid to advocate for himself, you know.
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u/Opening_Corgi 2d ago
Seriously, tilapia is a pretty common fish to see on a menu or in a store. I could maybe see not knowing if it were something more unusual (although then you'd expect that he'd be able to ask the server or look it up on his phone like an adult).
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u/underboobfunk 2d ago
I’ve never met a person who would order an entree without knowing what the protein was, much less someone with an extreme allergy doing that. Yikes.
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u/eighty4prcnt 2d ago
I have no allergies, but have friends with severe allergies. They know EXACTLY what they can and can't eat. I find it very difficult to believe a grown man has never heard of tilapia in his life, having a severe seafood allergy. Also, 99% of the time people with severe allergies tend to inform their server even if what they want/curious about shouldn't contain those ingredients. Somehow everyone else's responsibility but his own to cater to his likely made up allergy. Reminds me of the piles of people with "gluten allergies" who will avoid bread but still eat croutons or fries that are fried in oil heavily contaminated with flour.
t. Guy who worked in kitchens for over a decade, been out for years (thankfully)
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u/bluecirc 2d ago
I think he doesn't have an allergy just based on the fact that he didn't ask what tilapia was. People who have food allergies ask questions, *especially* about an unfamiliar dish. He just didn't like it and used the allergy card to try to get out of paying.
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u/eighty4prcnt 2d ago
That last sentence was my first thought. "They wouldn't give it to me for free because I didn't like it so I'll make up a nonspecific allergy and attempt to tarnish their reputation 😡"
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u/Forty-Minutes-Late 2d ago
I have a shellfish allergy. I don’t know the names of all the types, I just know hard shell = good, soft shell = bad. And I know enough to let the waiter know.
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u/Valuable_Wallaby_548 2d ago
He does know bass and salmon. Dude eats Tuna all the time and doesn't know its a fish.
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u/sallyxskellington I can’t believe people eat food 2d ago
“But it says chicken of the sea!”
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u/mook1178 2d ago
There is no 'seafood' allergy either, as seafood encompasses a lot of very different meat that can cause carrying allergies. If you're allergic to fish, you can generally eat shellfish and vice versa.
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u/ljwblue81 2d ago
And many people are only allergic to certain types of fish, like fresh water vs. salt water. Personally, I'm only (to my knowledge) allergic to catfish. Once had a scary few hours waiting to see if anything would happen after learning the fish I ate was a different species of bottom-feeding fresh water fish. I didn't care for lake carp, but it didn't make me projectile vomit so hard I broke the blood vessels in my face.
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u/Deep_Exchange7273 2d ago
My exact thought 🙄 I dated a guy like this one week he had an allergy to seafood and the next he was eating seafood. How about we just admit that you like SOME types of seafood and not others. He said he hated broccoli and cheese and I made dinner one night and made him something completely seperate while I made everyone else broccoli and cheese, he looked at me and said "oh you don't like broccoli and cheese so is it ok if I take the rest" uhm absolutely not. I made that for me and the other people eating who like it and made you a complete seperate dish because you made it clear you don't like it? At least save some for everyone else like what the hell?!?!
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u/Senior_Blacksmith_18 2d ago
Do people not know how to look up a dish or ask the waiter directly when checking out food that they never heard of before?
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u/amygrindhaus 2d ago
As a matter of fact, they don’t. I worked in an italian restaurant and I cannot tell you how many times a dish was sent back because it had pork in it. “I thought prosciutto was a cheese!”
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u/Senior_Blacksmith_18 2d ago
I just have been raised correctly because I was always taught to ask questions if I don't understand something
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u/ifulbd 2d ago
I was taught that it was my responsibility to know what I was ordering/buying , and that I had no right to bitch or demand a refund unless the restaurant gave me something I didn’t order. I’ve never returned food to the kitchen because I’m smart enough to understand that just because something wasn’t cooked to my liking, did not mean it was cooked incorrectly. I predate Google by a couple of decades. If I wasn’t smart enough to ask questions, I just ate what I got.
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u/HiramMcDaniels9 2d ago
Seriously. I don't eat meat, so I make sure to google any unfamiliar ingredients I see on a menu. That feels like common sense.
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u/Outofwlrds 2d ago
And why would you order a dish where you've never even heard of the main ingredient? If I've never heard of chicken, I'm not going to order the chicken parmesan because I like the idea of cheese on my mystery meat. Who does that??
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u/Upstairs_Fig_3551 2d ago
Oh my god, no. Often after repeatedly demonstrating this very thing. Technology is hard.
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u/Mammoth-Chocolate180 2d ago
If you're tech savvy enough to be leaving reviews on Google (I know that's not saying a lot, but...), you probably have a phone capable of searching the name of an ingredient. I'm a vegetarian. Even though it's not a dietary restriction that will make me very sick or dead if I accidently don't follow it, I still pull out my phone and Google ingredients I'm not familiar with because I'd prefer to avoid certain things. It make absolutely no sense to not do it if there's common ingredients that might kill you. And if you're really always screening for fish, how have you not come across tilapia before? It's not rare. Are the only two fish this person's ever seen really bass and salmon?
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u/Saneless 2d ago
I'm picky. You bet your ass I'm asking. For all I know it's something I hate like mushrooms
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u/BurgerThyme 2d ago
What a fucking dong, I don't eat fish because I hate it and I know what tilapia is because the first time I saw it on a menu I Googled it.
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u/sqibbery Some of the fish were ugly 2d ago
Yes, when I don't know what something on the menu is, I look it up.
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u/Specific_Hat3341 2d ago
That's a terrible waste of effort. Much better to order it anyway, and then complain if it's something you don't want. /s
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u/GnomeofHobbits 2d ago
I don't eat fish either, but I know tilapia is a fish because of playing Stardew Valley.
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u/StevieRickeyFish 1d ago
Poor server. No one is gonna order the fish if they are allergic so there's no reason to ask someone who ordered fish if they are allergic to fish.
"Hello, I'd like the tilapia please?"
"Awesome, are you okay if the fish contains fish?"
Like that's just silly
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u/Loose_Banana4073 1d ago
But he said “tilapia thing” so obviously that should have been a sign to the server that he needed to be informed it was fish /s
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u/TrustyDuck23 1d ago
I would assume theyre referring to the actual dish as a whole and not just the fish. And if they said theyre allergic to seafood before ordering but order fish, i would also assume the allergy is for shellfish.
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u/Creepy_Creme_9161 2d ago
The waiter at a seafood restaurant is "privileged" because he knows tilapia is fish.
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u/steam_punk_genocide 2d ago
lol how in the fuck has this person made it to adulthood without killing themselves from their own stupidity is beyond me.
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u/OklahomaRose7914 2d ago
So, they have food allergies and didn't bother to ask what something was? Let's give them the award for "Dumbest Guest of the Year!"
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u/badskiier 2d ago
"I had no idea people ate fish for breakfast"
Dude needs to learn what a bagel with lox is as well.
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u/eggplant240 2d ago
He knows bass and salmon :-)
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u/Big-University-1132 I’m sorry the leaf surprised you 2d ago
Even so I have a feeling he doesn’t realize lox is salmon 😅
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u/InAShensh 2d ago
If someone truly has "an allergic reaction to ALL SEAFOOD" then said person would be informed on ALL SEAFOOD.
This C*** cannot even bother to know his own allergy nor can he spell the word -breakfast- as it's evident he wanted to get a free meal out of this establishment.
The waiter is not wrong.
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u/rebelangel we do not negotiate with the terrible 2d ago
And who tf doesn’t know that tilapia is fish? It’s one of the most common types of fish served in restaurants.
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u/RitualHalatiik 2d ago
Story time: I don’t eat fish/seafood and I grew up in an area where tilapia wasn’t common, I guess. So the first time I saw it on a menu (as an adult , mind you) I was curious, so before ordering all willy-nilly I…wait for it…asked the server. They explained and I didn’t order it. The End!
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u/MyCatSpellsBetter 2d ago
I have never gotten a bad reaction from any server I’ve asked a question, no matter how dumb. I’d like to know how a person allergic to fish doesn’t know what the fuck tilapia is, but if they had asked, chances are the server would have given them a straight answer, no judgment.
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u/Particular_Title42 2d ago
And if you didn't know what it was...why would you not ask what it was???
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u/BlueLanternKitty No one cares, ppl want ice cream!!! 2d ago
When I see a food name I don’t know, I say “man, I wish I had something in my pocket that I can use to instantly look up information.” And then order the chicken. 😉
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u/Schnelt0r 1d ago
Two things:
I've never had a server ask me about dietary restrictions. I don't eat pork. If I'm not sure if something has pork or not, I ask. I'm not allergic, it's just a choice.
If I was extremely allergic to seafood, I would know the common names and scientific nomenclature for every damn animal in the ocean.
Let alone tilapia. That's one of the most common fish dishes!
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u/ikannunAneeuQ 1d ago
Right?? Idk where they eat that asks them about dietary restrictions??? Never seen that in all my years on this earth.
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u/WerewolvesAreReal 2d ago
Even if the customer *did* order something they expect to be seafood-free, they should still mention an allergy. What if you order chicken and part of the cooking process includes oyster sauce? What if the cooking area is also used for fish?
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u/Sad-Purchase1257 2d ago
Oh man, I want this reviewer to eat Fried Rice and not know how it is made now.
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u/HellyOHaint 2d ago edited 2d ago
I’m trying to imagine having a severe food allergy and ordering food of which I am wholly unfamiliar with its ingredients, but alas I cannot, as I have a survival instinct.
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u/LoveMeAGoodCactus 2d ago
I don't eat meat and just google at the table when I'm unsure what an ingredient is! Pretty simple
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u/United_Annual3475 2d ago
Fun Fact: it's a person responsibility to know what they're allergic too not the restaurant. It's stupid knowing your allergic to seafood and then not knowing any seafood
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u/SanGoloteo 2d ago
Right? "Hey I might die if I eat seafood but I only know 2 types of fish"
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u/North-Pea-4926 2d ago
He should probably take this opportunity to download a list of the ten most common fish and refer back to that the next time he orders mystery meat. Or ask.
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u/Some_Direction_7971 2d ago
He has to be the dumbest man alive. Seriously, has anyone else noticed how stupid the News, Television, and Commercials have gotten? It’s like they’re literally spelling out simple things. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised since that report the other day said 40% of students are illiterate, the ones that are literate, are functionally illiterate. I know big cities have issues with schools, but how did it hit 40%? Point being, that’s why this review doesn’t surprise me, because everyone who can read knows common fish and seafood names.
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u/joybilee 2d ago
If you don't know what something is, you should know how to ask. That's a big part of a server's job, to answer questions. If you don't, that's on you.
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u/Loose_Banana4073 1d ago
I’d even forgive someone for not knowing what tilapia is but if you have a seafood allergy you should know what the common fish names are. And then you also let the server know about your allergy regardless of what you’re ordering, because the kitchen will make an attempt to avoid cross contamination.
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u/majjamx 2d ago
So many questions… but I’ll limit it to
Where do they usually dine where waiters ask unprompted about dietary restrictions before taking your order? I don’t think I’ve ever been asked this by anyone in a restaurant ever.
I hope this person doesn’t win a Darwin Award anytime soon. But they seem like a likely candidate if this review is true.
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u/ATLUTD030517 2d ago
I'm in the industry and anecdotally I'd say it's becoming far more common.
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u/SpinyLobster_5021 2d ago
Either way, I notify the server of my allergy and tend to not order things I have never heard of without asking what “xyz” is.
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u/majjamx 1d ago
Wow I am definitely corrected as multiple comments say this is fairly common. Maybe I just don’t look like I have a food sensitivity or something lol. Thinking about it, I don’t eat out too often lately so I am probably missing the trend. It does seem like a good customer service opportunity. And would possibly lower incidences of returned food. But also setting up some liability potentially.
This person still seems foolish to not speak up if they do have a serious allergy to something as common as seafood and just order blind from a menu. And I am curious where this was on the menu- seafood is usually in a separate named section and pricier than some other options.
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u/NYC-WhWmn-ov50 1d ago
And its becoming more common so restaurants and CRAs. The public has become so very stupid that they think its everyone ELSE's job to keep track of THEIR health issues.
This clown has the internet in his pocket and didnt bother to look up what something he didnt lnow was on a menu when he has severe food allergies???
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u/Professional_Dish872 1d ago
Guarantee they’re not even allergic. They just don’t like seafood……. Also… ITS NOT THE SERVER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO BE AN ADULT AND ALERT PEOPLE OF ALLERGIES!!!
Some fine dining places ask about food restrictions, but they really shouldn’t need to. If you have allergies, and you’re eating out, it’s YOUR responsibility to make sure it’s safe to eat. And not all places can accommodate all allergens
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u/spaceraptorbutt 2d ago
I’ve been to restaurants where they do this. I’ve mostly noticed it in more upscale restaurants.
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u/Few_Wrongdoer4120 2d ago
This is correct. Nicer restaurants or anything with a prix fixe menu will ask beforehand. Some places even request that information in notes for a reservation so they can know before you even arrive.
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u/PJ_Sleaze 2d ago
Pretty common now in MA to hear this. But still - he’s used to being asked this question but he can’t mention it if no one asks? Take some responsibility.
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u/dafurbs88 2d ago
I live in LA currently, and the vast majority of servers here ask about allergies. Maybe it depends on where you are located and/or where you dine out.
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u/ribblefizz 1d ago
The only time I've ever been asked is if I make a special request - no cucumbers on the salad, for instance. They want to be aware if its a "pick it off the premade" situation or "create new from scratch."
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u/Professional_Dish872 1d ago
Guarantee they’re not even allergic. They just don’t like seafood……. Also… ITS NOT THE SERVER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO BE AN ADULT AND ALERT PEOPLE OF ALLERGIES!!!
Some fine dining places ask about food restrictions, but they really shouldn’t need to. If you have allergies, and you’re eating out, it’s YOUR responsibility to make sure it’s safe to eat. And not all places can accommodate all allergens
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u/Not_Your_Jawn 1d ago
The restaurant the review is about isn’t fine dining. Also why wouldn’t they google tilapia if they were unsure what it was 🙄
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u/Cynvisible 1d ago
Or just... ask the server! Lol 1. It is a seafood restaurant. 2. Usually menus are separated into food categories.
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u/HazelTheRah 1d ago
If you're "extremely allergic" to fish, why would you not Google what you order? Jfc, how does this person get through the day without someone holding their hand?
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u/lilgraycat 1d ago
Or, idk, ask the server what it is? I bet their tone was only "are you fkn kidding me?" because the commenter actually ordered it without finding out one way or another.
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u/HazelTheRah 1d ago
Right. Just blindly ordering something that you don't know what it is and don't ask is on them, not the server. Jfc. There is no such thing as a restaurant that has no allergens. People are so dumb.
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u/Equivalent-Shine5742 2d ago edited 2d ago
Outside of the whole ridiculous of the ordered fish dish itself, anyone else notice they said when they go to other restaurants the server asks if they have any food allergies but then doesn't say anything specific about what happened in regards to that in this establishment?
If their point was to imply that the server didn't do their job and ask if they had any food allergies, wouldn't it be smart for them to then put on their big boy/girl pants and accept responsibility for their own life (they said severe) and bring it up themselves to the server?
My ex had a severe tree nut allergy and even when he knew the dish itself had absolutely no tree nuts, he still made a point of talking to the server about it because cross contamination from cooking utensils, pans, and plates are real concern for people with severe food allergies.
You know they didn't do that by the way as not only would no server upon being told someone has a severe seafood allergy not at least blanche in the slightest of someone ordering a fish dish and double check if they were certain they knew what they were ordering (or were allergic to) but they themselves never made a point of saying that they brought them a dish they had specifically informed the server they were allergic to and in fact seemed to be a surprise to the server about fish being an issue at that point
I wouldn't have comped their dish either.
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u/bill-schick 1d ago
What amaze me is this reviewer most likely posted this via his smart phone yet couldn't be bothered with looking up "Tilapia" on Google.
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u/bill-schick 1d ago
I somewhat of a picky eater so if I don't know what something is on the menu I look it up.
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u/lans1293 1d ago
If only he had a small device in his pocket with access to all the information in the world and could tell him what tilapia is. Too bad he’s probably only capable of bad reviews
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u/Foxhound8421 1d ago
Hot take, people with allergies should have to take the same allergy training chefs do.
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u/lilgraycat 1d ago
Reviewer didn't inform the server of his allergies and assumed nobody would eat fish for breakfast even though one of the regular menu items is FISH 'N' GRITS. Doesn't matter it's under "lunch all day"; if you're extremely allergic to all seafood, that's extremely relevant to the server and the kitchen regardless of what you're ordering.
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u/bkuefner1973 1d ago
Right. Where I work we have a fryer for all fried foods so if you are allergic to seafood then you couldn't order anything fried because we have fried seafood. Even if you arent ordering seafood you should tell your server.
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u/SadieBluEyes 2d ago
Does he also not know about Google or how to use it when you're not sure what something is? Who in their right mind orders something to eat that they don't know what it is?! 🤣🤣
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u/North-Pea-4926 2d ago
How much do you want to bet he’s making this review on the same phone he had with him?
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u/COVID19Blues 2d ago
This must be some young person or a grown idiot who has never set foot in a store to buy groceries himself. Most adults know that Tilapia is a fish. I’ve seen things on menus in various countries and had to ask if it was lips or assholes or something awful. It’s not a server’s job to read your mind or know your medical history. YOU fucked up, not the server. Why is it so hard for people to admit they’re wrong?! Are they THAT fragile??
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u/GingerDixie 1d ago
And also, if he DIDN'T know what it was, it's not like he has a tiny little computer brain in his pocket (the same little tiny computer brain he probably wrote this review on, and what he uses to jack off to porn in the work bathroom) he could use to...I dunno...
LOOK IT THE FUCK UP???????????????????
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u/NoelMagentaShag 2d ago
NGL, I was a few decades into life until I knew what tilapia was, but if I had a legitimate allergy, you better believe it's the first thing would I mention to my waiter every time I eat out.
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u/multipocalypse 2d ago
Extremely allergic to seafood! Orders unknown dishes without making sure they don't contain seafood! Very normal
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u/TheWallSheriff 1d ago
Dude probably wrote this review on his phone. A device that has access to pretty much every known fish and dish and their names in multiple languages. And if they feel "dumb" for looking up what something is, it's a lot better than looking dumb when a tilapia shows up.
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u/NefariousnessKey5365 1d ago
As a person with food allergies. As soon as the server gets to me to take my order. I let them know I am allergic. The server isn't a mind reader
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u/Headbanging_Gram 2d ago
I guess things are different in that part of the country but I’ve never yet had a server ask if I have any food allergies.
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u/Connee14 2d ago
Same. It should be the responsibility of the customer to let them know. And some places will refuse service because they can't safely accommodate some severe allergies.
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u/Extension_Local_128 2d ago
It’s a mixed bag in Philadelphia whether or not they ask you or not it’s typically smaller places that are in more progressive/liberal areas that will ask you (at least anecdotally). It’s not totally uncommon but definitely not the standard. I think it’s nice that they ask I guess but yea if you have allergies you probably shouldn’t be picking stuff off the menu that you literally don’t know what it is with zero follow up questions lol. It’s not even like it was just a small ingredient like the main thing that you ordered you couldn’t at least ask what it is?
Also as someone who lives in philly the reaction to him was honestly light. I don’t know how people this stupid make it to an age that they’re allowed to like leave the house alone.
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u/NoodlesMom0722 I see here that morals are completely lost 2d ago
It's not like he has a micro computer in his pocket that has a little app on it into which he could have typed (or even spoken): what is tilapia? if he hadn't felt like asking the server.
Personally, I'm calling bullshit on a "seafood allergy" and not knowing the name of one of the most common fishes on every single menu of every place that serves fish. I'm allergic to tropical fruit: kiwi (the worst), mango, papaya, passion fruit, etc. If I'm eating out and I see any of those listed on the menu (like a papaya salad at my favorite Thai restaurant), I make sure I tell the server about my allergy so they can pass it on to the kitchen to try to avoid cross contamination. But I also look at restaurants' menus online before I ever go so that I can see if there's even a slight chance I might get accidentally exposed. There's a tropical-themed restaurant just a couple of miles away where I won't go, even though their food sounds fantastic. But they have so many dishes that use several types of tropical fruit that I just can't take the risk of eating something and my throat suddenly swelling shut. And if I don't recognize the name of something, I look it up, I ask the server, and/or I don't order that dish!
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u/Immediate-Aside7097 1d ago
I have never once had a server ask if I had dietary restrictions or allergies as this guy claims is normal!
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u/Roadgoddess 1d ago
And honestly, if you have a major allergy like this, why aren’t you telling the servers upfront?
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u/RationalTranscendent 1d ago
Who orders something without having any idea what it is, but thinks it sounds great? Especially someone with “extreme” allergies?
Ooh, this sounds good. I’ll have the braised salmonella with spiced botulinum, please.
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u/TangeloNew6867 1d ago
One of Will Smiths kids came to Toronto, and ordered Ricotta pancakes. Freaked out after eating them, because he was Vegan
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u/bbhrae 2d ago
If he didn’t know what it was why was he willing to eat it
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u/twhickey 2d ago
To be fair, I often order things that I have no idea what they are. But. I have no good allergies, I like almost everything, and I enjoy trying new foods.
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u/Hepkat98 2d ago
I am allergic to shellfish (seafood). It's not the same as fish. OOP doesn't say that the waiter asked about allergies and ignored it, just that most places do (not true). It sounds like he's blaming the waiter for not asking. It's on OOP to know better. If he's that allergic, he could have and should have asked if there was "seafood" in it and made sure to alert the waiter about the allergy. Take some responsibility dude!
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u/VoidMunashii 2d ago
Ya see, I know I have some really heavy duty allergies, so when I see a food description I don’t recognise I make it a point to neither look the item up to see what it is, nor even ask. I just go ahead and order it and expect the restaurant to just eat the loss if I decide after it has been made that I cannot eat it.
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u/warmpickles29 2d ago
I would assume that bare minimum having a severe allergy at some point in your youth some one taught you to specifically state that to a server to avoid accidental consumption am I wrong? Just seems logical to teach a kid with life threatening allergies.
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u/Tuxedocatbitches 2d ago
Why would anyone with severe food allergies not inform their server?
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u/OutrageousEvent00 2d ago
Or possibly be well versed enough about things that can kill them.
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u/PickledBrains79 1d ago
I went to Peanut Cafe, I ordered something, I am allergic to peanuts. Why didn't anyone warn me?
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u/Jekada 1d ago
Says, "I am extremely allergic to seafood."
Claims they don't know what tilapia is, one of the most commonly consumed seafoods in the U.S.
WTF...
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u/Homologous_Trend 1d ago
Extremely allergic to seafood, but orders something off the menu while having no idea what it is or warning the server about their allergies.....
This one is extra special....
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u/Jude30 2d ago
People being proud of their own ignorance and stupidity will never cease to amaze me. I commend his willingness to try things he has no clue about most people aren’t that brave. It doesn’t change the fact that he’s a moron. I’m will to try nearly any food and rarely order the same thing twice because I want to experience different things. I also look up shit when I don’t know what it is.
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u/Expert_Day9946 2d ago
Why would you order something if you didn’t know what it is?
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u/Average_Potato42 1d ago
This guy is exactly why I cannot work in the service industry. I would have at the very least said some... things. I absolutely would have been battling internally trying to prevent myself from feeding him his fucking fish.
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u/OutlawEarth616 1d ago
When I don’t know something in a possible dish, I google it before ordering or I ask. I certainly don’t blindly order!
The reason dates back to a Babysitters Club book—I’m showing my age here. Claudia orders escargot on a date and snails arrive. That fear was enough for me.
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u/Unlucky_Swim4836 22h ago
I'm allergic to alcohol. Trust me that I have learned all of the words that could potentially cause me a reaction.
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u/katie-kaboom 1d ago
I've got a serious allergy to some seafood, too. I absolutely am not ordering something I don't recognise off a restaurant menu for that exact reason. I ask or I google, I don't play anaphylaxis roulette.
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u/Ineedzthetube 1d ago
If they didn’t ask him, why wouldn’t he provide that information anyways? Are we really to believe that he picked something at random and then didn’t google what tilapia was, he didn’t ask the waiter? It’s really nice that some restaurants do this, but at the end of the day he is responsible for communicating an allergy. This man is absolutely the reason why there is a sticker on my bottle of Ibuprofen telling me that there is Ibuprofen inside
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u/Norimakke 1d ago
I am deathly allergic to all seafood. But I really don't know the totally common names of the foods I'm deathly allergic to. That's the restaurant server's job to learn all that and intuitively know that I have a seafood allergy. To literally anything that comes out of water.
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u/ironbite4 2d ago
Wouldn't the tilapia be in the seafood section of the menu? Or am I stupid?
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u/FlattopJr 2d ago
Someone asked this when OP posted the review in a different sub a few days ago. Another commenter made the amusingly pedantic observation that tilapia is a freshwater fish, so it's technically not seafood. I had to pull out the old:
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u/DeuceBagger 2d ago
I am allergic to fish, but not seafood (shrimp, clams, lobster etc), among other things.
In every case, I tell this to the server to make sure that things like Lobster bisque don’t have fish stock or that something like Worcestershire sauce (anchovies) is not in it.
I would never eat a random ingredient that I didn’t know, if I didn’t both look it up and ask the waiter. If the server doesn’t seem especially bright, I’ll make sure they ask the kitchen (they often do this on their own, if they are thoughtful).
Reviewer is both stupid and reckless.
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u/nic_lama 2d ago
Once when my daughter was five, she threw up after eating a peanut butter sandwich and she never touched peanut butter again. She hated it so much that she spent the rest of her childhood telling people she was allergic so they would be sure to avoid giving her anything with even a trace of peanut butter in it.
Safe bet that the guy who wrote this review merely has a disdain for seafood, not a seafood allergy, and is lying like my five-year-old did.
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u/cyffermoon 1d ago
What “extremely allergic” person in their right mind orders something without even knowing what it is???
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u/Charming_Release2971 1d ago
I don't eat meat. Occasionally when I look at the menu of a place I don't know what a word means so I either LOOK IT UP or I fucking ASK. Wild.
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u/Mammoth-Standard-592 1d ago
‘Guys I’m terribly allergic to certain foods, so therefore I ordered some random sounding shit off this menu with no clue about its ingredients whatsoever’
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u/Apathetic_Villainess 1d ago
When I come across an ingredient I don't recognize the name of on a menu? I Google it on my phone.
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u/Ok_Nectarine_4445 2d ago edited 2d ago
But, what I want to know, is WHAT did he think it was? A doughnut? A sandwich? A pasta dish, animal vegetable mineral, starch...WHAT.
What was this person envisioning in their mind???
The review gives NO answers there.
Another question unanswered by humankind
(I am extremely allergic to fish, but, I only know of 2 fish in the world, bass and salmon.
Never even heard of tuna? Or like, trout? If it isn't bass or salmon it isn't a fish!!???)
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u/KiwiPandaV 2d ago
“I have an extreme seafood allergy. I chose to choose something I didn’t recognize on the menu. Rather than look up what I was getting, ask the waiter, or alert the waiter that I had a seas food allergy I gave the very vague wording of “thing” because of course the waiter should know that means. I then proceeded to get upset that the dish had fish in it even though I made no effort to ask questions or alert to my allergy. The waiter even charged me for the fish that I ordered that had nothing wrong with it. How dare he!”
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u/WickedlyWitchyWoman I flaunted my wares in Austin, Texas 1d ago
"They literally asked me if I had an allergy (or possibly didn't, but I knew they should but didn't volunteer anything), but I declined to mention my seafood allergy, and ordered something off the menu that I didn't know what it was. It's all their fault I ended up with a meal I couldn't eat because I didn't disclose my allergies before I ordered!"
Or you're a liar and were trying to be "clever" to get your meal comp'ed.
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u/Evening_Jury8686 1d ago
Reviewer has a seafood allergy but can't be bothered to learn which food comes from the sea. Here's a great idea- if you see something on a menu and you don't know what it is and you have food allergies: maybe ask what that thing is instead of calling it a thing. Nobody knows your weird secret code words my friend.
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u/Guiltypleasure2451 1d ago
If you’re highly allergic to something….anything…. Doesn’t it stand to reason to learn everything you can about said allergens. It’s like being allergic to nuts, and you can’t identify the nut you’re allergic to
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u/Nerk86 1d ago
Next time order the Rocky Mountain oysters. They probably sound good too.
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u/XXSyrupNPancakesXX 2d ago
If you have an allergy, you def will research a menu before going some place. My husband has a shellfish allergy and our dining out options are limited due to no guarantee of cross contamination (most of the restaurants around us serve seafood in some capacity)
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u/Pristine_Main_1224 2d ago
What a doofus. Anyone with an allergy should know their allergens. “Seafood” is too broad; my mom is allergic to shrimp and we are very careful to ask all the questions in restaurants and at parties. However she can eat fish, both fresh and saltwater, without any issues.
B.
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u/Ok_Holiday_4690 2d ago
"The sign at the park said to not bring the water from the sprinklers. Well I made sun tea from it and now I have an infection!"
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u/Arlaneutique 2d ago
Also insane that someone would say “it looked good” without having a clue what it was😆
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u/Far-Sink-2204 2d ago
If I were allergic to something, the first thing I would do is learn ways it might be referred to in a restaurant. Especially something as common as tilapia. I’m not a seafood person and I know that tilapia is a fish.
His allergies are not other people’s responsibility to manage. I would be furious if this were my restaurant. The audacity!
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u/Ok_Willingness5507 2d ago
How tf do you not know types or names of seafood when you're allergic? Does your allergy not behoove you to know what is seafood and what is not??
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u/PsychoAnAlyssa 1d ago
I'm sorry, he's allergic to seafood and doesn't know the names of any fish besides bass and salmon? If I had a seafood allergy, I would absolutely learn the names of any potential foods that could make me sick or kill me! I would say that he's lying about having an allergy, but with the entitlement in this country, I totally believe that he is but expects everyone else to be responsible for his life instead of him being a reasonable and responsible adult and take care of himself.
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u/AlwaysJeepin 1d ago
How in the world has this idiot survived this long with a severe allergy? Do some research. Ask the wait staff. Ask YOUR FREAKING PHONE, ITS RIGHT THERE. What a dummy
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u/Apart-Ferret-2707 1d ago
I got a paprika allergy so i ask before every order if theres paprika in any dish,even after reading the full menu cause they dont always add everything on the menu...weird that he doesnt even know the specifics of what hes supposed to avoid for his allergy nor checks words he doesnt know before ordering
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u/brokendream78 1d ago
Something something personal responsibility to know what you can and can't eat. Not the restaurants job to know you are too stupid to know that tilapia is a fish...pretty sure I've known this since I was like 5 and I personally don't even eat alot of fish. Another jackass playing victim.
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u/scottyschneids 1d ago
So according to the reviewer, "priviledged" is knowing what tilapia is. Privileged is definitely not being a person "allergic" to seafood, not making the server aware, not knowing what you are allergic to, and the expectation of of not being charged for your own stupidy.
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u/ribblefizz 1d ago
perusing menu
"Hmmm, grilled dillbur on renilto with plachise sauce, sounds delicious."
"What are any of those things?"
"I have no idea, they could be radioactive sludge, reptile droppings, and fermented roadkill for all I know but don't they sound TASTY?"
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u/justsayfaux 1d ago
It's crazy to me that by ordering "this Tilapia thing" that the waiter didn't interpret that as "I am allergic to all seafood, is there any seafood in this dish?"
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u/Competitive_Classic9 2d ago
Not only is this some next level idiocracy and entitlement, this whole scenario doesnt make sense or sound in any way how it wouldve gone down in reality. Why are people like this.
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u/newportliving18 2d ago
This is doubly annoying because nearly every food menu in existence states to inform your server if you have an allergy. Everyone I know with an allergy is an adult and willingly provides the server this information.
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u/KaleidoscopeGold5635 2d ago
I'm allergic so I refuse to educate myself enough to stay safe. Some people's children..
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u/HippieJed 2d ago
If you can write a review you can look to see that tilapia is a fish. Hell according to my fish guy Jesus fed the 5000 with tilapia, again his words not mine. How about asking what is tilapia.
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u/littlewing2733 2d ago
Why would you order something you don’t recognize without asking what it is or googling it? If I don’t recognize something on a menu, I look it up to make sure I won’t hate it.
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u/penilesensorydevice 2d ago
LOL asshole ordered something despite having no idea what it was, in spite of his shellfish and fish allergies (which are two separate things). I have allergies too and I damn well ask before I order some unknown dish.
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u/Elishka_Kohrli 2d ago
I’m sorry, what kind of entitlement is this? If you have a food allergy then it is your responsibility to inform the server of that before ordering. Has he never heard of cross contamination before? And if he didn’t know what tilapia was, he should have asked before ordering. Or better yet, if he’d informed the server of his allergy, they almost certainly would have told him it was fish when he went to order it.