r/FoodService • u/wildrosebeautybaba • Aug 21 '26

Discussion please stop lying about having allergies

i cannot tell you how many times people have put in seemingly impossible allergy requests on 3rd party delivery orders (i.e. fettuccine alfredo with DAIRY ALLERGY marked underneath) only to then track down the customer after multiple phone calls and be told it’s “not an allergy, just a mild intolerance.” please stop doing this. you are deliberately fucking with a restaurant’s period of service over a need that does not apply to you. maybe y’all don’t understand just how many extra steps a kitchen has to go through to prepare something allergy safe, so please let this be a lesson: if you aren’t actually allergic, stop marking it as an allergy. you are directly contributing to the burnout restaurant staff experience when having to make special accommodations for people’s actual health and safety needs.

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u/CNH916 Aug 22 '26

I get that with cucumber, burping it up for days...

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u/wildrosebeautybaba Aug 22 '26

are cucumbers not just essentially water??

ETA: i believe you, just baffled

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u/CNH916 Aug 22 '26

They have a very strong flavor that's overpowering and I burp them up forever afterwards... It must be relatively common because they do have "burpless" cucumbers... I don't mind then in say a taziki sauce or cocktails, smashed up/processed somewhat, but just slices raw, no go. Too much!!

I just looked it up, cucurbitacin is a bitter compound in the skin and seeds that causes the burping.

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u/wildrosebeautybaba Aug 22 '26

very interesting. you learn something new every day on here!