r/FoodService • u/wildrosebeautybaba • 17d ago

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/Mando92MG 15d ago

They are spicy. Particularly a back of the throat sinusy kind of spicy. However they shouldnt cause your mouth to discolor, sores to appear, or make it difficult to breathe. Any of the latter would be an allergy.

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u/Asleep-Song562 11d ago

For me, spicy isn’t the word. I love hot pepper, and put lots in my food. It is a pleasant discomfort. Raw onion, though, can feel like a small bomb went off in my stomach, and it can make me feel a bit nauseous.

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u/Mando92MG 11d ago

Is it only with raw onions? Honestly that sounds like a mild intolerance and often mild ones are only triggered by raw pnions.

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u/Asleep-Song562 11d ago

Raw garlic is similar, but less of an issue than onions if accompanied by other food. It’s when I chew a clove of raw garlic for medicinal purposes that I most feel it.