It will KILL ME! But I'll eat it anyway!

[customersruinmylife]

Not very sucky, just stupid.

Customer orders a cheeseburger with bbq sauce on top. He also specified that there be no tomato on the burger. Somehow the kitchen didn't get this message and it was sent to him with tomato. He came up to me with the meal.

SC: Hi, I ordered this burger without tomato.
Me: Ok, I'm sorry about that. There must have been a mix up, I'll sort that out.
SC: Make sure it is a completely new burger. I can't eat tomato.
Me: OK sir, that's fine.
SC: I'm ALLERGIC to tomato.
Me: I'm sorry about that sir.
SC: I can't eat tomato. I can't have anything with tomato. I can't eat anything that has been near a tomato. Please make the kitchen aware of that.
Me: I will sir.
SC: Because it will kill me.
Me: OK.

I went away to sort it out. But something occured to me and I went back.

Me: Sir...I just thought I'd make you aware, our bbq sauce is made with tomatoes.
SC: Oh sauce is fine! Could I also have some ketchup for my burger?
Me: Okaaaay....

New burger was sent out and he was fine. Fries were coated in tomato ketchup, and burger was covered in bbq sauce.

He didn't die.

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Also had this lady. Yesterday must have been day of the "allergies"

SC: Excuse me...it says here that this food item may contain nut traces. What does that mean?
Me: That it might contain nut traces...
SC: OK. I'm allergic to nuts.
Me: OK, well it's probably best you don't order it.
SC: Nah! I'll chance it!

She didn't die either.

I'm not sure if these people were really allergic, or that they couldn't tell the difference between being allergic to something and not liking the taste of it.

[marasbaras]

I hate the taste of dill pickles. And, I hate raw tomatoes. So, I _always_ order burgers "xxxx with no tomatoes and no pickles, please". When I have to send them back and they invariably ask "why?" ... I say "because I ordered this without those items".

And, no, I'm not going to scrape them off. Flavor is already there. Your mistake is not my problem. If you fix the mistake graciously, I'll likely tip you more for your good attitude.

I'm not going to make up some BS like I'm allergic ... because I like sweet pickle relish and I must have my ketchup (HEINZ!) for my fries.

[customersruinmylife]

I'm the exact same, I hate tomato on burgers so I order it without them. I didn't have a problem at all with him asking for a new burger, afterall, it was our mistake. It was just the way he was so dramatic about it.

[friendofjimmyk]

They both couldn't have been that allergic if they were willing to eat stuff that was made with the product or had traces. I have known people with allergies to nuts and even traces of nuts would send them to the hospital with swollen lips and sometimes faces.

The sauce thing - that's crazy. If you're allergic - you're allergic. Sorry. When I was younger, I had acid reflux very badly. Raw tomatoes were okay - but sauces - like bbq, ketchup, or spaghetti sauce tore me up.

I mean, I'm sure this all depends on the individual.

[Dreamstalker]

Yeah, the "IT WILL KILL ME" and then wolfing down ketchup is a bit bizarre. Only thing I can think of is he only had an allergy to its natural shape...

[marasbaras]

Perhaps his life is empty and meaningless and he fills the void by inventing lame drama.

[Linda]

When I worked for McD's if someone asked for a Big Mac no pickle because they were allergic, I'd say "so no Mac sauce either?" because that has pickles in it. 9 times out of 10 I'd just get "oh give me a normal one then and I'll pick the pickle out". Soooo not allergic! Just say no pickle - don't go into some speech about being allergic when you aren't. If you don'tlike them you don't like them and that's fine and we were happy to make it for you!

I however am allergic to onion. I like it but can't eat it. One night I was having a plain cheeseburger for my break and someone offered to cook it for me - gloves on, area wiped down, piece of cheese from the centre of the stack. I said thankyou and went to get a drink. Came back and took said burger which as a joke they had piled with regular onion right in the middle where it coldn't be easily seen. Throat swell, short of breath etc etc. My own fault for not checking it but I thought I could trust them to not be stupid. They said they thought I was just saying it because I didn't like it , just like the people who order without pickle and pretend to be allergic.
(No, I didn't get to go home, nor to the hospital. I was the MOD and the daytime manager wouldn't stay nor call anyone to cover, so I had to work to the end of my shift then go to the hospital for a checkup afterwards. Then take a week off. But that's a whooooole other rant!)

[Nyx]

Came back and took said burger which as a joke they had piled with regular onion right in the middle where it coldn't be easily seen. Throat swell, short of breath etc etc. My own fault for not checking it but I thought I could trust them to not be stupid. They said they thought I was just saying it because I didn't like it , just like the people who order without pickle and pretend to be allergic.

Gee, That was, erm..., nice of them...

My brother is like this though, he hates raw tomatoes, so he says he's allergic, then he'll ask for extra ketchup.

[Shangri-laschild]

I don't get what the big deal is to just say "I don't like those, don't put them on my food." Why make up some lie about it? There's no shame in not liking a food. Do these people actually think they are fooling anyone though?

[Nyx]

I guess I can't blame them to much, a friend of my moms is a vegetarian and told us the story of how once she was eating in a restaurant and asked if a food item had meat in it, she was told no and ordered it. When it came she asked if they were sure there was no meat "because she was allergic" and they told her, "oh well it's made with beef broth..."

[marasbaras]

I've noticed that, Nyx. Some people just don't take you seriously. You get the "oh, you can just take it off crowd".

I'm in the "no, I'm PAYING FOR THIS and you'll deliver it as I've requested" crowd. If a restaurant doesn't want to make a burger with no pickles, no tomatoes, I'll calmly go elsewhere. But, don't make the burger and tell me that I can just take off what I don't like.

And, as we've seen, this mentality leads to people saying "I'm allergic" just to get the attention of the morons who think "what's the big deal?" Well, the big deal is now "I'm allergic" has no meaning and when someone actually IS allergic, they aren't taken seriously.

The moral: if someone orders their meal a certain way, just do it or refuse them service. Don't be a douchetard and make decisions for them. It's their meal and their money.

[Imogene]

I don't get what the big deal is to just say "I don't like those, don't put them on my food."

If you lived with my Mom when she ran an in home daycare, anytime we got to a food-eating time of day (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, very rarely dinner...) my Mom had one rule. You don't have to eat anything you don't like, until you go 'EEWW!' Then you had to eat it all.

[unclejampuff]

I had the same exact "I'm allergic to tomatoes OH NOES!!" situation happen to me. Only this guy damanded a bunch of desserts for free because we "almost killed [him]". Stabbity stab stab.

[depechemodefan]

I have a co-worker who can't touch the skins of tomatos, either his hands or mouth. He'll have a allergic reaction to it. But in sauces, or just cut w/o the skin he's fine.

[marasbaras]

I have a co-worker who can't touch the skins of tomatos, either his hands or mouth. He'll have a allergic reaction to it. But in sauces, or just cut w/o the skin he's fine.

Wow, strange.

Well, at least he can enjoy the goodness that a good ketchup brings to fries.