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

[Becks]

What if they have proof that gloves are worn for lemon cutting?

[Broomjockey]

I found about the health code violation when I returned a water to the manager (in front of a health inspector) because the waitress gave me attitude about the lemon. The restaurant got a demerit for the lemon issue.

Bottom line: Unless you specifically ask for a lemon in your water, the restaurant is violating the health department rules.

Huh. That is surpassingly interesting. *files away in potentially useful facts file*

[justZu]

For the first time I don't feel so weird. I've never met anyone with my fruit intolerances before.

I have a problem with raw fruit(everything except lemon, for some reason). Just touching it makes me itch and if I eat some - UGH the itching in my throat and inner ears is unbearable. I'm also sensitive to raw potatoes I have to peel them under running water to keep my hands from becoming red and itchy. Cooked fruits and potatoes are fine but fruit juice is also a big no-no.
I miss grapes.

Thankfully, wine is not a problem.

My brother-in-law makes me feel like a picky child when I turn down fruit salad or something similar. He insisted once that I was making it up. He's an ass sometimes.

[Sharsarannon]

A lot of stuff is so dependent on the person and their tastes and tolerances.
For instance, I am lactose intolerant. BUT. I can have ice cream if I don't eat too much, I can have reasonable amounts of cheeses, I can have yogurt, various other dairy products etc.
I simply cannot drink straight milk. I have to buy the kind with lactase, the enzyme for breaking down lactose, already in it. It's ever so slightly sweeter and has a slightly shorter fridge life, but it's just as good.

I get absolutely furious thinking about the idiocy in the food services business that leads people to resort to lying about an allergy in order to get what they paid for. If I say no pickles, and they put pickles in it, I can't even ask for it to be fixed, because in a lot of places if you complain they spit in your food or Worse. (don't ask- sooooo gross).

[Lachrymose]

Only thing I'm allergic to is bee stings. So as long as a burger isn't piled high with bees, I'm cool. XD

Mmmmmm....bee burger.

[marasbaras]

Hey, isn't there some person on PFB now complaining about getting a deep-fried bee (sounds like some kind of African delicacy) in with their McD's fries?

[aniwahya]

I think people who say they are allergic to things when they are not say so because they truly don't understand what allergies are. Conversly I;ve seen people with serious allergies who refused to believe allergies could be that serious or affect them that bad.

Oh and eating something you're are allergic too when you know you are allergic too it is just STUPID. Even with great, immediate medical care people still can and do die.

Try going into an ER with a concussion or partially severed limb, as long as you aren't bleeding out or still unconcious you will be given a number and told to wait.

Go in with a serious asthma attack and you will be given a room and stuck on machines while nurses watch you from the desk.

Then go in with a serious allergic reaction. You know it's no joke when 4 nurses and a doc teleport to your location to simitaenously(sp) strip you and prep you for life saving measures. -.-