Today, I had a serious allergic reaction to the food I ate at a Chinese restaurant that supposedly didn't contain peanuts. According to my waitress, peanut oil "doesn't count". FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, at my work in a self-service chinese restaurant, a lady came up to me, pointed to the plate she loaded with honey king prawns, and yelled at me because she was allergic to seafood. She demanded a refund and another plate. Everything is clearly labeled. FML
Today, I had an asthma attack. I grabbed my inhaler and found peanut butter on it. I'm extremely allergic to peanuts. FML
Today, I ordered Chinese and told them I was allergic to eggs. I took a bite and I found some egg, quickly spat it out and took my antihistamines. When I returned with it and complained about my potential demise, they gave me a free orange to apologise. I'm allergic to oranges. FML
Today, at work a customer bitched me out for not explicitly telling her that our peanut butter pancakes contain real peanut butter. She's threatening to sue because she's allergic to peanuts. FML
Today, my friend took our prank war too far when he secretly added peanuts to my food. I have a peanut allergy. FML
Today, I had to go to the ER because of a terrible allergic reaction I had to the cookies my "friend" made for me. She assured me several times that there were no nuts in them. Turns out, she put nuts in them on purpose, to see whether or not I was really allergic. FML
Today, my boyfriend’s mom fed me a new dish containing peanuts, knowing full well I’m severely allergic. According to her, her ancestors “cured” allergies by exposing the person to the allergen. I went into anaphylactic shock. FML
Today, I had four separate allergic reactions. The first from the pillow at the hotel I was staying at, the second and third from two separate ice cream parlors due to cross-contamination, and the fourth from peanut dust in the air on the plane ride home from my vacation. FML
Today, a customer had an allergic reaction to the almonds in the sundae I made for her. We're supposed to put the almonds on unless the customer asks otherwise. She complained to my boss that I'd poisoned her. FML
Today, I had a food allergy test done because of an ugly acne upswing, and after over a year of vegetarianism, I find out that I'm allergic to soy. FML
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Ligerie 0
What a Bitch! Unless she truly didn't know. Now she is sitting at home wondering what baby oil is made of.
Calamity157 0
that sucks you shouldve complained for free food :p
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citygirlgeek2 0
I had something similar happen to me about four years ago. It was the day before Thanksgiving and we had family over and my mom didn't want to have to cook because she would be cooking all day the next day so we went to this Szechuan place. I'm not deadly allergic to peanuts but I'm allergic enough that it's bad. So when I was looking at the menu I saw that they used peanut oil. So when the waiter came I asked him to tell me all the foods that were safe. So nothing was really safe so I decided to just stick with a Caesar Salad and when we got home I would just eat some ramen. Well, when I got my Caesar Salad I saw something diced up on it and was unsure of eating it. After being persuaded that it was sesame seeds I took a bite only to immediately feel intense pain in my throat and ears. So yeah, that diced up stuff I saw was diced peanuts. Despite how the waiter knew I was allergic he didn't warn me against the Caesar Salad.
MadeOfAwesome 1
As an allergy sufferer you should know that you should ask about the oils it's cooked in, as well. I'm not saying you deserve it though. The waitress should have more common sense.
AmericansAreDumb 0
Sue.
spacer_ 0
You're dumb.
melilikiki 0
YDI, chinese food conains lots of peanut oil.
0458 0
wow - ydi for eating Asian food! My 6-y/o cousin knows all good Asian food is fried in Peanut oil...
Ethereal_fml 0
wow thats horrible!! she must either have no idea what shes doing, or have a relative with a nut allergy. i have a cousin with the nut allergy who is not affected by peanut oil. i also have a friend with a peanut allergy and peanut oil is deadly to her.
Tizianaj 0
I have a friend who is a vegetarian. We were at a Chinese restaurant and asked specifically whether a certain dish had meat in it, and we were told that there it contained no meat of any kind. When it came my friend started to eat and tasted meat, so I tried it too, and realized that there was ground pork in the dish. When we asked for an explanation, we were adamantly informed that pork isn't meat. Who knew that pigs are vegetables? Surprisingly, neither of us have been back there since.
chanman 0
depends on the culture. But I don't think there's an excuse for pork not being meat... Fish, though, on the other hand, certainly isn't a vegetable, and certainly isn't meat either (in Chinese thinking). There IS an in-between zone, you know. It's called dairy, eggs, etc. =D
AdamGD 0
Those darn chinese! :) They screw up more than a cartoon character on tv!
chanman 0
they screw up less than Americans at least. Waiters and waitresses don't write things down in China and I've never gotten a wrong order. At Applebee's, on the other hand....
Bunnystomper 1
So many racist and stereotype comments. Assholes.
dramadery 0
Umm, it's Chinese food. there are bound to be, at least, traces of peanut in everything.