I had a friend growing up with Celiac’s (and yes, he really actually had it) and we were roommates for a while. We had to buy a second toaster because he would become violently ill after eating his gluten free toast in the morning.
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I just don’t understand why they would even bother with that kind of half-assed accomodation. It’s as helpful as picking the shrimp off the pad thai for someone who mentioned their severe shellfish allergy while ordering.
Do you realize celiac is also life-threatening and all it takes is a trace amount (like one would get from shared toaster) to have a reaction? I hope you get to someday get to experience the joys of spending the day on the toilet because someone dismissed your medical condition. Yes, that woman in the story was a…
People with Celiac disease can have a very strong reaction to something that’s cross-contaminated - it can take DAYS to fully recover. Celiac is an autoimmune disorder and consuming gluten causes severe digestive issues as well as things like joint pain and fatigue.
Nowhere was I arguing that the story wasn’t stupid. It’s not a Pinkhams law thing. If the lady knew there was a chance of cross contamination then she shouldn’t have eaten there. And bringing her own toaster is hilarious and absurd.
My posts are responding to commenter saying that cross contamination at that scale is…
The point of the story, though, is that they told her they couldn’t accommodate what she wanted (so they were very upfront about this), and she tried to bring in her own goddamn toaster.
Gotta love people who admit to knowing nothing about Celiac’s acting like they’re experts on cross-contamination.
The woman in the story was coo-coo for coco puffs for sure, BUT seriously, not trying to be ‘that person’, but my boyfriend ACTUALLY has Celiac (like diagnosed by a real doctor, lol) and cross-contamination is a real thing that will cause him to have a flare up. And no, it’s not like a shellfish or chocolate allergy…
Uhm...actually FUCK YES.
A coworker of mine has severe celiacs disease and if she even touches her daughter’s pasta or toasts her toast in the same toaster oven she. gets. sick.
It’s a fucking allergy, it works the same way.
Yes, it is that dangerous to celiacs. It’s an auto-immune disease; it takes just a trace of gluten to make a celiac’s immune system mount an attack on the celiac’s intestinal lining as not-self (that is, gluten makes their bodies make antibodies to their own lower digestive system). It won’t cause an anaphylactic…
Please tell me I’m not the only one who cringed at Cherry Guy! I feel like I need to avoid maraschino cherries for the rest of my life.
I’m calling some some sort of sexual fetish on the chicken wing throwing thing.
I’ve got to agree with you on that. What’s the point of offering gluten-free toast if the bread is going to be toasted in a toaster contaminated with regular bread crumbs? It doesn’t really affect the trendy gluten-avoiders, but is actively dangerous to celiacs.
In case you thought that everyone knows how to Chipotle, have a picture of President Obama not knowing how Chipotle works.
yeah, doesn’t pertain directly to the story, since the customer was just bat-shit crazy and not really suffering from celiac disease, but most people who actually do suffer from celiac disease (not speaking for them all, obviously) would probably rather places not offer gluten-free products when they don’t give a shit…
I’m laughing because as a librarian, this does not shock me.
What is it with strange customers and soup? I never thought I’d have a story to contribute here because I’m a bookseller, but it turns out I’ve got one for you.
it’s going to be the gluten-free toast. honestly, i’m half tempted to call it out myself.
The toaster one reminds me of the time one of the librarians smelled food and tracked it down to a woman who was sitting at a reading desk with a crock pot plugged in underneath it, cooking chicken stew.