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Food Worker here with a small diet-related story

We had an elderly man die at our business because he didn't inform us of his own dietary restrictions (Salt). Never mentioned it to staff, so the kitchen didn't know to leave salt out of his food. We prepared his meal as corporate expects us to, salt-mix on both sides of the burger, and a medium coating of salt on the fries. I had a hand in his last meal, being on the clock, and I'm still kinda hung up that I served someone a meal that killed them.

You could feel something was wrong in the 9-screen theater building the moment it happened. The waitstaff (a 20 year old) that was assigned to this man was in tears, while us in the kitchen were standing in silence with the occasional metal squeak of the rolling oven.

Corporate offered free counseling to anyone who needed it in the following days, but nothing will ever erase the weight on our conscious that at least 5 of us had a hand in someone's death.

PLEASE tell your servers of ANY DIETARY RESTRICTIONS and ANY ALLERGIES you may have.

Sincerely, a line cook who can still hear the thud of a man collapsing in the hallway as he seized with a heart attack.

Hey real quick PSA: If you have food allergies TELL RESTAURANTS. I know it’s inconvenient and sometimes people are shitty but for real, please, tell waitstaff it’s allergy specific, don’t just order it without the allergy ingredient.

This was brought up in my mind again since my step-MIL would get furious if someone presented her with a food she couldn’t eat with her Crohn’s but she’d never told them in the first place what she couldn’t have or how severe her reactions were.

When I worked at the pizza place a ton of people would order pizzas without cheese for a variety of reasons, but only occasionally would they say it was because of an allergy.

This one day a white lady came in and ordered three pizzas with no cheese. I have no explanation for why I followed up, especially because she was extremely moody and snippy. But I asked, “Is this because of an allergy?”

“Yes,” she snapped.

“If it’s for an allergy you should know we do use a small amount of cheese in the red sauce as well. Is the allergy severe?”

“What? Yes, he’ll literally die, his throat closes up and stuff.”

I stared at her. Someone she was serving pizza to would die on contact with cheese? And she didn’t even bother to tell us that?!!?? Why in gods name was she even in a pizza place???

“Don’t you have anything without cheese?” She demanded.

I ended up doing a garlic rubbed crust with toppings.

I had to scrub down all the counters and surfaces and grab fresh bins for all the toppings to try to avoid any cross contamination and the extra time made her roll her eyes in exasperation. Like I’m sorry safety protocols are inconvenient but I hope this person you’re trying to murder leaves your life.

But anyway. Please be safe. Disclose your allergies.

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I don’t really Go Here but u can always rely on this man to read a right wing politician’s outfit for filth

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my trick for getting through grad school is learning to navigate the quadrants with all their nuances

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out walkin’ the Gus

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Show me a garden that's bursting into life

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this dog walked on stage during a biden rally and joe had his campaign team bury and seal the dog underground with bricks. this is SO fucked up, are some of you really voting for this ‘nice guy’?

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shout out to my DM for letting my blood hunter wield a living anchor weapon [d&d oc]

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cryptids and their priorities

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website

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i wish i could look at this… and feel Normal™️

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President Biden's plan for the first 100 days of his next term:

—Restore Roe v. Wade

—Sign John Lewis Voting Rights Act

—Expand Social Security and Medicare

—End all medical debt

—Raise the minimum wage

—Pass the PRO Act for workers

—Ban assault weapons

—Lead the world on clean energy

—Permanent child tax credit

—$35 insulin cap for all

—Build more housing

—Invest in child care and elder care

you want that? FIGHT! for it, check if you're registered to vote and then find a way to volunteer, everyone can make a difference everyone!