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If it was only found in tea leaves I’d agree, however tannins are pretty widespread throughout many fruits, vegetables, and nuts
Heard a story about a woman wanted a dish made a certain way i think for allergen reasons, the chef did his best to accommodate while keeping the dish as true as he could. Her partner ordered same dish without changes.
Meals were served, she promptly starts picking at her partners plate to see how different they were. >

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I really read this the first couple times as “people with allergies shouldn’t eat people out” 
and I was really confused and dying to see the comments. >

Nut allergy is serious business man >

Allergic to shellfish 🤷🏻‍♀️ >

No bearded clams for you! >

It's not that people with severe allergies shouldn't eat out, but rather, they shouldn't try to order something that has the ingredient they're allergic to and doesn't have an easy or obvious substitution. >

Then they go to bakeries and ask for something gluten free >

Gluten is not the sort of allergy that kills you by traces of the allergen. >

I guess celiac isn't technically an allergy, but traces of gluten will do some pretty serious damage in the long run >

It is an allergy. It is diagnosed by the presence of antibodies to gluten. >

Auto immune disease, but for me it's a lot easier to say that I've got an allergy because it's the only way people take it seriously and stop trying to force me to eat their fucking food that could make me sick for weeks. >

it was hard for me to get with this concept at first but i've learned as i get deeper into life as a sick person that it's totally okay to lie if that's what it takes to get treated with respect >

Most normal people will consider food allergy to mean 'something that makes them sick', so lactose intolerance is lumped in the same as a shellfish allergy.
At the end of the day it's just about what the person is comfortable eating.  No need to be pedantic.  They don't want it. >

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm no. Allergies are potentially life threatening. Lactose Intolerant people will hardly every call themselves "allergic to dairy"....don't use the word allergy if it isn't an allergy....it makes restaurant worker's lives harder. >

There are different levels of being allergic.  I'm allergic to all kinds of things.  Shellfish, many raw fruits, nuts, the list goes on.  Deathly allergic to none.    I'm also allergic, oops sorry, intolerant to lactose.
So you're ok with me bringing up the shellfish allergy, even though it is mild, but I should not bring up lactose intolerance and just shit myself after dessert? >

Having allergies is fine. The problem is with people who have allergies, and don't take any steps to prepare for the world. The guy with the tea allergy(lolwut?) should have alternate choices in mind before reaching the register. If he had the decency to prepare, this wouldn't have been an issue. >

While some allergies might be obvious to find, some allergies aren't as obvious just by looking at the menu and not every restaurant has allergens listed. Soy is such a widely used ingredient in the least obvious places. And sometimes you try to contact the restaurant in advance and they don't respond for several days, if at all. >

If a restaurant can't be bothered to return an email about allergens would you trust them to make your food in an allergen free environment? >

Sometimes, it's not an option. Just last weekend my family went out to eat for my grandma's birthday and I had to ask the waitress right there. The servers and the chefs aren't the ones checking email. It would honestly depend on the restaurant. If it's simply checking the ingredient on the bun, it's fine. Other times, it can get more complicated. If it seems sketchy, I order a salad with no croutons, tomatoes, or cucumber. >

People with severe allergies are fine it’s the fucking bozos that don’t tell you they have a severe allergy, like what the actual fuck is wrong with you if you wait until the last minute to say something. >

There was a reddit post a couple years ago from a dude who made a big dinner for a bunch of family and friends. One of his friends girlfriends was severely allergic to seafood of some sort (I think) and ate it and ended up having a reaction so severe she was in a coma and was facing lifelong effects. Apparently she knew about the allergy but never said anything so as not to be rude or something. I can't remember exactly but yeah ..always wondered how that turned out. If it was indeed true. >

It’s even more rude to not say anything, what the hell lol >

more like "people with severe allergies should KNOW WHICH REPLACEMENTS THEY CAN USE AND HOW TO ORDER THEM" as well as "should do research to make sure their replacements are feasible at this establishment" 
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When I was a manager at a burger joint before they had Gluten free buns available- we had a regular come in who was a Celiacs (not an allergy but can't eat gluten without wrecking her system) she asked me "can my burger go straight from the grill- to my tray, don't even put it next to the bread. I said sure, we can do that. Once she confirmed we could do that, she came all the time, with HER OWN gluten free buns and packets of sauces. got her burger handled that 1 second special way...and never had any issues or held up any lines. >

Yeah, I could always tell "celiacs" weren't really celiacs when I worked at a restaurant where burgers were one of our main things. We toasted the buns and only a few times in almost decade did I have someone actually take me up on the offer to not toast the gluten free bun for them. Or you'd get people wanting to order something deep fried that we simply couldn't do because we only had two baskets and couldn't cross contaminate the fries with seafood, then suddenly they would be okay. Just say you're gluten free then douche bags instead of co-opting an actual very serious disorder. >

And making me shut down an entire station to sanitize it before I make your food. That’s the biggest thing to me. I’ll make you whatever-free you want- don’t say something that will make me think you’ll DIE if I use a shortcut around the real allergy procedure. >

He was allergic to tea leaves but wanted tea? >

She was allergic to the black tea ingredient and yeah still wanted a tea, we substituted for an iced tea that wasn’t actually tea and is just yummy fruit syrup >

The single ingredient in black tea is tea leaves..? Like, black tea is just oxidized plant. Unless you have a specific tea with added aroma/flavour >

They could have an allergy to a component of tea leaves, such as to tannins >

If someone is allergic to a something found in the single ingredient of what they want to order, maybe they shouldn't order it.