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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

My wife has a milk allergy. Depending on the ingredient, it can go pretty bad. If they put regular cream in something, she might need to use her EpiPen.

There's no grumbling or clarification that works. The server will almost always write down no milk, no cheese. Half the time, the kitchen will forget, mix up, or ignore it; sometimes, the server grabs the wrong thing from the warmer.

[–] moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub 4 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

I have a milk allergy as well. I know her pain.

My I recommend getting into Asian food and trying vegan restaurants? Way less potential for accidents.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

Oh we've been dealing with it for a long time now :)

She does a lot of vegan places when she can, when she can't she tries to pick stuff that's unmistakable.

For the most part it's mexican food and subs where she gets screwed, it can be hard to tell crema from mayo and cheese from mayo

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 child)

Without knowing your location many if not most restaurants in US will only allow allergy meals be delivered by a manager. When I worked Buffalo Wild Nuggets the manager would have to prepare and deliver the allergy meal. It keeps the customers more honest when it isn't just a server taking the blame.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, US, It's super rare for her to be taken seriously. I don't think we've had a manager come out for an allergy in 8 years now and that was vacation at Disney.

More often, if they try, they'll send the waitstaff back out to complain that she can't have the meal because there are eggs in this or that when she was clear about it being milk, they want to tie it into dairy and for some unknown reason, eggs are considered dairy.