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    Complaining about this is a surefire way to end company sponsored lunches. Tell your friend to not make waves

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
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    Is your friend voting Liberal or NDP?
    Considering the NDP’s healthcare platform, I am going to guess its them.

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    What does HSE stand for? I've been out of the corporate world for 12 years now and don't recall such an acronym.
    Will fuck off, again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedog View Post
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    What does HSE stand for? I've been out of the corporate world for 12 years now and don't recall such an acronym.
    Health, Safety & Environment

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    People WAY WAY WAY overstate the severity of their allergies.

    "If I eat peanuts, I'm dead!"

    "If I eat shellfish, I will die!"

    In the united states last year, according to the FDA, only 150 people die of food allergies per year. That's nothing.

    But I'm supposed to believe that the dude at work is somehow the food allergy lottery winner?

    I think people get an allergy reaction, and THINK that they are dying...but they're not. Incidentally the number of people dying by food allergy per year is always about the same, but the number of people going to emergency for food allergies is skyrocketing. Basically people are being led to believe they have some severe allergy - I presume because of media or just because people believe stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
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    People WAY WAY WAY overstate the severity of their allergies.

    "If I eat peanuts, I'm dead!"

    "If I eat shellfish, I will die!"

    In the united states last year, according to the FDA, only 150 people die of food allergies per year. That's nothing.

    But I'm supposed to believe that the dude at work is somehow the food allergy lottery winner?

    I think people get an allergy reaction, and THINK that they are dying...but they're not. Incidentally the number of people dying by food allergy per year is always about the same, but the number of people going to emergency for food allergies is skyrocketing. Basically people are being led to believe they have some severe allergy - I presume because of media or just because people believe stuff.
    Not sure what he is voting but I think you're misunderstanding the post. It's just to show that even when you take the steps to make sure there are no allegens in your food then best choice is just don't trust it and pack a lunch. Who's talking about a lottery winner here? its a live and learn situation.

    I can't speak on other peoples allergies but for him its full anflax shock which can lead to death if left untreated and some people just get itchy skin or nothing life threatening. Just an awareness thread, relax.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabjab View Post
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    even when you take the steps to make sure there are no allegens in your food then best choice is just don't trust it and pack a lunch. .
    I don't think that telling reception that you have a peanut allergy counts as really taking steps to 'make sure'. Maybe they specifically said 'No peanuts', and then the restaurant didn't think it was a problem to have Cashews.. Question, what was the theme of the food? Chinese? Thai? Seems like a bad idea regardless

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sophal View Post
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    This!!!

    When meals are provided, companies are accommodating as they can. In my experience, it's usually a gluten or non gluten option. When doing bulk food orders, they usually can't accommodate everyone's preference. It's either eat or don't. Your buddy fucked up and is still living in elementary school. HSE won't care because it's your buddy should have known better. We're suppose to be functioning adults here.
    agreed, best way is not to eat lesson learned. It's funny cause he was explaining ot me that someone burned their hand on coffee and they made it into a big safety moment company wide. A little excessive i thought..

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    I don't think that telling reception that you have a peanut allergy counts as really taking steps to 'make sure'. Maybe they specifically said 'No peanuts', and then the restaurant didn't think it was a problem to have Cashews.. Question, what was the theme of the food? Chinese? Thai? Seems like a bad idea regardless
    Not sure of how it was communicated to be honest but there are a few people that work with him that have nut allergies. There is no way to be sure but to just avoid food that is not made by someones self. I believe it was Indian food cause there was curry chicken, naan bread etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabjab View Post
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    There is no way to be sure but to just avoid food that is not made by someones self.
    Sounds like what i'd be doing if something could kill me.... Celebration or not. Ton's of cashew use in indian food

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    So if you have a serious allergy, don't ever eat the food in the workplace. But in the travel thread, we told someone that travelling to Thailand was an OK idea? Seems ass-backwards.
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    So if you have a serious allergy, don't ever eat the food in the workplace. But in the travel thread, we told someone that travelling to Thailand was an OK idea? Seems ass-backwards.
    if you are deathly allergic..travel all you want, but id still be making my own food

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabjab View Post
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    Not sure what he is voting but I think you're misunderstanding the post. It's just to show that even when you take the steps to make sure there are no allegens in your food then best choice is just don't trust it and pack a lunch. Who's talking about a lottery winner here? its a live and learn situation.

    I can't speak on other peoples allergies but for him its full anflax shock which can lead to death if left untreated and some people just get itchy skin or nothing life threatening. Just an awareness thread, relax.
    That's my point...everyone thinks their allergy is some sort of life threatening situation. It's just catastrophizing. About the same number of people die from falling coconuts in the US every year as die of allergic reactions. So, it's statistically extraordinarily unlikely that someones impression of their "life threatening allergy" is actually life threatening. People also die of hemorrhagic heartburn at a somewhat similar rate. But if someone told you that their franks hot sauce was life threatening, you'd mock them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brent.ff View Post
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    if you are deathly allergic..travel all you want, but id still be making my own food
    This.

    And carry a god damn epi pen at all times.

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    I totally believe it should be up to the person with the allergy to be responsible for themselves. I'm not allergic but absolutely hate onions and go to extreme lengths to make sure no onions where used or i simply just don't eat it.

    That being said I think its not a horrible idea to treat epi pens more like fire extinguishers or AEDs and make them more readily available in public places. Lots of people out there with heart conditions that don't need to lug around an AED with them everywhere because most public buildings, malls, schools, and emergency personal have them available. If you made the restaurant responsible for the epi pen they might be more diligent when it comes to allergy orders if they have to bear the cost to replace the pen after an incident.

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    Hilariously on topic:

    My old company used to do a birthday celebration every month for all the people born in that month. Cake or cupcakes or someting delicious anyways. Nothing crazy just agther in the boardroom and bullshit and eat some delicious desserts.

    Then one lady went all allergy on dairy or gluten or something and an email went out to come join the dairy free/gluten free celebration or whatever because HR didn't want to exclude anyone.

    Well no one went and that ended a fun monthly tradition.

    I hated that place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lasimmon View Post
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    Hilariously on topic:

    My old company used to do a birthday celebration every month for all the people born in that month. Cake or cupcakes or someting delicious anyways. Nothing crazy just agther in the boardroom and bullshit and eat some delicious desserts.

    Then one lady went all allergy on dairy or gluten or something and an email went out to come join the dairy free/gluten free celebration or whatever because HR didn't want to exclude anyone.

    Well no one went and that ended a fun monthly tradition.

    I hated that place.
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    Complaining about this is a surefire way to end company sponsored lunches. Tell your friend to not make waves
    Hate to say it, but making a stink with HR is only going to go this way.

    Lunches etc. are a bonus that is supplied not an entitlement, if your friend wants to mention the allergy before a meal and roll the dice that their call but if they are massively allergic to something like you exclaimed sounds like they should be packing their food 7 days a week and eat that. If I was that massively allergic I wouldn’t trust the person serving me in the +15 to ensure a popular condiment isn’t in my food.

    Anyhow it was a shitty situation, but making a stink about it is just going to ruin things for everyone.
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    Hate to say it, but making a stink with HR is only going to go this way.

    Lunches etc. are a bonus that is supplied not an entitlement, if your friend wants to mention the allergy before a meal and roll the dice that their call but if they are massively allergic to something like you exclaimed sounds like they should be packing their food 7 days a week and eat that. If I was that massively allergic I wouldn’t trust the person serving me in the +15 to ensure a popular condiment isn’t in my food.

    Anyhow it was a shitty situation, but making a stink about it is just going to ruin things for everyone.
    oh yea he's not going to make a stink about it, he just thought it was funny that someone burns their hand from a coffee mug and a massive Health and Safety thing gets circulated but someone has a bad allergy and there is no speak of it.

    I think he's just never going to eat a catered lunch regardless , its just not worth the risk. It has me contemplating going to Thailand cause even if you say no nuts, they still might have some.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabjab View Post
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    It has me contemplating going to Thailand cause even if you say no nuts, they still might have some.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
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    People WAY WAY WAY overstate the severity of their allergies.

    "If I eat peanuts, I'm dead!"

    "If I eat shellfish, I will die!"

    In the united states last year, according to the FDA, only 150 people die of food allergies per year. That's nothing.

    But I'm supposed to believe that the dude at work is somehow the food allergy lottery winner?

    I think people get an allergy reaction, and THINK that they are dying...but they're not. Incidentally the number of people dying by food allergy per year is always about the same, but the number of people going to emergency for food allergies is skyrocketing. Basically people are being led to believe they have some severe allergy - I presume because of media or just because people believe stuff.

    Yea...no.

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