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Karen demands anchovy-less Caesar salad because of fake food allergy: 'Hold the anchovies!'

At a certain point, ordering a specific dish without the vital components that make it that specific dish in the first place becomes pretty pointless. For example, if you order a cheeseburger without cheese, it's just a hamburger; and if you order eggs benedict without hollandaise sauce, that's just poached eggs on a bun; and if you order a Ceasar salad without anchovies, you're just going to get a few lettuce leaves and croutons on a plate.

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  • Yet, if you ever work a job in the service industry, you'll quickly learn that people order like this all the time and don't appreciate it when their server, who they see as being beneath them, corrects them on their bizarre orders. After a few times being grilled for trying to help out, you learn to just shut your mouth and let them order how they want… just to avoid watching a grown adult having a full-blown tantrum.

    That's not to say that dietary preferences and allergies aren't serious—they are. There's nothing like a serious food allergy to make you realize when you start checking every food label that the thing you're allergic to is in everything.

    The things to note that I'd like to correct in the following post are this: Allergies aren't black and white, and more exposure to an allergen will make someone have a worse reaction, and that doesn't mean that they aren't allergic just because they consumed a smaller amount and didn't have a serious reaction. Likewise, when you have a seafood allergy, you tend to avoid lots of seafood that you aren't even allergic to just to avoid all chances of cross-contamination.

    With that said, let's just assume, for the sake of the story, that this Karen was making the whole thing up. It certainly provides the building blocks for a more satisfying tale.

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    Posted by u/wolfbane76 18 minutes ago You can eat anchovies M OC OK working with the public is always a fun time. I truly believe everyone should have to deal with a Karen with a force smile. It's a great lesson in tolerance. And learning the limits of them. Now I at the time have been a chef for about 8 years. I have built up a good thick skin at this point. So i can deal with the different breed of karen you'd However see in my work environment.( A tourist hot spot near the ocean) Learning to
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    So with that lined up let me get to the story. I was the sous chef of a outdoor terrace style seafood restaurant by the sea that was also a sea side Inn. On this day a party of 5 came in. VMK with 4 others I want to say friends. The entire time I could hear her complain. That the Waitress was slow service with slow. Everything was taking too long. We had a Full House at the time. Anyway After Chowder Bread And a shared appetizer. All of which according to.VMK Took forever to get to the table. It
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    Now she had said this in such a harsh way that my little Waitress was about in tears. And VMK Seemed to be enjoying it. Her friends seemed to be used to he type of behavior. So it was here I decided to step in. I walked over I'm my bright white chef coat. With the tall paper chefs hat. And spoke to karen. I'm sorry I couldn't help overhear. Please let me personally handle your order. We take allergies very seriously. I will be out with your order in a few minutes.
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    So I then stepped inside (our salad station was indoors. I asked our salad chef to make a Cesar salad without dressing or garnish (the anchovies). While I stepped inside the storage room and took the label off the box our dressing came in. 3 minutes after I stepped inside I came back out and placed a plate of Romane lettuce with parmesan cheese and croutons. At first VMK had that smug victorious look on her face. That lasted about 30 seconds till she realized (loudly) Where the Frig is my dressi
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    I equality as loud but calm. (My voice carries like that) but mam you are Allergic. I can't feed you something you are allergic to. She yelled pointing her finger at me. I said I'm allergic to anchovies. I had your salad yesterday and you put anchovies on it. I just want my salad without anchovies. Now go make me one without it. I sad but mam it's right there in front of you. I have made you a anchovie free salad. But from what you have just told me I have good news for you. But let me confirm t
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    YES I just removed the portion that had the anchovies on it. It's at this point I realized I had the attention of the whole front end. AH I said well I have good news and bad news for you. The good is that you are not allergic to anchovies. And the bad is that I know this Because you ate some yesterday and are still fine. Putting my hand up to stop her protests. I said not as loudly but firmly.
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    Anchovies are one of the main ingredients to Cesar salad dressing. Reaching inside my pocket and pulling out the label. I pointed to the second ingredient "anchovie paste" To this day I can close my eyes and see her Go from red to white and back again. Her friends about fell outa their chairs laughing. Got a chuckle from a few other tables too. My little waitress got one of a tip from that table. Likely not from Karen, but her friends.
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    SpiritTalker 8 min. ago Allergic=/=Doesn't like Vote Reply Share Vote ●●● WorldWeary1771 · 4 min. ago I am often surprised how few people actually know the ingredients that go into the foods that they claim to love. I had a friend recommend the Caesar at one place because it tasted less fishy there. Yeah, because they were using bottled creamy Italian dressing instead. Reply Share ●●●
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