Italian Sports Broadcaster Mike Tirico Suffering From Exposure to Nuts

As I mentioned a few times in the past, a friend of mine is the manager of an IHOP. The servers are trained about customers with food allergies as it is taken very seriously - if someone tells them they have a food allergy to a certain ingredient, the server has to enter this on the ticket when putting in their order, go back to the kitchen with a red marker and circle the 'warning' on the ticket printed out for the line cook, and then tell the cook directly what the allergy is - and none of the customer's food can come in contact with it. No exceptions - this is how it's done.

Do you think this is how it's done when placing an order at McDonald's, Burger King, Popeye's, KFC, etc. ? I'd like to know what those order takers do with the info once they're told their customer has a food allergy - do they print it on the order as 'food allergy' and go tell the fry cook ? Or do they just put in 'no onions' on the order and the customer hopes for the best?

A friend of mine is allergic to celery of all things. I didn't believe him until he had an anaphylactic reaction at the allergist. It is a thing for some people in areas of France and Switzerland. I think there are warning labels on products in Switzerland. He's very frightened about it, carries an epipen but doesn't eat out at all. I respect him for that. He'll go out but will just have a drink, never food. I think anyone with a serious food allergy shouldn't be putting the onus on the wait staff or restaurant.

I take nuts in my mouth all the time. I don't know what his problem is.

[QUOTE] Do you think this is how it's done when placing an order at McDonald's, Burger King, Popeye's, KFC, etc. ?

When I worked at McDonald’s many moons ago, we didn’t take anywhere near that level of precaution with food allergy orders. But who knows what it’s like today.

Italian?

RIP...can i have his stuff?

He says he is Italian, R5.

Imagine DLers freaking out about being exposed to nuts. Heck, looking down would be a challenge.