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Free Of Gluten, Free Of Thought, Part 11NOT my story
I work in a pizza place that has large open brick ovens where the customers can see all the pizzas being cooked. I have just sat a family at a table and the mother speaks up.
Customer: “No, no this won’t do. We’re far too close to the oven.”
Me: “Is it too hot, ma’am? I can move you a bit further away.”
Customer: “No, it’s the gluten! I am deathly allergic to gluten and if I am this close to the oven I’ll breathe in the gluten particles!”
Me: Not even attempting to engage with this level of stupid. “Okay, ma’am, we can move to you to this table here.”
Customer: “No, this is still too close! I need to be as far from the oven as possible. I’ll take that table there.”
Me: “That table is already occupied with diners, ma’am.”
Customer: “So? Move them!”
Me: “I can’t do that, ma’am. That is their table until they have finished their meal.”
Customer: “So you want me to die, is that it? You want me to die from the gluten!”
Me: “No, ma’am, that isn’t what I am saying. I just can’t move you to that table.”
Customer: “So then you want me to die. Got it. I’ll be writing about this on Yelp!”
At this point I call my supervisor over, as threats of a bad review are usually “mitigated” by management. I explain the situation, he silently mouths a “wow” and then engages with the customer.
Manager: “Ma’am, I assure you that no one is trying to kill you. However if your gluten allergy is as severe as you claim, then I am afraid we cannot help you. You would be best served by another establishment?”
Customer: “What?! You’re not even going to try to accommodate my medical needs?”
Manager: “We always strive to accommodate as many allergies as possible, ma’am, but if gluten waves being emitted from our oven in the back of the kitchen might kill you then I fear what all the other diners tearing into their pizzas literally all around us right now might be doing to you.”
a self absorbed world indeed. I think I’d definitely suggest she go elsewhere, why would anyone with such sensitivities get near a pizza parlor. "Excuse me mam, but you’ve got gluten all over your face and we’ve got to get you out of here, now.
Digital Frog 10 months ago
Dough!
Yakety Sax 10 months ago
Free Of Gluten, Free Of Thought, Part 11 NOT my story
I work in a pizza place that has large open brick ovens where the customers can see all the pizzas being cooked. I have just sat a family at a table and the mother speaks up.
Customer: “No, no this won’t do. We’re far too close to the oven.”
Me: “Is it too hot, ma’am? I can move you a bit further away.”
Customer: “No, it’s the gluten! I am deathly allergic to gluten and if I am this close to the oven I’ll breathe in the gluten particles!”
Me: Not even attempting to engage with this level of stupid. “Okay, ma’am, we can move to you to this table here.”
Customer: “No, this is still too close! I need to be as far from the oven as possible. I’ll take that table there.”
Me: “That table is already occupied with diners, ma’am.”
Customer: “So? Move them!”
Me: “I can’t do that, ma’am. That is their table until they have finished their meal.”
Customer: “So you want me to die, is that it? You want me to die from the gluten!”
Me: “No, ma’am, that isn’t what I am saying. I just can’t move you to that table.”
Customer: “So then you want me to die. Got it. I’ll be writing about this on Yelp!”
At this point I call my supervisor over, as threats of a bad review are usually “mitigated” by management. I explain the situation, he silently mouths a “wow” and then engages with the customer.
Manager: “Ma’am, I assure you that no one is trying to kill you. However if your gluten allergy is as severe as you claim, then I am afraid we cannot help you. You would be best served by another establishment?”
Customer: “What?! You’re not even going to try to accommodate my medical needs?”
Manager: “We always strive to accommodate as many allergies as possible, ma’am, but if gluten waves being emitted from our oven in the back of the kitchen might kill you then I fear what all the other diners tearing into their pizzas literally all around us right now might be doing to you.”
(Contd)
mokspr Premium Member 10 months ago
His self loathing must be horrible.
The Reader Premium Member 10 months ago
Time for a career change.
Frank Burns Eats Worms 10 months ago
You’ve gotta lay off the dough, boy.
P51Strega 10 months ago
He can usually roll with the punches. He was bread to rise to almost any occasion, but this news just beat the stuffing out of him.
cuzinron47 10 months ago
Oh, and you have a yeast infection.
mistercatworks 10 months ago
How’s that for a poke in the stomach?
norphos 10 months ago
Would that be like an autoimmune thing in him?
susanj77 10 months ago
a self absorbed world indeed. I think I’d definitely suggest she go elsewhere, why would anyone with such sensitivities get near a pizza parlor. "Excuse me mam, but you’ve got gluten all over your face and we’ve got to get you out of here, now.