Our daughter is allergic to a few things,nuts being one of them.
When we ask for food information at restaurants, often staff have no clue. We had cases where they couldn't confirm for sure even after checking with the kitchen( we walked away).
I'm sorry, but why would you expect someone to know all of the food ingredients on the menu - even if they work there - if they don't personally prepare all of the foods? Heck, in the US, most of the places aren't even paying their staff a decent wage.
Servers go by the menu as well. It isn't like there is a list most places.
If the owners cared about your allergies, they'd make sure their staff could find out easily. Blame the folks that own the place, not the servers.
I didn't read GP as blaming servers so much as demonstrating what is effectively systemic ignorance in the restaurant industry. The inability to 100% confirm ingredients is highlighted as not only being due to servers not knowing the exact contents of all meals (which is understandable), but also the fact that those who prepare and cook the meals as also being uncertain.
In many countries, the restaurants are expected to know allergens by law. Each food on the menu is supposed to have list of allergens available. Usually they are available right there in the menu, you do not even have to ask.
> Heck, in the US, most of the places aren't even paying their staff a decent wage.
Getting > 20% of the total revenue in a restaurant seems like a pretty good deal though. I doubt most servers would prefer getting the 2-3x Federal minimum wage and no tips.
And in some states like CA, WA, NYC it’s a (relatively) very well paid job.
I don't expect people to know every single item on the menu and all the ingredients they are made of. What I do expect is if a meal is made in a restaurant, the restaurant ( as a whole) to know whether it contains milk, soya,nuts, bananas, whatever. We have fairly strict regulations when it comes to this, but how they are actually applied is a completely different thing.
Broken_Hippo|2 years ago
Servers go by the menu as well. It isn't like there is a list most places.
If the owners cared about your allergies, they'd make sure their staff could find out easily. Blame the folks that own the place, not the servers.
cnity|2 years ago
watwut|2 years ago
vjjsejj|2 years ago
Getting > 20% of the total revenue in a restaurant seems like a pretty good deal though. I doubt most servers would prefer getting the 2-3x Federal minimum wage and no tips.
And in some states like CA, WA, NYC it’s a (relatively) very well paid job.
cosmodisk|2 years ago