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Educate People If You Get Sick At Their Restaurant

Mtndog

By Mtndog
in Gluten-Free Restaurants

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Mtndog
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Dear (Insert name):

I am writing this letter in the hopes that you will share it with your managers and staff; I want people to be aware of what happens when a person who orders off the gluten-free menu and a mistake is made.

As you know I ate at your restaurant on January 31st and became ill. In my conversation with the manager there, he assured me that allergies are taken very seriously and that this concerned him as had I had a true allergy, we may not be having this conversation. While he

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Judyin Philly Enthusiast
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Thanks Bev, What a great post

I'm going to save it and PRAY that I don't have to use it but we all know that it probably won't be the case.

judy

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Sweetfudge
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Thanks Bev, What a great post

I'm going to save it and PRAY that I don't have to use it but we all know that it probably won't be the case.

judy

ditto! a great idea. i have been very frustrated several times w/ dining experiences, and unsure about how to express this to the restaurants.

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gfp
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ditto! a great idea. i have been very frustrated several times w/ dining experiences, and unsure about how to express this to the restaurants.

Yep, I guess its better to have a letter pre-written because after glutening it can be a little hard to put things constructively.

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Sweetfudge
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Yep, I guess its better to have a letter pre-written because after glutening it can be a little hard to put things constructively.

lol way too true! spent half the night trying to write a chem paper with my head in a fog after being glutened at work :( Thank the Lord for my dear husband!

Judyin Philly Enthusiast
Judyin Philly
Posted

[quote name=gfp' post='265690' date='Feb 3 2007, 08:23 AM]Yep, I guess its better to have a letter pre-written because after glutening it can be a little hard to put things constructively.

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Mtndog
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Hi Steve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It took a lot not to write a nasty letter but I figured it would be counter-productive!

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Hi Steve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It took a lot not to write a nasty letter but I figured it would be counter-productive!

Yep, what I do in those instances is write the letter I want and then tear it up, having got it outa my system (the grrr ... not the gluten) then try and write a constructive letter.

However making it constructive is difficult enough, even after venting into the fake letter so I thiunk I'll prepare a ready letter and use that :D

good idea...

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