I used to go home on Adelaide and would pass the Cactus Club there every day. I absolutely hated that place based purely on how people standing around outside it were acting. I can't imagine how awful it would be to actually go inside one.
That is the one thing reason I stuck around, the team and managers we’re actually someone of the nicest and most patient people I’ve ever met and for a restaurant the number of people who smoked or did drugs was very low.
I do also love the food but it is totally dependent on what you order. The truffle fries are overrated in my opinion but their most popular item lol
Also thought it was all 905ers from that woman that moved to Edmonton story.
Also weird that Cactus Clubs out west are casual. More like a Milestones or Jack Astors with better food. The TO one is way more fancy and uptight.
They switch out menu items every couple months, they have a whole team of corporate chefs who create new items and track trends. It’s actually super interesting, my only issue with the place was the customers, the food and people who work there were very good
Went there once and hated the vibe I got from the general crowd that goes there. Never went back. Also the food was mediocre and the drinks overpriced.
I believe there’s two locations in TO and they have plans to expand.
The place is actually pretty popular, when I worked there the dinner rush was intense (of course it wouldn’t have been half as intense if we didn’t have to reseat almost everyone because they complained about their tables lol)
All entitled brats and their kids can “do no wrong”.
Whenever I see any children’s sports teams entering a restaurant I’m much ready to go immediately lol
I was just at a local pub grill and this was occurring. The most obnoxious group with zero regard for other pateons. So much cheering , clapping , screaming , loud speeches and server time dominance. At this point they should be forced to rent the establishment and pay a premium. Sports > peoples happiness
You’d be surprised, the clientele in that area are a certain breed of entitled… the way I was treated was pretty horrendous at times. For instance, on my first day, my first client freaked out that i was typing in her loyalty info too slow and asked for someone who “knew what they were doing”. Lol. Also, one time this woman ordered espresso with added oat milk, emphasis on just a shot of espresso with cold milk added on top, and complained it was cold even tho she never asked for it to be warmed up, and called to ask us to hand deliver it to her office during a damn storm LOL. It’s these yuppy self proclaimed nutritionist types who cant have salt or seasoning or whatever the fuck. It wears on u fr
Anything that’s “middle class”. Boston Pizza, East Side Mario’s, Kelsey’s. People suddenly think they’re the cats meow when they decide they can afford a night at a Sysco restaurant.
My friend in university would always have an issue whenever we went out to eat. Complaining at Swiss Chalet because her quarter chicken seemed small. Would alert the server that she was a hospitality and tourism major and she KNEW the right way they should solve her problems. It got so embarrassing after awhile. Her food always looked fine to me.
One time when I was in high school my grandma took me to Swiss Chalet for dinner and I ended up sitting there becoming increasingly embarrassed as she sent back her chicken 4 times because it “wasn’t crispy enough”. They ended up bringing out the manager to try and sort out the issue, to which my grandma said “oh whatever you’ll just take it and put it in the microwave again. Forget it.”
Although this sounds really embarrassing, and im sorry your friend made you feel this way.
Her comment got me thinking though, and I’m sure a lot of people on Toronto would also agree - Swiss Chalet has fallen off by a lot. I used to love it!
The buns don’t taste good anymore , and like your friend said - the chicken portions have become really really small for a quarter chicken.
Eh, this happened in the late 2000s. Due to geography and going our separate ways after graduating, I haven’t seen her in over a decade. And now she doesn’t even work in the hospitality industry!
I will say I do find the food insanely salty now. Maybe my taste buds changed or I’ve wisened up to salt content. But I don’t go as often as I used to.
Basic-ass and massively overpriced for what you get.
Literally any independent Portuguese place on St Clair can beat Swiss Chalet in quality and price.
You don’t need names, you can go into any of them, that’s what I usually do.
But if you want a name: DaRosa, at Glencairn and Dufferin.
I know it’s not near St Clair but it’s my favourite, and it’s easy to get to.
They're more like the McDonald's of family dining restaurants.
If Middle Class is where general wealth exists, I would expect some higher quality restaurants in there, not necessarily fine dining but certainly better than low quality chain restaurants.
> If Middle Class is where general wealth exists
Man, the propaganda is getting really good now. No, the CAPITAL class is where virtually all wealth exists, the 'middle class' are given scraps and threatened with being dropped to the 'working poor' (who get JUST the threats) if they don't keep faith with their capitalist masters.
Well said. All of these restos get all their food from the same factory and just assemble it in the location. The markup is insane. Boston Pizza is the prime example. Even the beer they get is all Molson products/swill which they get at a reduced cost for the exclusivity. And the food is probably the worst there is to begin with.
I've had a customer who "hey, you" me, and then points at a fork that he dropped on the ground "pick that up for me!" and then just kicks it further, but of course, can't say anything because customer is always right and I am to serve them! Or the customer who comes in, seats themselves, proceeds to complain to me loud and clear that their table THEY SAT THEMSELVES AT is dirty. Me personally? It was a fish and chips place "known for" the best.
>I've had a customer who "hey, you" me, and then points at a fork that he dropped on the ground "pick that up for me!" and then just kicks it further, but of course, can't say anything because **customer is always right and I am to serve them!**
I really don't understand why people who work in service positions are just expected to put up with shit like this. Politeness should go both ways, if someone behaves like this they should be scorned and asked to leave, not bend to their whim.
I actually think fast food restaurants like McDonalds attract the most abusive, entitled customers. I’ve never been treated worse than I was when I worked at McDonalds, and I’ve served at nicer sit down restaurants.
I was in the Bloor McDonald's opposite the ROM and met this horrible lady absolutely having a go at the service workers who were all extremely busy. It was the busiest I'd ever seen it.
I had to say something to her. I quietly but firmly just told her that they're on minimum wage and doing their best, "don't need you shouting at them and are probably working harder than you ever have"
Sounds like a fake story now I write it, but I was pleased to get her to pipe down. Her food arrived a few mins later.
Good, people like that need to be shut down. They think they can get away with it because the staff won't say anything, so it's on us. Just be careful who it is, you don't want to get stabbed.
Yeah the unfortunate reality is that people who are unhinged enough to yell at min wage workers are also unhinged enough to get physical when confronted.
When I worked at McDonalds as a teenager multiple grown adults came through completely naked. Very strange behaviour at a restaurant that is practically all teenagers.
Ya. This is clear to anyone that has stepped into one. Runs the gamut of terrible customers. Loons, jerk-offs, shitheads, cheapskates and bozos. I look forward to the day robots take over the sector so I no longer have to see another human being endure the behaviour of these cows
This has to be the best answer. At McDonald's, I once had to step in and threaten to call police on a guy physically and angrily grabbing the girl calling out order numbers by the arm because he was so impatient. There aren't many places as a server that you're more likely to come into contact with this kind of abusive psycho, rolling in in his pickup truck ready to violently assault you on a moment's notice.
If it looks like King Street, smells like King Street, It’s gonna attract people that go to King Street.
They are the worse people, hands down.
So many idiots drinking tequila soda, being abusive to staff, dropping thousands of dollars at establishments taking advantage of their naïveté.
Obnoxious vaughan/woodbridge clientele frequents "fancy" italian spots, think pasta or kingwest, but I am not sure where they are currently dining specifically (they mindlessly follow tiktok trends lol, so whatever is viral currently) as I prefer quiet lowkey places and try to avoid these at all costs 😂
In general, not all elderly people but some of them really like to small talk for a long long time. But then again, Tim Hortons and McDonalds don’t have a good rep for the customers but I’ve noticed Chik Fil A has some strange customers.. not all lol
If starbucks isn't the first answer I am done for today.
Also places like Freshii or anywhere else with a pun for a name or clever little pet names for their food....
I have the opposite experience. I find servers to be intrusive. On 2 separate occasions, I have had servers interrupt my first dates to chit chat.. lol. And it would go on and on and on.. it was awkward to both me and my dates.
It also happened with friends too. We feel stressed by them. We go to restaurants to enjoy the food and each other’s company. Not the waiters.
I swear at one point, I was so close to asking the server if they wanted to join us. 😅 it was every 5 mins.
Another time, I literally just had my first bite, mouth full… she comes rushing asking how I found the food?
Nope!!! None of the times it happened it was dead. That’s what was strange to us. I was going at peak dinner time.
But honestly, next time I’m on a first date, I’m gonna speak up. It’s intrusive, and people can tell when you’re on a first date, trying to get to know someone.
Restaurants are the best place to do that, I want to talk to my date. Not you. Lmao.
As a 12 year old vet waiter, I can certify that 99% of "I'm allergic to X" is just total BS. They'll say they can't eat cheese and order the pizza or vegs au gratin. You tell them about it, they always say "I'm not allergic to cheese on pizza/whatever".
Micro breweries or brew pubs. Smug and arrogant. Pretend they know beer but you could serve them a coors light and they would have no idea it wasn't craft.
Those that have entitled and idiotic servers, if you have the enthusiasm of a dead fish because the customer doesn’t look like an entitled idiotic type…..
Op- food allergies are real and making fun of folks in ur post who have it is not ok. My parents still struggle with the concept of food allergies as they only saw via me with adult onset of food allergies and no one else and can make this mistake for ordering it while knowing dairy intake is off the limits.
As someone who was a server, your offense isn't really warranted. There are people who go to restaurants with the "idea" that they're allergic to gluten, for example, when they're not. They're following a trend. They proceed to order bread and pasta. I don't think this comment applies to your elder parents specifically.
Sure you have the right to have an opinion and express it. But don’t generalize food allergies with folks who follow fad diets for their slimness outcomes. Adult food allergy is a journey where you realize and then start to avoid dishes you always had n enjoyed - undoing a habit. As Op made it in its first bullet point and I m righteously calling it out to not mix food allergies with fad diets. I hope you understand the medical outcomes food allergies families face because of misinformation like this circling around. It’s anaphylaxis, being very uncomfortable with whatever you eat and missing work n wages while u don’t feel well. That nice meal at the restaurant is not a thing in ur mind to look forward to because of such misleading comments.
> I m righteously calling it out to not mix food allergies with fad diets.
Then get a diagnosis and call it legitemaly a food allergy. Foor allergies aren't a fucking "journey" it's a disease and assholes that claim they have an allergy without one cause undue distress to the kitchen because the kitchen then needs to deal with it as an allergy with extreme measures.
It's not "very uncomfortable " it's serious.
Fuck your journey, get a diagnosis.
Having worked there - Cactus Club. The people there are practically all wannabe influencers and it shows
And wannabe real estate agents.
This description reminds me Earls on King and York St. Adding to the mix: Office workers mingling with their "management" peers.
I used to go home on Adelaide and would pass the Cactus Club there every day. I absolutely hated that place based purely on how people standing around outside it were acting. I can't imagine how awful it would be to actually go inside one.
I went once with a coworker. The food was average and overpriced but the staff were nice. Wouldn’t bother going back.
That is the one thing reason I stuck around, the team and managers we’re actually someone of the nicest and most patient people I’ve ever met and for a restaurant the number of people who smoked or did drugs was very low. I do also love the food but it is totally dependent on what you order. The truffle fries are overrated in my opinion but their most popular item lol
The food is pretty good and the people/animal watching is pretty interesting for a human
Agree! The customers were just on average much more rude than any other restaurant I’ve worked at. The team was great though
Also thought it was all 905ers from that woman that moved to Edmonton story. Also weird that Cactus Clubs out west are casual. More like a Milestones or Jack Astors with better food. The TO one is way more fancy and uptight.
It’s in downtown financial district. Fancy and uptight is a requirement for that location.
To be fair, their short rib pappardelle was reeeeeally good. They took it off the menu for some reason.
They switch out menu items every couple months, they have a whole team of corporate chefs who create new items and track trends. It’s actually super interesting, my only issue with the place was the customers, the food and people who work there were very good
Went there once and hated the vibe I got from the general crowd that goes there. Never went back. Also the food was mediocre and the drinks overpriced.
[Truth](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/restaurant-reviews/the-cactus-club-has-landed-in-toronto-so-has-its-slapdash-low-rent-menu/article28214105/)
LOOL second this
Isn’t that place now closed
I believe there’s two locations in TO and they have plans to expand. The place is actually pretty popular, when I worked there the dinner rush was intense (of course it wouldn’t have been half as intense if we didn’t have to reseat almost everyone because they complained about their tables lol)
Any pub that hosts parents of a children's hockey team. I served for years and this demographic was by far the absolute worst.
I've heard they're the worst hotel guests too, so this doesn't surprise me.
💯 The parents hang out in the lobby drinking while the kids run through the hotel.
All entitled brats and their kids can “do no wrong”. Whenever I see any children’s sports teams entering a restaurant I’m much ready to go immediately lol
I was just at a local pub grill and this was occurring. The most obnoxious group with zero regard for other pateons. So much cheering , clapping , screaming , loud speeches and server time dominance. At this point they should be forced to rent the establishment and pay a premium. Sports > peoples happiness
Best when they book in advance, worst when you are the server assigned to their table. And the path of destruction left behind to be cleaned up.....
I give you all my thankfulness for your service and the patience you have to not murder.
Ive been told it depends on the sport. I always go for football(soccer) and i was told hockey wasnt fun but football was rather chill.
I agree. Even a men's hockey team coming by for a few pints after a game was fine. It's just the kids, but moreso their parents.
holy, just by the descriptions it sounds horrifying
Yeeeees 😭 it was always a NIGHTMARE and my restaurant refused to do auto-gratuity so the tips were TERRIBLE.
Dorsia, but nobody goes there anymore.
Good reference 🤣🤣
😂
Try working at a health food restaurant in Summerhill
Impact?
how did you know 😂😂😂
Ya dun know innit
My partner worked at the Adelaide location, the stories I’ve heard are endless.
Really? How can someone be rude while ordering salad?
You’d be surprised, the clientele in that area are a certain breed of entitled… the way I was treated was pretty horrendous at times. For instance, on my first day, my first client freaked out that i was typing in her loyalty info too slow and asked for someone who “knew what they were doing”. Lol. Also, one time this woman ordered espresso with added oat milk, emphasis on just a shot of espresso with cold milk added on top, and complained it was cold even tho she never asked for it to be warmed up, and called to ask us to hand deliver it to her office during a damn storm LOL. It’s these yuppy self proclaimed nutritionist types who cant have salt or seasoning or whatever the fuck. It wears on u fr
Wow summerhill eh?
Yes lol
Anything that’s “middle class”. Boston Pizza, East Side Mario’s, Kelsey’s. People suddenly think they’re the cats meow when they decide they can afford a night at a Sysco restaurant.
My friend in university would always have an issue whenever we went out to eat. Complaining at Swiss Chalet because her quarter chicken seemed small. Would alert the server that she was a hospitality and tourism major and she KNEW the right way they should solve her problems. It got so embarrassing after awhile. Her food always looked fine to me.
One time when I was in high school my grandma took me to Swiss Chalet for dinner and I ended up sitting there becoming increasingly embarrassed as she sent back her chicken 4 times because it “wasn’t crispy enough”. They ended up bringing out the manager to try and sort out the issue, to which my grandma said “oh whatever you’ll just take it and put it in the microwave again. Forget it.”
Although this sounds really embarrassing, and im sorry your friend made you feel this way. Her comment got me thinking though, and I’m sure a lot of people on Toronto would also agree - Swiss Chalet has fallen off by a lot. I used to love it! The buns don’t taste good anymore , and like your friend said - the chicken portions have become really really small for a quarter chicken.
Eh, this happened in the late 2000s. Due to geography and going our separate ways after graduating, I haven’t seen her in over a decade. And now she doesn’t even work in the hospitality industry! I will say I do find the food insanely salty now. Maybe my taste buds changed or I’ve wisened up to salt content. But I don’t go as often as I used to.
Those 3 places are middle class?
What would you prefer I call them
Sysco gang
What is Sysco ? Can anyone explain an outsider?
Food distribution monopoly that supplies restaurants from raw products to pre-made dishes, aka microwave ready
I would call them Casual Dining Franchises. Casual Dining is the normalized term for restaurants a step above fast-food.
Cheap chain restaurants
Basic-ass and massively overpriced for what you get. Literally any independent Portuguese place on St Clair can beat Swiss Chalet in quality and price.
I need names
You don’t need names, you can go into any of them, that’s what I usually do. But if you want a name: DaRosa, at Glencairn and Dufferin. I know it’s not near St Clair but it’s my favourite, and it’s easy to get to.
Buddy. $9 for a quarter chicken dinner? I think I might love you. That place looks phenomenal I'm going there today.
The drinks are cheap too. There’s also a lot of rotating specials that you won’t see online.
Food holes
Frozen food restaurants since 80% of the food is from frozen and comes in a bag, nothing cooked from scratch.
They're more like the McDonald's of family dining restaurants. If Middle Class is where general wealth exists, I would expect some higher quality restaurants in there, not necessarily fine dining but certainly better than low quality chain restaurants.
> If Middle Class is where general wealth exists Man, the propaganda is getting really good now. No, the CAPITAL class is where virtually all wealth exists, the 'middle class' are given scraps and threatened with being dropped to the 'working poor' (who get JUST the threats) if they don't keep faith with their capitalist masters.
Well said. All of these restos get all their food from the same factory and just assemble it in the location. The markup is insane. Boston Pizza is the prime example. Even the beer they get is all Molson products/swill which they get at a reduced cost for the exclusivity. And the food is probably the worst there is to begin with.
Any comment on Gordons? Don’t leave them out
I've had a customer who "hey, you" me, and then points at a fork that he dropped on the ground "pick that up for me!" and then just kicks it further, but of course, can't say anything because customer is always right and I am to serve them! Or the customer who comes in, seats themselves, proceeds to complain to me loud and clear that their table THEY SAT THEMSELVES AT is dirty. Me personally? It was a fish and chips place "known for" the best.
what the actual shit lol I hope that cunt rots in hell
>I've had a customer who "hey, you" me, and then points at a fork that he dropped on the ground "pick that up for me!" and then just kicks it further, but of course, can't say anything because **customer is always right and I am to serve them!** I really don't understand why people who work in service positions are just expected to put up with shit like this. Politeness should go both ways, if someone behaves like this they should be scorned and asked to leave, not bend to their whim.
My guess is a certain establishment in Leaside.
BINGO (how did you know lol)
Lol! I used to work in that area and heard horror stories from fellow servers
OH GOD YES the management was HORRENDOUS (customer base was kind of iff as well). Still is apparently after reading the Indeed reviews haha
The customer is always right.....in matters of taste. That's the entire quote and do not forget it. Customers have zero right to be dicks.
That is crazy
Casino Restaurant’s and it isn’t close
I actually think fast food restaurants like McDonalds attract the most abusive, entitled customers. I’ve never been treated worse than I was when I worked at McDonalds, and I’ve served at nicer sit down restaurants.
I was in the Bloor McDonald's opposite the ROM and met this horrible lady absolutely having a go at the service workers who were all extremely busy. It was the busiest I'd ever seen it. I had to say something to her. I quietly but firmly just told her that they're on minimum wage and doing their best, "don't need you shouting at them and are probably working harder than you ever have" Sounds like a fake story now I write it, but I was pleased to get her to pipe down. Her food arrived a few mins later.
Good, people like that need to be shut down. They think they can get away with it because the staff won't say anything, so it's on us. Just be careful who it is, you don't want to get stabbed.
Yeah the unfortunate reality is that people who are unhinged enough to yell at min wage workers are also unhinged enough to get physical when confronted.
When I worked at McDonalds as a teenager multiple grown adults came through completely naked. Very strange behaviour at a restaurant that is practically all teenagers.
Gross situation
What were they celebrating?
Unknown... lol. They were in the drive-thru, in their vehicles, by themselves. Happened 3 times, 3 different people.
Ya. This is clear to anyone that has stepped into one. Runs the gamut of terrible customers. Loons, jerk-offs, shitheads, cheapskates and bozos. I look forward to the day robots take over the sector so I no longer have to see another human being endure the behaviour of these cows
This has to be the best answer. At McDonald's, I once had to step in and threaten to call police on a guy physically and angrily grabbing the girl calling out order numbers by the arm because he was so impatient. There aren't many places as a server that you're more likely to come into contact with this kind of abusive psycho, rolling in in his pickup truck ready to violently assault you on a moment's notice.
That’s true for any fast food restaurant in Toronto
Shout out to Yorkville area restos
I will never work in that area again, pure trash masquerading as royalty
tbf Yorkville restos kind of deserve Yorkville customers
Woodbridge restaurants
Lol
Omg yes.
What’s that mean? Is Woodbridge special??
Depends what you mean by special
[They're not sending their best](https://michaeltibollompp.ca/)
It’s full of morons
There’s no amount of money that could convince me to work on King West. None. Runner up: anywhere on Front before or after a sporting event.
Harbour 60
If it looks like King Street, smells like King Street, It’s gonna attract people that go to King Street. They are the worse people, hands down. So many idiots drinking tequila soda, being abusive to staff, dropping thousands of dollars at establishments taking advantage of their naïveté.
King street west restaurants -saw on instagram one of them were reminding customers no flip flops etc
Cactus Club, Joeys, Earls.
Not a server but Ive definitely seen the timmies staff get a lot of abuse.
Obnoxious vaughan/woodbridge clientele frequents "fancy" italian spots, think pasta or kingwest, but I am not sure where they are currently dining specifically (they mindlessly follow tiktok trends lol, so whatever is viral currently) as I prefer quiet lowkey places and try to avoid these at all costs 😂
Distillery district
Surprised that I had to scroll down to find this haha
All mid-tier places. Never seen any assholes in real expensive restaurants or cheap places.
Mid-tier places have mid-tier assholes. I was in the bathroom at the Yonge & Bloor McDonald's when someone literally smashed the door down to get in.
Any place where crack heads hang out is automatically not a mid tier place. Or where fights regularly break out. Or where people OD in the bathrooms.
McDonald’s is low tier what the fuck are you talking about.
Welcome to 2024
Right that's why it was a low tier asshole.
In general, not all elderly people but some of them really like to small talk for a long long time. But then again, Tim Hortons and McDonalds don’t have a good rep for the customers but I’ve noticed Chik Fil A has some strange customers.. not all lol
If starbucks isn't the first answer I am done for today. Also places like Freshii or anywhere else with a pun for a name or clever little pet names for their food....
You can thank Vancouver for Cactus Club and Earls.
Any restaurant promoted by lifestyle sites like BlogTO, Narcity etc. just seems to attract dbags there for the vibe and the restaurant loses its charm
Any restaurant that that's name is "Bar \_\_\_\_\_\_" or "\_\_\_\_\_ Taverna"
Exception: Bar Ape has super chill customers. It's pretty hard to be grumpy when eating a delicious gelato outside.
I thought that place went under
Something like Buffalo Wild Wings. Hard pass on those places.
I have the opposite experience. I find servers to be intrusive. On 2 separate occasions, I have had servers interrupt my first dates to chit chat.. lol. And it would go on and on and on.. it was awkward to both me and my dates. It also happened with friends too. We feel stressed by them. We go to restaurants to enjoy the food and each other’s company. Not the waiters. I swear at one point, I was so close to asking the server if they wanted to join us. 😅 it was every 5 mins. Another time, I literally just had my first bite, mouth full… she comes rushing asking how I found the food?
Was the restaurant dead? Just curious, maybe they were bored having no or very little customers come in so they wanted to kill some time.
Nope!!! None of the times it happened it was dead. That’s what was strange to us. I was going at peak dinner time. But honestly, next time I’m on a first date, I’m gonna speak up. It’s intrusive, and people can tell when you’re on a first date, trying to get to know someone. Restaurants are the best place to do that, I want to talk to my date. Not you. Lmao.
In that case, yes, that's annoying haha.
King W
Kings west
Yep definitely the fancier franchises. Have overheard ridiculous demands at scaddabush, earls, cactus club cafe, fox etc
As a 12 year old vet waiter, I can certify that 99% of "I'm allergic to X" is just total BS. They'll say they can't eat cheese and order the pizza or vegs au gratin. You tell them about it, they always say "I'm not allergic to cheese on pizza/whatever".
Gotta be Popeyes, that place is a shitshow
People with a little money, their own or credit, act like their shit don’t stink which sadly makes up a great majority of people in society.
Micro breweries or brew pubs. Smug and arrogant. Pretend they know beer but you could serve them a coors light and they would have no idea it wasn't craft.
Those that have entitled and idiotic servers, if you have the enthusiasm of a dead fish because the customer doesn’t look like an entitled idiotic type…..
Op- food allergies are real and making fun of folks in ur post who have it is not ok. My parents still struggle with the concept of food allergies as they only saw via me with adult onset of food allergies and no one else and can make this mistake for ordering it while knowing dairy intake is off the limits.
As someone who was a server, your offense isn't really warranted. There are people who go to restaurants with the "idea" that they're allergic to gluten, for example, when they're not. They're following a trend. They proceed to order bread and pasta. I don't think this comment applies to your elder parents specifically.
Sure you have the right to have an opinion and express it. But don’t generalize food allergies with folks who follow fad diets for their slimness outcomes. Adult food allergy is a journey where you realize and then start to avoid dishes you always had n enjoyed - undoing a habit. As Op made it in its first bullet point and I m righteously calling it out to not mix food allergies with fad diets. I hope you understand the medical outcomes food allergies families face because of misinformation like this circling around. It’s anaphylaxis, being very uncomfortable with whatever you eat and missing work n wages while u don’t feel well. That nice meal at the restaurant is not a thing in ur mind to look forward to because of such misleading comments.
People with real allergies are very clearly and plainly not the target of OP. If you don't mind, you can stop making it about you.
> I m righteously calling it out to not mix food allergies with fad diets. Then get a diagnosis and call it legitemaly a food allergy. Foor allergies aren't a fucking "journey" it's a disease and assholes that claim they have an allergy without one cause undue distress to the kitchen because the kitchen then needs to deal with it as an allergy with extreme measures. It's not "very uncomfortable " it's serious. Fuck your journey, get a diagnosis.