So is this an ADA violation?

[rm]

I'm only half joking in the subject line.

Short version:

I went to Cold Stone Creamery and asked them to place my icecream directly in a cup because I have allergies (easier than explaining celiac). They then very condescendinly explained to me that choosing to eat ice cream was a risk and that they did not feel comfortable with me taking it on their premises and I was told I would not be served.

There is only one way to keep myself safe, and that's by asking about food ingredients or making sure my food doesn't touch food that isn't safe for me.

It is one thing for a restaurant to say, "nothing we have here is safe for you to eat." It's another for them to say, "while we have safe food, we don't feel comfortable letting you eat it." It's a slippery slope, that, quite frankly sacares me, as I can dine out safely if I ask for information and give some basic information.

I don't just hate our litigious society. I hate our risk averse society.

I take risks every day. Every time I eat. Every time I leave the house. Hell, I pick up swords all the damn time that can and do hurt people regardless of safety precautions.

That it is possible for us to get hurt is a simple fact of being creatures both mortal and living.

I'm alive.

And, despite the fact I didn't jump over the counter and kill the guy, the bastard at Cold Stone Creamery isn't.

Comments

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a jackass. That karma will bite him in the ass, but probably not soon enough.

I think I got glutened at dinner. I ate two of my husband's french fries and he thinks they were coated with seasoned flour. ACK! I'm not used to having to ask about every item of food yet and I just thought oh, French fry - made out of potato! WIN! Except apparently not.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I've hit the french fry problem a lot and am now _very_ cautious about them.