While there might be a legit medical reason for the question - stop and take a good look at where you are (dopey person asking the question) then think about WHY you are there and why the volunteers are there. Then whack the back of your own head and get on with life.
maybe it's not possible to accommodate special meals, but food allergies don't go away just because there's been a disaster. maybe you say no and suggest they volunteer in another way. i had a friend who had multiple allergies and people kept telling her "oh just grow up and eat it" or they'd tell her something was ok but give her something that wasn't, trying to fool her, and so every time, I'd end up trying to get her to the ER, fingers swelled up, wheezing and trying to throw up with wheezing. i know the joke about sweet tea, i grew up there, but, it was still scary to watch her.
The NYT (paywall) has a map today illustrating all the places which have flooded this year, from North Dakota and down the Missouri and Mississipi rivers all the way to the gulf. It's a wonder the Red Cross volunteers ever got to go home this year. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/11/us/midwest-flooding.html
My DD is allergic to olives. We found out when she collapsed on my kitchen floor and had to be taken to the emerg,fortunately just a few blocks away. What's not funny is her co-workers who refused to believe no one could be allergic to healthy olives and kept sneaking olive oil onto the crew's salads. We go to Asian restaurants because they're the only ones who don't use olive oil, or she goes to Jamaican restaurants which is too much heat for me.
South Carolina? You'll be lucky if everything on the table isn't loaded with sugar. Asking for unsweetened tea is almost illegal in Charleston.
ReplyDeleteWhile there might be a legit medical reason for the question - stop and take a good look at where you are (dopey person asking the question) then think about WHY you are there and why the volunteers are there. Then whack the back of your own head and get on with life.
ReplyDeletemaybe it's not possible to accommodate special meals, but food allergies don't go away just because there's been a disaster. maybe you say no and suggest they volunteer in another way.
ReplyDeletei had a friend who had multiple allergies and people kept telling her "oh just grow up and eat it" or they'd tell her something was ok but give her something that wasn't, trying to fool her, and so every time, I'd end up trying to get her to the ER, fingers swelled up, wheezing and trying to throw up with wheezing.
i know the joke about sweet tea, i grew up there, but, it was still scary to watch her.
The NYT (paywall) has a map today illustrating all the places which have flooded this year, from North Dakota and down the Missouri and Mississipi rivers all the way to the gulf.
ReplyDeleteIt's a wonder the Red Cross volunteers ever got to go home this year.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/11/us/midwest-flooding.html
Bunnykins, I've only deployed 3 times this year. I'm a poker compared to some of our ERV drivers.
DeleteMy DD is allergic to olives. We found out when she collapsed on my kitchen floor and had to be taken to the emerg,fortunately just a few blocks away. What's not funny is her co-workers who refused to believe no one could be allergic to healthy olives and kept sneaking olive oil onto the crew's salads. We go to Asian restaurants because they're the only ones who don't use olive oil, or she goes to Jamaican restaurants which is too much heat for me.
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