Most of the menu at places like this have spicy things (which I have a pretty severe allergy to), so I ordered the following: ""Traditional Shrimp Salad: Traditional shrimp salad served with lettuce, tomato, avocado and monterey jack cheese...9.99"" Now, that would imply like a normal, regular salad, right? The ""SALAD"" is shrimp and celery tossed in what looks like mayo. Kinda like a tuna salad? Maybe? Total ew. But I figure, eh, whatever, I'll just be disappointed and never eat this again.\r
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It's spicy. I realize this after eating a couple bites. I go back, ask for a menu. No, I'm not crazy. It's listed as a normal salad, says nothing about being tossed in some sort of sauce, and doesn't NOT say anything about being spicy. I ask for a comment card. They don't have any. I ask them what makes it spicy. I thought maybe horseradish. It's Tabasco! I talked to a manager. Explained, ""I have severe allergies to spicy foods and sauces. That's why I ordered a salad.""\r
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The manager, ""Ohhh man. Yeah, that's too bad. I'm sorry that happened. But, if you have allergies, why didn't you ask the waitress if it had tabasco?""\r
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""You guys never listed it was tossed in anything... So why would I think this was anything but a normal salad? At a place like this, I usually have to eat only green things because they're not spicy, you know?""\r
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""Yeaaah, I don't know how we can fix this. When we reprint the menus next, I'll make sure it's been changed.""\r
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...OH MY GOD. I've been feeling ill now since I ate it. I'll probably be up all night. And on the way out, my family hear him talking to our server (who I didn't tip, but I left a note explaining why).\r
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""I don't think she liked how I handled the situation."" Are you kidding?! I am so so so careful about my dietary needs. That's why I was going to order a salad.\r
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Am I out of line? But isn't a traditional salad green lettuce, with stuff mixed in? SERIOUSLY.
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