The pool manager said it’s against city policy to wear cotton in public pools, according to Ismaa’eel. If it’s a rule, Ismaa’eel said, “it’s never been enforced.”To pick on her group is discrimination, she said. “There’s nothing posted that says you can’t swim in cotton,” said Ismaa’eel, owner and principal of the Darul-Amaanah Academy and director of its summer program. “At the same time, there…
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So this actually happened today. For some background, I am the kitchen manager at a small restaurant in a small country town. We have been having some complaints over a few menu items that were recently changed so I have been slowly rolling things back.
One of those menu items is our mac and cheese. Not too long ago, our owner decided she wanted to make our mac and cheese gluten free to fulfill the requests of a few customers. Since the change, it has been our #1 complaint and sales have been cut in half. So, I decided to order regular pasta for 99% of orders and keep the gluten free for requests. So far, so good. We have had a lot of compliments and a lot more empty plates coming back. I let all of the servers know but hadn’t told the owner yet because she was so adamant about keeping the gluten free pasta, even though just about everyone hated it. I figured I could just go to her with the increased sales later since she isn’t having any sort of dissenting opinion now. Ya know, ask for forgiveness rather than permission.
Well, today, on my day off, we had a 3 year old girl order the kids portion of mac and cheese. She also has Celiacs. This girl had apparently ordered the mac and cheese several times in the past couple of weeks with no problems, so her mom did not notify anyone of the allergy this time. About 2 hours ago, I got a call from my boss telling me that my decision put the 3 year old girl in the hospital and the mom had called to let us know she would be suing us since it does still say “gluten free” on our menu. I have now been suspended for 2 days until the owners can figure everything out. If the mom sues us, not only am I out of a job, it will sink the restaurant and everyone will lose their jobs. Not to mention it will financially ruin our owners and crush their dreams. So I guess we’ll see.
TL;DR: A 3 year old girl with Celiacs was rushed to the hospital after I ordered regular pasta for our restaurant without telling the owner. Now the mom is threatening to sue us, and not only is my job in jeopardy, but the restaurant itself.
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