Anyone who ’s ever even dipped a toe into the service industry can agree that overly ask client are a huge pain in the ass . I ’m not aver that diner with laundry listing of limited request are incorrect to ask for accommodation – they ’re pay for their repast , after all – but the extent to which some customer feel entitled to customise their menus form of shoot down the purpose of a computer menu at all . And that survive dual for dietetical restrictions many back - of - the - house case deliberate passing trends .
One especially outspoken cafe proprietor in Dublin , Ireland took this industriousness pain to a whole new level this past Sunday when he brand this provocative Facebook post notifying patrons that his coffee bar will no longer wait on gluten - free cup of tea unless provided with a valid doctor ’s preeminence . And , like some crimson - faced gymnasium teacher hand out extra lap covering to the tummy - achers , Paul Stenson ( aka Paulie ) require the world to know that the White Moose is not agitate on this one .
The post number soon after one diner inquire about gluten - free pancakes . When ask if she had coeliac ( that ’s celiac to us Americans ) disease , a genetic aversion to wheat products that feign an estimate one out of 100 UK residents ( the stats are interchangeable in the US ) , the womanhood take on she was n’t familiar with the word . And Paulie , already an accomplished internet troll , jump on the chance to stir up a full - fledged social media shitstorm .
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In come after - up post , Paulie and work party accused GF - ers of suffering from " a psychological disorder " and " let’s - make - it - up - as - we - go - along syndrome , " and assure the public that they were not , in fact , joking , but were " deadly serious . " Interesting alternative of word , my dudes .
Look , I ’m by no means gluten - free . I ’m a beer writer , for crying out loud . But I do happen to be allergic to peanuts and if my dumpling position asked to see my medical records every prison term I asked it to hold the nut , I ’d be pretty damn harried . At the same clip , there are place I live I ca n’t mess with , like Thai food joints and Five Guys ( RIP me ) . I ’ve learned that sometimes it ’s good to steer well-defined of something entirely than to be that guy wire just for a few pancakes . It might not be fair , but it ’s the crossbreeding I ’ve bear since i was … bear .
frankly though , wheat - phobic or not , who want to eat at that asshat ’s cafe anyhow?Sign up herefor our day-to-day Thrillist email , and get your locating of the best in food / drinking / merriment .
