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Woman with severe allergy ‘left with no choice’ but to buy every packet of peanuts on flight (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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‘Eurowings should be ashamed of how they handled this situation,’ says passenger

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[–] [email protected] 157 points 1 year ago (46 children)

One thing in advance: Leah Williams was not forced to buy all packages of peanuts on board – on the contrary, our purser tried to offer her an alternative solution by informing all passengers sitting around her about Leah’s allergy. She agreed at first but then decided to still buy all the packages.

The airline says it is “unable to guarantee that the aircraft is free of foodstuffs that may trigger an allergic reaction, such as peanuts”, because passengers are allowed to bring their own food onboard.

I feel bad for her but I have to wonder, how does this person function on a day to day basis? If their allergy is so severe that other people eating peanuts around her would harm her, how does she leave the house? How did she navigate the airport?

[–] Carighan 76 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Yeah exactly, if her allergy was that severe - which it evidently was not, see the comment by Eurowings about a general buildup due to the nature of airplane flight and airplane in-air circulation and she survivedt hat - then she would naturally not be flying commercial. There'd be no way to do that without immediately triggering her allergy.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not only that, but did she handle the packages of nuts after purchase? Because if she did, she came into contact with an absolute shit ton of nut particles, and would have had a reaction.

[–] s38b35M5 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't take health advice from Zoidberg

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It is your fault for being human.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Also wouldn’t there still be shit in the air and on surfaces from the previous flight where everyone enjoyed their peanuts?

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