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by KerrAvon 243 days ago
So what? It's a trivial kindness and it takes a few seconds. What else were they going to do with those seconds? It's different if it's fast food, where maximizing people I/O does matter. But that's not the case here.

Further if the restaurant asks ahead of time, that's a signifier that they take it seriously. If you have to tell them, it's much more likely you will encounter cavalier treatment of cross-contamination and such. For some people, that really can be life or death.

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>It's a trivial kindness and it takes a few seconds

We're doing 2200 covers tonight. If you know what that means then you know I don't have a few seconds to spare, and if you don't then you're not really qualified to have this discussion.

>Further if the restaurant asks ahead of time, that's a signifier that they take it seriously. If you have to tell them, it's much more likely you will encounter cavalier treatment of cross-contamination and such

These are provable statements. Prove them.

It's a signifier that you're in that part of town. Life or death for some people.