On 8/12/2014 1:26 PM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 05:14:36 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> > wrote:
>
>> It seems irresponsible because of all the folks who have peanut allergies.
>> The residues get all over folks shoes and get tracked around. I think the
>> practice should be forbidden on those grounds.
>>>
>
> I think that peanut allergy thing is overblown and ridiculous. I know
> absolutely NO one with a peanut allergy, and yet I know someone who
> carries an epi pen at all times because she's that allergic to onions.
> I even know someone who is allergic to beans, yes - beans (not the
> green vegetable)! If I can know even one person with a weird allergy
> like that and not a soul who is allergic to peanuts, it's overblown.
>
>
After a few years of not doing so, they went back to giving out packets
of peanuts on airplanes. I don't think I've ever met anyone who was
allgeric to peanuts. Lord knows if it had been prevalent when I was in
grade school none of us would have been able to bring our lunches to
school - nearly everyone brought and ate PB&J sandwiches.

Jill