On Tue 27 Sep 2005 03:39:25p, Damsel wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sat 24 Sep 2005 03:17:56p, Ariane Jenkins wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>> > On 24 Sep 2005 03:23:16 +0200, Wayne Boatwright >
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I understand your point. Meeting someone halfway is one thing. What
>> >> has been suggested is meeting them at their own door and escorting them
>> >> to their destination. I will not be made responsible for their whole
>> >> trip. Seems those who complain take few if any measures on their own
>> >> to avoid the problem or protect themselves. They expect everyone else
>> >> to do it for them by eliminating 100% of the cause. This is bullshit!
>> >>
>> >
>> > I think accomodation should be made--within reason-- for people with
>> > severe allergies. I'm not sure what you consider to be too much
>> > accomodation, but if we're talking about relatively basic matter of not
>> > serving peanuts on an airline flight, then I personally don't consider
>> > that to be outrageous.
>> >
>> > Ariane
>>
>> As with most things, the key is "within reason" and its interpretation.
>> When such an accomodation affects 149 people out of 100, I personally feel
>> that's going too far. 'Course, my opinion never counts for much. :-)
>
> You're right. It doesn't. How unbeleivably selfish to insist on
> eating a few lousy peanuts knowing full well that someone in your
> vicinity could die as a result of your pig-headedness.
>
> Every post you make in this thread makes me like you less. On a scale
> of one to ten, your current ranking is about a minus four.
>
> Carol, activating a new filter when Agent is up and running, and
> finished reading this thread

Well, Carol, you have put me in your kill file before, and you probably will
again. That's certainly your choice.

Perhaps I should clarify once and for all how I really feel about this issue.

1. I really don't give a damn whether airlines serve peanuts or not. I
rarely fly anymore and it really wouldn't affect me much.

2. I resent having *one* person demand that an entire plane full of people
do their bidding. I really don't care what the reason is. It's
unreasonable.

3. If I happen to be on a plane and want to eat the Snicker's bar (with
peanuts) that I brought on board with me, I don't think it's much of an issue
if I'm sitting at one end of the plane and the person with the peanut allergy
is sitting at the other.

4. If I was sitting next to someone when I wanted to eat that Snicker's bar
and that person said they were allergic to peanuts and asked me not to eat
it, I would either get up and go eat it somewhere else or ask them to move.

Personally, I don't think any of that is unreasonable. If you do, then so be
it. There's no accounting for opinion.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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