Shitty of Disney, but if I had a food allergy so severe it could literally kill me, I would never eat out anywhere knowing my life was potentially in the hands of some teenage kitchen worker who has not the slightest concern or knowledge regarding food allergens.
EDIT: Instead of downvoting, maybe explain why you disagree? Is something wrong with that reasoning? Do you think it is impractical to never eat out? I don't have allergies and almost never eat out anyway due to refusing to pay inflated prices.
So you're telling me if you had a food allergy and you go on vacation, you would still go buy groceries and make your own meals?
Yes, there's technically a risk for food allergies whenever you go to a restaurant, but never eating out means you miss out on a lot of life events. The doctor took precautions. They did exactly what they were supposed to. Any restaurant with a sense of food safety knows how important it is to not fuck it up, and clearly Disney skipped out on the food safety training.
If I had a vehicule so fast it could literally kill me, I would never drive it around other people knowing my life was potentially in the hands of some inexperienced driver who has not the slightest concern or knowledge regarding traffic laws.
I could find plenty other analogies, but you get the point... So many mundane everyday activities are life threatening in a way, you can't blame people for living...
Asking the waiter for problematic ingredients and insisting on how severe your allergy is more than enough caution taken. The fault is entirely on the restaurant. If a blind person was run over after a nearby pedestrian ensured them that it was safe to cross the street, would you blame the blind person for leaving their house alone?
Being something of a contrarian, I started to counter that it wasn't a good analogy because driving is essential for work/groceries (and eating out is not), so the risk/reward ratio is in favor of driving. But I admit I do often drive to places that are not essential (as I'm sure most everyone does) and almost never worry about the potentially deadly risks. I hadn't considered that and it seems so obvious in retrospect, so now I feel dumb. You changed my mind, thanks for taking the time to discuss instead of blindly downvoting. Cheers!