Crazy subway experience: I was on subway with my 2 toddlers around noon-ish. I pulled out a PB&J and handed 1/2 to each kid. A nicely dressed woman (who did not have a child with her) comes up to us and says "YOU are the reason I cannot take my child anywhere. Don't you realize people have peanut allergies?" Ummm - I got off at the next stop and switched cars. But really? Are there not Nut Stands on every 10th corner? My kids and I are the reason she can't take her child on the subway? I am so sorry to all those who have allergies, but we were keeping to ourselves on the train. Please leave us alone!
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06.29.11, 07:58 PM
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You know that poll earlier about which state has the most a**holes? I'm going with New York. CRAZY!
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06.29.11, 07:59 PM
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And the pseudo "peanut allergy could kill my little timmy" mothers are the craziest of crazy!
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06.29.11, 08:02 PM
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It really, really does.
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06.29.11, 08:18 PM
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First of all, you're really not supposed to be eating anything on the subway -- especially sticky, crumb-y sandwiches. Second of all, my daughter eats peanut butter only at home. If we're going out somewhere, it's almond or cashew butter. Not worth putting some other kid at risk.
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06.29.11, 08:01 PM
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My kid has a cashew allergy!
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06.29.11, 08:02 PM
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And my little shuggums has a almond allergy. So severe it could kill shuggums.
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06.29.11, 08:04 PM
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So I should just leave the car in the garage and walk every where because something may happen to cause the car to hurt someone?
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06.29.11, 08:05 PM
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ah ha!
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06.29.11, 08:06 PM
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it's a long ride - it's noon - pb&j is portable. i'm sure she can clean up after her kids.
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06.29.11, 08:05 PM
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Oh God, you know she just loves telling people all day, every day about her child with the allergy.
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06.29.11, 08:05 PM
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SHE is the nut!
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06.29.11, 08:07 PM
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eating on the subway is messy and rude, even when it's little kids. don't teach them to eat on the subway. and, yes, I think people are overzealous about peanut allergies, but I still think it's ruder to eat on the subway.
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06.29.11, 08:07 PM
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right, that is why the subway is so clean, nobody brings food/beverage to the platform or on the train...
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06.29.11, 08:10 PM
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what are you, the subway monitor?
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06.29.11, 08:14 PM
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Well, sometimes it's that or too late of a bedtime.
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06.30.11, 05:45 AM
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what do peanut-allergy people do walking down the street with all those "Nuts4Nuts" stands. do their mothers yell at the vendors?
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06.29.11, 08:09 PM
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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06.29.11, 08:18 PM
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The thing is, if kids were actually going into anaphylaxis from touching things like subway seats it would be all over the news. Remember that girl in Canada who died of an asthma attack but they thought it was from kissing the boy who'd eaten pb? The international media was all over it.
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06.29.11, 08:09 PM
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wow - i love how this board turns it on the mom who a) takes a subway and b) feeds her kids at normal mealtimes, but not on an almost "road-rage" mother who doesn't have a child with her! fascinating
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06.29.11, 08:12 PM
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np: The "road rage" mom isn't here.
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06.30.11, 05:09 AM
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I'm not joking when I say that a mom in my office recently told me she was thinking about quitting her job to better *manage* her son's peanut allergy because he had recently ALMOST eaten pb.
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06.29.11, 08:17 PM
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Yes, it is this syndrome (peanut allergies) that afflicts all children of crazy, crazy mothers. With 99.999% reliability.
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06.29.11, 08:20 PM
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1/2 of the kids don't even have an allergy.
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06.30.11, 06:01 AM
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Peanuts (botanically are legumes) are GROUND Nuts and are closely related to peas and beans and not closely at all to TREE nuts (such as cashews, almonds etc). Nevertheless, allergies seem to ignore the botanists and their classifications in this regard and many children are allergic to both Ground and Tree Nut botanical categories.
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06.29.11, 08:24 PM
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So for all you people who "believe" you are doing the peanut-allergy world "good" but carrying almond/cashew butter - you are NOT. Soy-butter maybe... Why not cream cheese and jam? And what about all the berry allergies?
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06.29.11, 08:25 PM
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Most people with a peanut allergy do just fine w/ treenuts. You are a nut.
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06.30.11, 06:03 AM
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Man I'm really craving peanut butter now...maybe I'll go buy some and open it on my way home.
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06.29.11, 08:30 PM
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Yeah, I snack on peanuts frequently on the subway - and no one has ever dropped dead... or even broken out in hives...
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06.29.11, 08:31 PM
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What happens if you break into a bag of peanut M&Ms on the subway? Do you suffer the wrath of the peanut police?
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06.29.11, 08:36 PM
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Just don't eat on a train anyway. What is this a third world country?
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06.29.11, 09:05 PM
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What does the first have to do with the second?
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06.30.11, 03:23 AM
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Survival of the fittest.
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06.29.11, 09:13 PM
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The mother is def the nuts therefore her child met allergic to her. She should keep her bubble boy at home or drive her own ca. Trains are not peanut free zones
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06.29.11, 09:58 PM
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Was at a "five guys" burger joint in Virginia recently where there was a sign on the door asking people not to consume peanut products purchased there outside of yhe store because there were children in the neighborhood with peanut allergies. I thought that was a little over the top.
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06.29.11, 10:25 PM
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agree. there are so many other allergies that can be pretty bad, not just peanut allergies. I am very, very allergic to perfume (asthma attacks), but I don't think people should be allowed to wear it. the inserts in the magazines annoy the hell out of me, but I have the perogative to just not buy those magazines.
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06.30.11, 04:14 AM
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The world is about her, clearly.
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06.30.11, 04:20 AM
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My son is allergic to peanuts and I think this is crazy. His allergist told me that my older ds could eat a pb&j right next to him and nothing would happen. He would have to rub the peanut butter on him for there to be a problem. I hate hearing about things like this happening because it makes all peanut allergy moms look crazy.
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06.30.11, 04:38 AM
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I agree that lady was a little nuts (sorry couldn't resist), but it's kind of gross to eat on the subway. First of all your DCs' hands were probably filthy. Why not, assuming going home is not an option, get to a playground, purel everyone and then eat?
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06.30.11, 05:48 AM
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