Originally Posted by
songofamerica89
So a comment. My wife's flight from CTL to PHX yesterday evening, she had the short rib. The salad had shrimp on it and she is allergic, so when asked to have it removed, the FA said, "just don't eat it". REALLY. While she does need to ingest it to stop breathing others just have to have it near by. AA really need to think about food allergies and train some of these "attendants" to better recognize and service the passenger. They want more $, then start working.
The problem is the shrimp was already on the salad. The FAs don't plate the food anymore. It comes plated. For the FA to remove it, the FA would have needed to either pull it off with her hands or find a fork to do so. Personally, I would trust anyone not simply to use their hands, so I'd prefer to do it myself in this situation. And, I suspect the juice from the shrimp had already contaminated the salad, so she probably wouldn't have wanted to eat it anyway.