A bitter hot fudge sunday

lbdavis · #1 (**permalink**) 05-27-2008

I just got back from a minor league baseball game. Great ball park, great atmosphere. The prices creep up each year, but ah, what can you do.

In the 6th, I go to buy a slightly-more-expensive-than-last-year's Hot Fudge Sunday which comes in a really cool miniature batting helmet. I always get it with whipped cream, nuts and a cherry.

To my horror, they didn't have nuts. I jokingly asked the high school girl serving me how she could have let them run out of nuts and she replied, "We didn't run out, we just don't offer nuts anymore." Then added the reasoning as quite simply, "Nut allergies."

I avoided any type of debate with the 16 year old, but by the time I got back to my seat with my nut-less Sunday I was embarrassed for this country.

WThis minor league ball park was afraid that someone would ASK for nuts on their hot fudge sunday, then sue the ball park when their face swelled up and throat slammed shut.

How many of the Aramark supplied foods to the ballpark already contained some type of nuts or nut oil?!?!?

I can understand not putting them on the sunday, but not offering them is a slippery slope.

"Excuse me, sir, can I get some ketchup for my fries?"

"I'm sorry, sir. We don't offer ketchup. Tomato allergies."

WTF!

I just had to vent.

T37Chef · #2 (**permalink**) 05-27-2008

How come nobody shows up when they say they will. Three times today I was stood up.

I feel better now

lbdavis · #3 (**permalink**) 05-27-2008

I'm sorry to hear you were stood up T37. Why don't you bring some chopped nuts down to the corner and I'll meet you there with a couple of hot fudge sundays.

artbyjody · #4 (**permalink**) 05-28-2008

Maybe its not really that do sell nuts because of allergies, but instead the sexual innuendo / suggestive aspect of a certain part of the anotomy (slang of course) - its so hard to tell nowadays why one can not do something after being sued....but I agree - its getting to be a bear to enjoy life sometimes...

sailingdog · #5 (**permalink**) 05-28-2008

Unfortunately, in the litigation happy USA, sales of many things, like peanuts are being stopped for fear of triggering an allergy attack and being sued for it. That's also a big reason why some airlines no longer serve free peanuts.

bubb2 · #6 (**permalink**) 05-28-2008

In May this year I took my daughters to Wrigley Field to see the Cubs vs. The Mets. They were selling Peanuts in the bag. The Cubs won, warm peanuts in the bag and a day with the girls live is good. Go to Chicago the next time you want to see a game.

lbdavis · #7 (**permalink**) 05-28-2008

Great point bubb! I also ate a bag of peanuts that I bought at the same game. So they will sell a friggin' BAG of peanuts but not offer a tablespoon of crushed peanuts on some icecream. Makes sense to me...

Nice diet, eh? Maybe if I ate better I'd get over this quicker.

bubb2 · #8 (**permalink**) 05-28-2008

dump the ice cream in the bag, shake it up and enjoy!

Valiente · #9 (**permalink**) 05-28-2008

I think the turning point for America was about 10 years ago when the woman successfully sued McDonald's for failing to warn her that the coffee she had just been sold (and which she secured in her car with her thighs) was in fact hot.

Now all coffee cups warn us that "coffee may be hot".

I believe personally that the foolish should be killed by their own stupidity as a way to improve the breed. Others are lawyers.

TrueBlue · #10 (**permalink**) 05-28-2008

They sell nuts, they also have all the fixings for a sundae - minus the nuts. "Management policy" however, prevents the servers from putting them together in one container.

That attitude always brings the Jack Nicolson out in me.