Contentiousness

About this episode

Alan Weiss discusses societal behaviors around food allergies, ghosting, and safety warnings in various contexts.

SHOW NOTES: At a restaurant, I’m asked if I have food allergies when I make the reservation, then by the hostess when I arrive, then by the server who has my table. While I appreciate all the precautions, I think they’re afraid of being sued. Isn’t it the responsibility of someone with a serious food allergy who’s make the decision to dine in a restaurant to inform people themselves? The Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, a wonderful place, actually has a sign informing its guests that the china, which has artful designs and craftsman ship, has potential cancer-causing agents in the art work. Since these are decorative “chargers” and not used for food, a guest would have to chew on the gold leaf to ingest anything remotely dangerous. People complain that prospects are constantly “ghosting” them and it’s an epidemic of rude behavior. Well, the commonality is the person ghosted, so perhaps they aren’t offering sufficient interest of value to justify a return call and that prospect doesn’t want to waste still more time by having to tell them that. When you think others are uniformly acting improperly, it’s usually you. Do you really need to tell us “do not try this at home” when a…

People in this episode

Host: Alan Weiss

Topics covered

• food allergies
• restaurant etiquette
• ghosting
• rude behavior
• responsibility
• safety warnings

Keywords

• food allergies
• restaurant
• ghosting
• rude behavior
• safety warnings

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Peninsula Hotel

Places: Beverly Hills

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