We’ve seen fast food allergies go terribly awry many times on social media. In February, a man filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s after he was given cheese in his Big Mac, despite having a milk allergy, which ultimately led to a hospital trip.
Now, in a TikTok video that’s gone viral on the platform, a Chick-fil-A customer vented about an experience she’d had while dining at the chain.
“Chick-fil-A, I need you to count your days… For real, count your days. The past three times I’ve ordered Chick-fil-A, they have given me Diet Coke when I asked for regular, which for most people is fine. However, I am allergic to aspartame. I will take the slightest sip of aspartame and 50 shades of f**ked up, for real.
“The first time it happened I was like, ‘OK, that’s fine, I’ll dump it, it’s fine, everything’s OK… The second time it happened I was like, ‘Wow, what are the odds that this happens twice? Chick-fil-A never messes up my order ever.’ The third time it happened, today, I went to a different Chick-fil-A because I was in a different part of town.”
Unfortunately for Grace, however, they still served the Diet Coke.
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People weigh in on Chick-fil-A allergy fail
“Someone who understands!! I also have the allergy, no one believes me!” one commenter said, sharing their own struggle.
“My mother-in-law and brother-in-law are both allergic to aspartame, they said they just get headaches with it. I’d cry if I did, I don’t like regular soda at all. Hope you’re ok!”
“The headaches are seriously so bad. I think it’s the only time I’ve ever gotten migraines,” the video’s creator replied.
Some however, argued that she should be more forthright about her allergy, writing: “I would just make sure to tell them you are allergic and can not have Diet Coke. Should you have to? No. But just in case!”
Another Chick-fil-A customer was furious, after she was given a heart-shaped biscuit instead of the chain’s classic round biscuit.