Posted on 07/24/2008 5:17:16 PM PDT by LAforme2008
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack? Not in sections 311 and 312 at Safeco Field on Aug. 5 and Sept. 9. Those will be peanut-controlled zones on those days, the Mariners announced this week, cleaned thoroughly the night before and all peanut products will be banned on those games. Peanut products will not be sold at nearby concession stands. Tickets will be $10 each for those days.
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309 & 310 will be pork free next season.
I suppose this is in deference to the minuscule amount of people who might be allergic to peanuts. I guess the people who are allergic have no brains so can’t decide for themselves to either not go to a game or to actually not buy peanuts or peanut products?
Skin contact with peanut dust can trigger a reaction in some cases.
Hmmmm
does this mean that one out of the 82 games may be set aside for SMOKERS?
Same principle......
Catholics want a No Meat section on Fridays during Lent.
Peanuttiness aside, Safeco Field crams fans in like sardines. Nice facility, but the smallest seats I’ve ever seen in any ballpark. Last time I attended a game there I was smothered by rolls of fat from the woman on my left. And of course the Mariners are the worst team in the AL.
If one is allergic to peanuts, they should stay the hell home. Wrap themselves in saran wrap and suck gatorade through a straw if you think it’s really that bad.
It is not society’s problem. It’s THEIR problem.
I’m about fed up with all this crap.
Don’t even get me started on “fibromyalgia”.
If a person is so allergic to peanuts that dust will set them off then I guess they are pretty much done for. I would stay the he** away from baseball games or any sort of sporting event, any social occasion and kind of wrap myself in plastic. Sorry but your statement doesn’t stand up.
Peanut Dust Allergies Because it is nearly impossible for persons who have an allergy to peanut dust to avoid triggering a reaction if peanut dust is in the air, Southwest Airlines is unable to guarantee a peanut-free or allergen-free flight. We have procedures in place to assist our Customers with severe allergies to peanut dust and will make every attempt not to serve packaged peanuts on the aircraft when our Customers alert us to their allergy to peanut dust. We ask that Customers with allergies to peanut dust advise our Reservations Sales Agents of the allergy at the time the reservation is made. If the reservation is made on southwest.com, there is a field to indicate a peanut allergy on the Payment and Passenger Information page during the booking process. If the reservation is made via travel agent, the Customer should telephone 1-800-I-FLY-SWA afterward to speak with a Reservation Sales Agent.
“Skin contact with peanut dust can trigger a reaction in some cases. “
Tough! They should stay home.
God,what a ridiculous country we have become.
I have a severe reaction to political lefties. Can I get a preferred section too?
When i took my peanut allergic child to a game (when he was six or 7), I had to hold him in my lap, not let him move around, and give him steroids and benadryl before we walked in. Then I had to take his clothes and shoes off in the car and wash them when I got home. Not worth it and we didn’t go to many games.
Some people are truly allergic, my son once spent the night in the ER after a cookie brushed his face. He was helicoptered to the ICU at children’s hospital after one bite of a cookie containing peanut butter. To come in contact with peanut shells on the ground could make him very sick and be potentially fatal.
I would never demand the ballpark accomodate us, but if they are willing to make a section or 2 peanut free for people who cannot otherwise enjoy the game, more power to them. I would have gone when my child was younger.
That is what we did when my son was little. We went to one playoff game and I heavily premedicated him. I think it is a nice gesture by the field, and I hope you never have to experience a loved one that is truly that allergic. We have been helicoptered between ICU’s because my sons allergic reaction was too severe to be treated by a tertiary care hospital, and he had to be transferred to a regional Children’s hospital
Please do not compare it to fibromyalgia. This is a real condition, and quite life threatening. And yes it is my son’s problem, and he grew up not going to baseball games for that reason. If a field would like to have a special game or two to accomodate these fans, more power to them. I take it you do not know what it is like to be afraid for your life all the time and I hope you never do
But your ignorance and compassion are showing in equal amount.
Why did you take your child to a place that you knew had peanuts galore? Didn’t you care for its life, or did you think you could just ignore the allergy? If my child was allergic to anything, especially peanuts or bee stings, the last place I would ever take them is a place they might come in contact with the allergen.
>> I have a severe reaction to political lefties.
You too, huh? What are your symptoms?
Me, I experience an uncontrollable urge to rip their heads off and defecate down their windpipes. Many of my acquaintences hold that against me and tell me it’s my problem to fix — but I am beginning to realize that I’M A VICTIM and there’s NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT and SOCIETY OWES ME ACCOMODATIONS!!!!
Maybe we should organize and activate and all that. I could make some really cool posters for the Million SDS* March on Washington.
*”Socialist Derangement Syndrome”
Because I pretreated him, had epinephrine galore with me, and had enough people sitting around me to control the local environment. I know how to treat anaphylaxis and had all the necessary things with me
Believe it or not, it was also my first ballgame, I grew up in a city without a major league team, and I had no clue the amount of peanuts we would be exposed to.
The other problem is with a peanut allergy you might be exposed anywhere. If you want a real education, or if you care to, you can go to the food allergy network and see a list of how many things contain peanuts - it will blow your mind.
As I said, we only went to one game with him, and never did that again. As a boy growing up, it would have been nice if his dad could have taken him to the ballpark more often, but it wasnt worth the risk.
I think it is nice the field is VOLUNTARILY doing something nice for allergic people, and am sorry that irritates people here.
>> Please do not compare it to fibromyalgia
ROFL! As I was reading the first couple sentences of your sob story, somehow I KNEW this was coming. It’s BS. Fibromyalgia is an insurance-approved label for a psychosomatic victim non-disease. In other words, it’s a way to get society to pay (dearly) for laziness and whining victimhood.
Question for you: how the hell did the earth ever reach 6 billion in population with all these mysterious allergies and psychosomatic diseases killing us off over the years? Inescapable answer: BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT REAL. The alternative: you believe that they all just mysteriously appeared in the last decade? Yeah. Riiiiiight.
Prior generations of Americans — and the VAST MAJORITY of the world TO THIS DAY — weren’t (and aren’t) afflicted with all this make-believe crap because they were (and still ARE) too concerned with getting through each day.
Only health-paranoia pampered self-indulgent Oprah-and-Phil-bombarded American twits buy into this nonsense.
Did I offend your delicate sensibilities? Cool.
I dont think you can read
I was agreeing with you that fibromyalgia is not a real diagnosis. However, anaphylaxis (I’m not talking about a few hives and an upset tummy) is a real diagnosis. I have seen it in my own child and treated it in ICU’s for 25 years. You dont get placed on a ventilator and epinephrine drips for psychosomatic illnesses
You didn’t offend me — you don’t have enough intelligence to be offensive. But nice try
>> I dont think you can read
I don’t think you know the meaning of the word “hyperbole”, but you do know the craft. Good for you!
>> I was agreeing with you that fibromyalgia is not a real diagnosis.
Upon review, I agree with you. My bad.
>> However, anaphylaxis (I’m not talking about a few hives and an upset tummy) is a real diagnosis. I have seen it in my own child and treated it in ICU’s for 25 years. You dont get placed on a ventilator and epinephrine drips for psychosomatic illnesses
O-tay. Point taken. Now, how about mine? Last 25 years of ICU’s aside, you sidestepped my point completely. If anaphylaxis (& etc & etc) is an affliction for which to clear stadiums and tax the hell out of society, HOW DID WE GET THIS FAR as a species?
>> You didn’t offend me
Maybe I’ll get another chance.
>>you don’t have enough intelligence to be offensive. But nice try
Ouch! That stings. Where’s my epi-pen? (Review the hyperbole thing.)
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