Having celiac, I run into the same response at restaurants. Now my standard response is "if you don't want to call an ambulance today, I'd prepare it on a separate surface"

104 that's a brilliant response. might try that next time. I normally just walk out

I'm going to chime in, my best friend has celiac. Her symptoms are strange, when she had a shampoo with some weird ingredient in it, her hair started to fall out. When she eats it, it's like her brain stops being able to retain any information, and she can't focus. Thankfully, her version isn't as sever as most other allergies, but too much wheat, barley, or rye, will and can kill her. Whenever she comes over I make her special pizza, pasta, and brownies. I know all about her allergy, so when people at my work ask me what it is. I can tell them, and I also let the ignorant persons at my job know it's not just wheat. And that they should treat anyone that comes in with any type of allergy with respect. This is not a choice, and giving someone the wrong thing, can kill them. So my work is very much more informed. But their are some idiots that fake it to get things for free. A woman came into my work place and wanted to know what was wheat free, as she was allergic to wheat. I asked if she was a celiac, and if she was allergic to gluten. She replied, "No, just wheat." I found this strange, because wheat and gluten go hand in hand. So I just told her what to get just like I would if my best friend stopped in, and ordered. (My friend has eaten there before and had no issues in what I suggested). (Our work place now has a menu with all the options for those with allergies). So she ordered, and I gave it to her. She had taken a fairly large bite out of her meal, and by the time I came back she wasn't eating. I asked if she was okay. No, there is wheat in this. I informed her that their wasn't. (Our cooks have special handling and grills for these types of foods, as well.) She asked if there was a marinade on the grilled chicken. I told her that their was, and I would find out the ingredients. I was now worried; because she said her nose felt like it was swelling, (Not her throat, mind you). and I was worried about all the others that had celiac would be eating something they shouldn't. I checked the ingredients, looking for any form of wheat, maltodextrin, and the like. Nope, it was gluten free. As I said. I went back out and she still said, "There must be, name off the ingredients." I didn't remember them all but I started to name what I could recall, and the second words out of my mouth were, "Soy bean oil." "That's the one, that has wheat in it." No, no it doesn't. Soy bean oil, has soy beans in it. Soy beans aren't wheat. But I couldn't argue, I stated, "I'm sorry ma'am I do believe soy bean oil doesn't have wheat in it. But I can take your meal off your ticket and offer you something else." "No, I'm fine. I would like a box to-go though." I had to give her, her meal for free, and a to-go box. Before I went out with her stuff, I saw her take another bite. Thankfully, she's never come back in.

148 that would piss me off so bad. I really do detest people like that! I was talking to someone who serves gluten free breakfasts and woman ordered a gluten free one. so they told her which sauces were safe, tomato ketchup was safe, brown sauce was not. so what did the woman do? cover her breakfast in brown sauce!

I get the feeling that you could have literally shown the guy these symptoms and he wouldn't believe it.

**** that. Don't tell me I shouldn't be able to enjoy my delicious bread and pasta products because you don't/can't enjoy them.

a lot of people have problems with gluten but might not know, or simply refuse to acknowledge it. Something I don't understand at all, why let your body suffer when cutting something out May seem difficult at first but is easy to adapt to.

Unless you actually have a sensitivity or an allergy (like the OP), you are just following a trend. This kind of senseless hype is why people like OP run into problems. Gluten is just a form of protein found in wheat, barley, and rye, and it was named the latin word for "glue" because it's the substance that gives dough its structure (as in it holds it together, sort of like, but not literally, glue)- not because it gunks up your intestines or whatever you were trying to imply up there. It only does bad things to your body if you have a medical condition like celiac disease.

are you trying to make a joke? or just stupid?

Seriously? There is a blood test for Celiac Disease. It is very real (although pretty rare)

My endoscopy at age 10 was ALL JUST A TRICK? Dude. Never go into medicine.

109 it is most certainly not rare, around 1 in 100 people have it, but it's just highly misdiagnosed. you have a 1 in 10 chance of having it if a family member does.