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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Something like seventeen years ago, I discovered this as well and gratefully enjoyed my cookie. Not ten minutes later, I was spewing fluid from every orifice I have. I developed hives, too. Also, I didn't realize until someone told me, but apparently I had an extreme pallor.

I've never had an allergic reaction to a cookie before, nor an allergic reaction that severe to any food item. I hadn't consumed anything else suspect that day. It was bad enough that, once I had a sufficient break in my extensive leakage, I went to the hotel lobby where the hotel manager happened to be; he took one look at me and immediately went to call an ambulance without even asking me.

Once I was in the ambulance, even the paramedics commented on the volume and violence of my still ongoing reaction.

I was hospitalized overnight and it went away on its own over several hours. I was at a hotel for a week of on-site training for a new job and somehow the employer heard about it - I got major credit for showing up to the first day of training the next morning despite the circumstances.

Nothing else went wrong health wise during that trip but I haven't stayed at that chain since.

edit: Corrected a word.

[–] hobovision@mander.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Whaaaah? And the doctors had no idea what it was either huh? Coolcoolcool

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

I think they all theorized it was a food allergy (I have a vague memory of being given steroidal treatments) but I don't really recall. If that was what they thought, it may or may not have been correct, but it's inconsistent with anything I've experienced before or since.

[–] PaulBunyan@lemmy.world 37 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

This post is proof that if a business can’t post ads on a platform like Lemmy, some asshole will post it for them.

[–] other_cat@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 hours ago

Have this at the ready.

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

To be fair, those cookies are pretty fucking good. Marriott does it too. Fuck 'em, though.

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 15 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Not sure why you're being downvoted, this is clearly an ad.

[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 12 points 8 hours ago

Indeed. These MFers coming in here posting shit with brand names on it. What is this, an ad consumption factory? "Yes, please, I'd like you to name the specific brand that is somehow relevant to your story with a supposedly funny twist that flips our expectations by going in a different direction than what we might have assumed." Get outta here with this shit. White brands only. Next time, try saying "a hotel" instead. Otherwise, we'll ensure you need generic, brand-less stuff to remediate the effeccs we gonna have on you. We ain't gonna take ads in here. This is a brand-free zone. If it got a © or an ®, refrain from naming it. No trademarks either. No discussions of Intellectual Properties either.

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Genuine question: would you think this about any post that showed a company in a positive light? Or are there specific things about this post that tell you it's an ad?

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 5 points 7 hours ago

The Mad Lib type of writing.

"Today I learned that [enter service of company], they [enter bonus service/ product offered]."

It walks, swims and quacks like an ad.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 24 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I think you have to have a certain status with them. I visited, and my boss got a cookie, but I got nothing.

[–] Butterpaderp@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Did your boss get a cookie? Or did they get two, and they didnt share with you...

[–] wiccan2@lemmy.world 19 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

First time I stayed with them they gave me a cookie.

If you ask they will give you another too.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 7 points 10 hours ago

No fair! I want my cookie.

[–] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Mobilehq includes a small bag of Lollies (typical party mix) with each phone screen order.

Nice, but changing screens is too stressful these days.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

There’s a long tradition of sending candy in tech repair packages. It harkens back to Swedish Fish Theory. In big retail “GeekSquad” types of stores where many repairs are done off-site, some techs realized that repairs and RMAs were completed much faster when they included a bag of candy in the box. The idea is that if you treat the RMA receiver as a human instead of a faceless entity, you actually get prioritized service from them. They’ll expedite your shit even if you didn’t pay for it, simply because you were nice to them and they want to return the favor.