Plane passenger's life-saving allergy request sparks outrage as he's labelled 'selfish'
In a video, posted to his TikTok account @_maycontain, Dan can be seen onboard an easyJet flight, asking the cabin crew whether it's okay to make an announcement to the whole plane to warn them the flight should be nut-free for his safety.
In the clip, the flight attendant can be seen asking Dan whether he has an EpiPen - which he confirms he does - and where he's sat.
Dan captioned the video: 'I love it when flight attendants understand straight away.
'Surely people can go without nuts for a few hours if it could save someone's life!
'Honestly, I don't understand why some people still don't take food allergies seriously.
'If it were you or your child living with a life-threatening allergy, you'd hope others would show a bit more empathy and recognise just how serious it really is!'
But, while most people were very sympathetic towards Dan, he revealed the video 'caused quite a stir' and he received some very negative comments from 'a few small-minded people who seem to have nothing better to do than try to provoke a reaction'.
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One of the cruel comments was: 'I would make all people with allergies sit in a toilet the whole flight. So annoying as I love peanuts with my Gin and tonic.'
Another added: 'One person shouldn't dictate what a plane load of people can and cannot eat.'
A third nutty passenger agreed: 'I'd be the first to open up a packet of peanut m&ms. Just because I can!'
And another troll wrote: 'I always eat Snickers on planes. Nobody tells me not to eat.'
But Dan took these negative comments in his stride and said: 'I think it really highlights just how much misunderstanding still exists around allergies even if it's just a small group of people, the lack of seriousness in society is still very real.'
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