Peanuts,

we take them for granted as we walk round parks in our area, 

feeding the squirrels and ducks as we go, but they cause much grief in others, Leah Williams was on a Eurowings flight from London to Dusseldorf, in Germany, when she noticed the cabin crew getting ready to serve snacks to the passengers, she is allergic to nuts, the crew, from Eurowings spokesperson said that the crew offered to inform the passengers around Ms. Williams about her condition, but that was not enough, she decided to buy all the packets of peanuts available, just so they couldn’t serve them to other people. She ended up spending £144 ($184) on 48 packets of peanuts, almost three times the price of the ticket of the plane ticket. She is now requesting a refund, “The stewards looked at me blankly like I was crazy and said, ‘But there is a lot, we’ll have to count them all.’ I said, ‘Please do count them and I will pay for them all, seeing as you have left me with no choice,’” Williams recently told British reporters, “Eurowings should be ashamed of how they handled this situation and for the way they made me feel, the worst thing was they actually asked if I wanted to take the peanuts, and I said obviously not,” the 27-year-old woman told Insider Magazine, adding that the crew put the peanut packets in a plastic bag instead, “We are very sorry that the flight with us did not go as smoothly as planned and we regret any inconvenience this has caused Leah Williams,” a Eurowings spokesperson said. “One thing in advance: Leah Williams was not forced to buy all packages of peanuts on board – on the contrary, our purser tried to offer her an alternative solution by informing all passengers sitting around her about Leah’s allergy. She agreed at first but then decided to still buy all the packages.”

so lets get some scientific facts about peanut allergies, fact one, according to a scientific study by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, peanut dust is not transmitted through the air, and contact could at most cause slight local irritation, fact two, peanuts and almonds do not meet the botanical definition of a true nut, peanuts are actually legumes, and legumes are so good for you, so anyone suffering from a peanut allergy is actually allergic to legumes, the group consisting of:

• Chickpeas, also called garbanzo beans.
• Peanuts.
• Black beans.
• Green peas.
• Lima beans.
• Kidney beans.
• Black-eyed peas.
• Navy beans.

so chili con carne, and any dinners with green peas are out as well as, must be a shame not being invited to any restaurants as most of the above will be served to other customers, I guess Christmas dinners will be out as well as green peas will be served!