We're going on holiday next week with my friend and her family. My friend and I have been planning the meals and preparing a shopping list. I added a bag of peanuts to the list, because my DC like to snack on them. My friend says we shouldn't have things like peanuts in a holiday house, because it might be used after us by somebody who is highly allergic to nuts, and they could have anaphylactic shock on holiday, an unfamiliar location where they don't know the nearest hospital, might not have phone reception to call an ambulance etc.
I do kind of see her point, but is the "no nuts in a holiday house" rule really a thing? Should we also avoid using other common allergens - milk, eggs, other nuts? What about gluten - will my use of gluten-containing bread in the toaster put people with coeliac disease at risk? Should I be extending this principle to items we consume in my own home - no peanut butter for breakfast in case a tiny amount is spilt on a school jumper and is then carried into the DC's nut-free school? On the other hand, what do people with severe allergies do about going on holiday etc? It must be almost impossible to clean a holiday house so thoroughly that no air-borne traces remain.
What do you do, MNers?
YABU = you avoid taking allergens such as nuts to holiday houses
YANBU = you take whatever you like on holiday