My new diabetic term "Drive-By Spike". This is when you go someplace, specifically ask the person at the drive through window if a product is sugar free and they tell you yes but you find out otherwise later.
Have you ever tried to order Un-sweetened Ice Tea at a drive through and the person only hears the sweet Tea portion?? This makes me so frustrated as a diabetic because i cannot have the sugar and do not have time to turn around and go back to fix this. This is known as a Drive-By sugar spike to me. Drinking it thinking you are ok and then checking your sugar level later only to find out that you've been hit by a drive-by!!!
I once asked the manager of a place, "how do you want me to order this so it can be right each time?" He said, "just say Iced Tea because then you are sure to get non-sugar tea." Yeah well that doesn't work either.
My advice is to speak slowly and clearly and say.. "I'll have Iced Tea With NO Sugar" I've had better luck with this and they seem to understand. Of course the people at my place know me now and know that i cannot have sugar so they double check to be sure. I love those ladies. Good luck!!
~KG~
