The egg-enjoyer, u/Nettie_Moore, shared her story to the popular r/AmITheA**hole Reddit forum to determine if she was in the wrong. She earned over 5,500 upvotes and 800 comments in 14 hours for her post, “AITA for eating something my coworker is deathly allergic to?”

The original poster (OP) says that the woman in her office who is allergic to eggs can go into anaphylactic shock if she’s around them. Her bosses have asked all employees to not bring eggs, used cartons or egg products into the office. In addition, they’ve asked workers to not eat eggs off-site on days when she will be in the office, including for lunch or breakfast.

“I’m more than happy to comply with refraining from consuming eggs at work or in work hours as I know how terrible such a trigger would be for her,” u/Nettie_Moore writes. “However, I eat eggs as part of my breakfast nearly every morning. So after I eat breakfast, I take a shower, brush my teeth and then get ready for work.”

However, when another coworker—who does not have the allergy—found out about OP’s morning routine, they called her out, saying she was endangering their mutual coworker. OP explained the lengths she went through to decontaminate herself, but it was to no avail, and she took to the subreddit to determine if she was, indeed, in the wrong.

In a followup comment, u/Nettie_Moore added that it’s management making the rules more strict than what the woman with the allergy asked for.

Egg allergies are relatively common. They’re the most common food allergy in children under 6 years old, according to FoodAllergy.org, and 71 percent of those with the allergy outgrow it by that age. While egg allergies can be mild, in some people they can indeed cause major issues, and FoodAllergy.org recommends those with a severe allergy carry an EpiPen-type device—which OP says that the woman in her office does indeed do.

Avoiding eggs, however, can be tricky. While they’re obviously a part of foods like omelettes or mayonnaise, eggs can also be found in many baked goods, ice creams, pastas, marshmallows and nougat to name just a few, FoodAllergy.org says.

Eggs can also be found in some vaccines, including some flu vaccines and vaccines for yellow fever and rabies, according to the FDA. However, none of the available COVID vaccines contain any egg products, the FDA says.

Reddit largely took the OP’s side.

“[Not the A**hole]. It’s reasonable to not have eggs at work, but absolutely absurd to expect people to change their diets at home. Reasonable accommodations for others are all that anyone should ask, and telling you not to eat eggs in your own home on work days is too far. What next, ban eggs from public in case she walks by?” u/Noelle_Xandria wrote in the top-rated comment with over 10,900 upvotes.

“[Not the A**hole], and I don’t understand why the company or anyone else thinks it’s reasonable to dictate what someone eats at their home,” u/telepathicathena wrote. “That is not a reasonable accommodation by anyone. If this woman is allergic to the extent that what OP does could affect her allergy, she wouldn’t be able to leave the house.”

“[Not the A**hole],” u/sorenlorenson10 wrote. “I have a very severe allergy where I have to carry around an epi pen as well, and I don’t see a problem with what you’re doing. I usually have to beg people not to eat my allergy around me or to at least wash their hands after, so you’re doing better than most”

“[Not the A**hole], I can understand not eating eggs in the office if she’s allergic to it. But good grief, before you get to work? It’s not like you had an omelette 10 minutes before work and went up and licked her. I think you’ve done everything you could within reason,” u/justtired2022 wrote.

Newsweek reached out to u/Nettie_Moore for comment.