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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/carolinareaper43 on 2023-10-03 21:25:09.
I’m a college student and my first class on Tuesday/Thursday begins at 10:30. We don’t have assigned seating in this class but for the most part people gravitate to the same seats.
The guy who sits next to me has a habit of eating sandwiches during class. I won’t lie that it bothers me but because our entire class is full I don’t have the option of moving seats this late into the semester. He usually eats it within ten minutes though so it’s not that big of a problem.
Today in class he pulled out his usual sandwich and I started to cough. I could faintly smell peanut butter so I asked him if that’s what he was eating. He said he was and I excused myself quickly otherwise I would go into anaphylaxis. I texted a friend inside to grab my things so I wouldn’t have to go back in and left class for the day. I emailed my professor letting her know that I needed access to the slides because I had to leave early due to the peanut butter sandwich.
My professor sent out a Canvas announcement that food was no longer allowed during class due to an incident (everyone saw me cough and then leave) and now I’ve gotten texts saying it wasn’t fair that my health caused a ban on everything. I emailed my professor letting her know and she said she was going to keep the ban because she didn’t like the snacking in class anyways. I feel really bad because I didn’t expect it to escalate like this and I am contemplating staying home from class for the week because everyone knows it’s my fault. Am I the Asshole?
Edit: I’ve been getting a lot of comments that I wasn’t going to go into anaphylaxis. My doctor advised me to stay away from it altogether because of the severity of the allergy. I didn’t want to take any chances which is why I left. I usually do get nauseous with the smell of nuts (not sure if that is allergy related) but I will get in touch with my professor and see if I can just move seats instead.