Yes, why would I lie? Pickles are gross to me by both flavor and texture. Tomatoes I can deal with if they're chopped up but whole slices I don't like. I can pick either thing off myself (although it still leaves a taint, I wouldn't consider either thing to be flavorless, maybe my taste buds are more sensitive than yours) but why not just ask them not to include it in the first place and not be wasteful?

I go where my friends go. Anywhere that serves burgers/sandwiches around here is more or less the same anyway so it'd be the same anywhere else.