“Yeah, I’ll have an order of chicken pad thai, extra mild please. Oh, and do you have potstickers?”

“Hotpeppers?”

“No, potstickers.”

“Ah, yes, yes, hotpeppers. You want hotpeppers with that.”

“No. Potstickers. POT. STICK. ERS.”

“Hotpeppers, aaah, yes, yes, hotpeppers.”

“You know? Nevermind. I’ll just take the spring rolls.”

And that’s why my pad thai was so spicy.

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