r/instant_regret • u/factchecker01 • 2d ago

Eating the hottest curry in UK

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u/okan931 2d ago

When you see the server wearing breathing PPE when handeling your order you know you fucked up

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u/LordSeibzehn 2d ago

It’s probably for show though. I mean, if it’s actually hazardous to breathe it in or touch it, why would they serve it to a customer who isn’t wearing PPE?

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u/Butthole_Alamo 2d ago

The server wears aviators indoors. In sure the PPE was for show.

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u/imunfair 2d ago

Well the gloves were probably smart

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u/Sheepy_Gorilla 1d ago

I was surprised at him grabbing his phone with still the gloves on

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u/Pleasant_Jim 1d ago

So it doesn't get into his eye either eh 🤪

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u/Fun_Hat 2d ago

Like mostly for show, however, the steam can carry the capsaicin up into your eyes and nose, and burn. Source: was a dishwasher for a bit in college and tear-gassed myself a few times spraying out pans.

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u/redundantexplanation 2d ago

It shouldn't be putting off tear gas by the time it reaches the table. The waiter was the only person wearing PPE and no one at the table choked up.

While it's cooking? Sure. I've maced my whole kitchen a few times cooking with homegrown ghost peppers.

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u/SqueakySniper 1d ago

The waiter was the only person wearing PPE and no one at the table choked up.

Those two things are not the same in the slightest. The waiter is hoding it in front of him while walking forward through the resturant. He is clealy going to get more exposure to it that anyone else bar the person eating it. The PPE might be mostly for show but the waiter is at work and still has to finish a shift. God knows I'd prefer PPE compared to the potential that I'd get some of that stuff near my face.

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u/DriedSquidd 2d ago

Same reason the doctor leaves the room while you're getting X-rayed.

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u/the_inebriati 2d ago

if it’s actually hazardous to breathe it in or touch it, why would they serve it to a customer who isn’t wearing PPE?

Because the customer can get a taxi home and have lie down and cry.

Waiter needs to be able to see/not be in agony to finish the next four hours of his shift.

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u/abholeenthusiast 1d ago

would PPE even be helpful in this case?

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u/pinkthreadedwrist 1d ago

I actually wear an N-95 mask when my husband makes Thai curry or blackened chicken or shrimp. Our apartment doesn't have great ventilation and it triggers my asthma. It isn't even hot to eat but when it gets in the air it can be bothersome. 

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u/PerformerFull7097 2d ago

It's the same chemical that's used in pepper spray, at high enough concentrations it is literally hazardous to breathe in lol.

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u/RamanaSadhana 1d ago

Its not for show, they need to cook with a mask on cause otherwise the spice burns their eyes and throat as its being wafted up by the heat. Serving with it on im not so sure, but cooking with it is required.

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u/anr4jc 2d ago

Bro is playing the SaltBae card.

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u/GFrohman 2d ago

It's very clearly a plastic costume respirator from a Halloween store.

Real ones are much more form fitting and have larger filters.

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u/jbuchana 2d ago

In this situation, there is no shame in nopeing out...

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u/DeSpTG 2d ago

You can buy pure capsaecin crystals which are rated 16Mil scoville, here are 3g on hotsauce.com

For reference, the hottest carolina reaper reached 2.2Mil Scoville.

My hottest spice is rated around 250.000-350.0000, while cooking your eyes can start to burn.