Overheard a middle aged white woman in a Thai restaurant ask for her dish to be spicy “like I’ve been to Thailand”. I assume that story had a similar ending.
I’m in the same boat. Asked for 11/10 spice level and they can’t believe it. Then the food tastes like a 2/10
Most of the time they just don’t believe you when they read ‘ordered by Cassie Heart’ 😆😆