In honor of Sriracha Week and all things spicy, we were wondering how people react when they eat hot food. So we intrepidly headed to Times Square on one of the coldest days of the year to feed Thai bird chiles to strangers and capture their <del>responses</del> <del>tears</del> debilitating pain on camera. Here's the result:
Name: Kelsey
Age: 20
Occupation: Student
From: New Hampshire
"It's not that hot. Should I take another bite? That's spicier now. But I can handle it. This is warming me up!"
Name: Airlie
Age: 30
Occupation: Nutritionist, traveling the world for six months
From: Sydney, Australia
Five minutes after taking a bite and running to the trash can to spit it out, Airlie was still weeping. "It's still getting me."
Name: Tate and Maria
Age: 22, 19
Occupation: Student
From: Columbus, Georgia
Tate: "It's not that bad! Okay, maybe it is... Ohhhhh!"
Maria: "I'm not taking another bite!
Tate: "Ahhhhh!"
Maria: "He's crying."
Tate: "I am crying. Why did we do this?"
Name: Allison
Age: 39
Occupation: Stay-at-home mom of four
From: Chatham, N.J.
"It's not bad... Do I have to take another bite? Ooooh, it's really hot now!"