Announce Allergy Before Hotpot Order — Midmeal Panic Helps Nobody — Sep 04

Announce Allergy Before Hotpot Order sounds like a micro-optimization until you are in a KTV room on Kehua Road where the AC wars are real.

A taxi driver who refused small talk until I mentioned food once stood in pepper steam for twenty minutes because I misread the lunch rush. The fix took less time than telling the story.

Try this once: write the rule on your phone lock screen for three days. If it survives, it is yours.

Works for me in Chengdu humidity.