Christopher L. Jorgensen
PO Box 546
Ames, IA 50010

October 17, 2020

Paqui One Chip Challenge
500 West 5Th St., Suite 900
Austin, TX 78701

Dear Paqui,

​I bet I could do your One Chip Challenge. I bet I could do a whole bag of the damn things. I mean, if it’s good why would you only want one? And if it’s bad, why are you selling them? I bet the chip isn’t even that hot. This happens to me all the time; Salsa branded as “Burn your taste buds off!” and it barely brings the heat, or hot sauce that calls itself an “ass blaster” and the next day I don’t even get ring sting. I consider this false advertising, but it happens to me all the time. I buy the “Amazin’ Blazin’ Whatever” and it ends up not being spicy at all. Like your grandmother would eat it level of hot. I have wasted so much money on a quest for actually hot food, and mostly failed.

Usually, I just make my own, curries and chills and such, but you can imagine that making corn chips is a bit problematic for the home cook. I wouldn’t even know where to begin. I like my food to challenge my manhood, but that’s because I am a little insecure in my masculinity. When I put down a truly hot snack or meal and I know I will be regretting it in 6 to 8 hours, then I feel pretty manly. When I am the only person at the table who can eat something I feel like a circus strongman! The only person I know who can eat stuff as hot as me is my cousin’s wife, Melissa, but she’s not insecure like I am, and I don’t think she’s worried about her masculinity.

Anyway, I was going to order one of your One Chip Challenge chips, but someone on your end must have screwed up on the shipping. Seven bucks to buy a chip, and eight bucks to ship it? No way that comes out right, unless I am missing something. I’m often confused though, so maybe I get something if I successfully accomplish this challenge? I mean, if I get a hat or a shirt or a trip to Bermuda, then the price maybe makes sense.

I will say, I tried to save myself the shipping and buy one in a store, but no one around me seems to carry them. Oh well. Maybe next year.

Sincerely,

Christopher L. Jorgensen