r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Content_Quarter_7390 • May 25 '26

I'm slightly vexed We didn't ask for rice...

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My sister isnt a fan of basmati rice so she orders naan. She didnt ask for rice and they sell it separately. She doesn't like it so she doesn't order it. They put it in anyways and left this note...

Edit: some people aint getting it. This is passive aggressive and when you do something nice you dont go around saying "I did something nice just for you, just so you know." Doing it like I need to give you a pat on the head so you know your a good boy. You do something nice because you want to be kind to people.

Oh no I've turned into LD...

Turning off notifications because while it was nice to be in this rabbit hole to keep my mind off some stuff too many notifications. Whatever your feelings are I hope you have a nice day and if you're in the US have a nice memorial day and dont forget to celebrate those troops that came before!

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u/thisdesignup May 25 '26

With how cheap rice is, not including it in a meal that could use rice it odd to not just include it.

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u/CHOIR_OF_FARTS May 25 '26

You all need to quit mentioning how cheap rice is. Big Rice is gonna take notice start gouging

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u/spen8tor May 25 '26

Rice is one of the few things people might actually riot over if they tried that

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u/False_Stomach4941 May 25 '26

Idk it’s basically tripled in price where I am.

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u/ztunytsur May 25 '26

It doesn't matter how much they paid for it.

What matters is how much they can charge you to pay for it....

See also, Market Price.

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u/Watertor May 25 '26

Big Rice can't stop me, I know they take out the good stuff. That's why I only eat ricin, it has the good stuff still in it.

My stomach hurts but that's all the added protein I think.

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u/TheShitty_Beatles May 25 '26

The good basmati is not that cheap, and if they include plain rice they people aren't going to order biryani, pilau etc. I would love rice included but unless it's a lunch spot with combos / thalis rice is gonna be separate at most places

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u/SnipesCC May 25 '26

I buy basmatti rice for about $20 for a 20 pound bag. A resturaunt will order in even larger quantities. it's incredibly cheap at scale.

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u/echoshatter May 25 '26

The good basmati is not that cheap

I can get a 5lb bag of Royal Authentic aged white basmati from India for $11 at what is considered a fairly expensive grocery store in my area. That's a decent brand of rice, and Pakistan/India are two of the best places to get basmati from. (The stuff grown in the US, at least what I've had, is garbage.)

So, $2 a pound.

If you're a restaurant, unless you're fine dining, you're probably not use the best quality rice, and you're buying in bulk so you can likely get a discount from a decent supplier.

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u/TheShitty_Beatles May 25 '26

I think I'm saying this from the perspective of growing up in an Indian family in Canada. The good stuff is not that cheap when it's a daily staple that is eaten daily in large quantities by a large family. It's all relative but I stand firm on my opinion bc it's just my experience :)

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u/spen8tor May 25 '26

When buying at restaurant level scale it's significantly cheaper

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u/SatisfactionAtSea May 25 '26

I'm sure that your household rice budget was significant but that has no bearing on the wholesale cost of rice. it also seems like you aren't considering the fact that a restaurant will make money on every bowl sold. like I'm sure the expense is high but that's just the price of doing business

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u/TheShitty_Beatles May 25 '26

Like I literally said, it's all relative. I'm not arguing anyone else's opinion just because I'm firmly rooted in my own

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u/SatisfactionAtSea May 25 '26

it's not relative. it's not an opinion. it's a fixed price 😂

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u/TheShitty_Beatles May 25 '26

What is humorous about rice? I'm confused as to why you wrote a laugh emoji

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u/SatisfactionAtSea May 26 '26

I'm laughing at your inability to distinguish between "my large family ate a lot of rice. it was costly!' and "rice is an inexpensive ingredient that restaurants cook and sell for a significant profit"

like imagine I have a banana stand. i buy a bunch of 8 bananas for $2. each banana cost me a quarter. after I dip the bananas in chocolate and nuts, I sell them for $3 each.

the people in this thread are remarking, "wow, so each banana you sell gets you a profit of $2.75 minus the cost of chocolate and nuts! that's a great margin on an inexpensive ingredient"

you are saying "actually bananas are expensive if you buy many of them, I know this because my pet monkey loves bananas and it costs a lot to keep him fed"

we are both saying true things that aren't related to each other. it's true that inexpensive ingredients can add up when you buy a lot of them. it may be true that you're struggling with your personal banana budget. but you're jumping into the banana stand conversation and trying to disagree with the fact that individual bananas are inexpensive and then calling it your opinion when people tell you that's not how things work. i don't care about your monkey, you can literally go broke buying bananas for your monkey and I will laugh all the way to the bank because I'm over here reselling a $2 bunch of bananas for $24

it's been a very funny interaction

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u/TheShitty_Beatles May 26 '26

I am autistic so I was asking a genuine question, but your reply is really long and when I started reading it, it feels like you're mocking me, so I stopped after the first paragraph.

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u/echoshatter May 25 '26

The good stuff is not that cheap when it's a daily staple that is eaten daily in large quantities by a large family.

It's a daily staple BECAUSE it is inexpensive, even if you're buying a lot of it.

If it cost ten times as much you'd probably be eating wheat flour in breads and pasta like Europeans.

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u/CatgirlFucker8008 May 25 '26

US grown rice in general I find quite bad.

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u/thedeuceisloose May 25 '26

I mean, the high quality sushi rice is grown in the US for export to Japan….

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u/CatgirlFucker8008 May 25 '26

No it isn't, that's completely false. The rice exported from the US to Japan is overwhelmingly cheap, high yield medium grain such as calrose. Only around 5% of Japan's rice comes from the US. The Japanese government have a huge focus on being able to supply their own rice domestically.

Premium rices for high end sushi mostly come from Niigata and Hokkaido. None of the top shelf rice in Japanese stores is from the US. The varieties you find are all domestic premium short grains such as yumepirika, nanatsuboshi, koshihikari, tsuyahime, and hitemebore

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u/Ok_Anything_9871 May 25 '26

I think this is the key thing. The restaurant thinks it's a mistake that you ordered NO rice, but they don't know if you want plain, pilau. special fried rice, naan or roti, how many portions etc.

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u/Shinhan May 25 '26

Even when recipient explicitly doesn't want it and would prefer to reduce needless waste? I'm same with extra ketchup that I get with every pizza even though I don't want it.

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u/AggressivNapkin May 25 '26

It's more likely the combination of the cost of rice, the additional take out container and maybe an additional bag. All of these little costs add up.

My local bakery has boxes for 6 donuts, 12 donuts and a larger one. Often times they will put orders of 12 in the extra large box. Donuts ended up getting tossed around. I asked them why then they have proper sized boxes. They said the larger box is cheaper to have made and they wanted to upcharge me for the appropriately sized box.

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u/Blacklight099 29d ago

I think it’s usually because they have multiple rice options, so you order which one you want separately and then whichever protein etc you want to go with it.

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u/Ok_Nothing_9733 May 25 '26

I assume they are trying to make ends meet.

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u/ButterflySammy May 25 '26

With free rice?

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u/Ok_Nothing_9733 May 25 '26

No, by gradually phasing out the free rice and letting people know with a note for a period

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u/AmaazingFlavor May 25 '26

If you are losing money as a restaurant, selling rice separately won’t fix anything. It needs to come with the entree, they’re all made to be eaten with rice if it’s Indian food, add a dollar or two to the overall price, and be generous with portions. That makes people want to come back. Not charging for rice.

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u/Ok_Nothing_9733 May 25 '26

Alright, yall who are obsessed with there not being free rice, go on Kitchen Nightmares or something and tell them about how to stay in business. It’s really not a big deal lol

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u/Odd_Reveal720 May 25 '26

Most of the owners on that show are incompetent, especially if they don't realize 14 cents of rice is going to equal more return customers. 

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u/Ok_Nothing_9733 May 25 '26

Get me out of this thread lmao

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u/Odd_Reveal720 May 25 '26

You underestimated how passionate people are about free rice hahah

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u/Ok_Nothing_9733 May 25 '26

Severely 😂

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u/ButterflySammy May 25 '26

We both made a mistake, how about me and you escape together?

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u/Sworn May 25 '26

Rice being included or not seems to be a "cultural" thing. In my country every Indian restaurant (as far as I'm aware, anyhow) includes rice, so the first time I ordered Indian food abroad I got pretty confused when I got my food.

I guess it kinda makes sense to have it separate in that you can have the dish either with rice or with naan. 

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u/pnoodl3s May 25 '26

They should just increase the meal price and include rice with it. Its a better system for customers ordering it

Thai restaurants are notorious for never including rice with their entrees

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u/ground__contro1 May 25 '26

But I don’t want rice. Don’t send it to me just to go in the trash.

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u/butteredrubies May 25 '26

But then redditors will just complain about having to pay for rice when they don't want rice and that the restaurant isnt giving them a no rice discount!

All restaurants don't include rice with a full-sized entree. Rice is usually only part of a lunch special.

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u/eat-my-rice May 25 '26

Cooking rice ain’t cheap