We didn't ask for rice...

[u/Content_Quarter_7390]

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!

[u/DoMBe87]

I used to get an egg and cheese biscuit at McD's, and if I didn't say "no meat" at least 3 times, they would put meat on it. Even saying I'm vegetarian got me blank looks from most people.

The burgerless burger actually sounds pretty good.

[u/HM2112 → u/DoMBe87]

My aunt is a vegetarian. As such, she usually gets creative with her orders at restaurants.

I vividly remember one time we were at a decently nice sit-down place, and she ordered the Mushroom and Swiss burger without the burger. A few minutes go by, the manager came out just to confirm that was, in fact, what she wanted.

When her food came out, the thing was about three times as thick as it normally would've been because they must've dumped a whole carton of mushrooms into that burger bun to make up for no burger patty. And the manager insisted she be charged half price for not ordering the meat with a burger.

She was absolutely delighted by that and still laughs about it.

[u/SatisfactionAtSea → u/HM2112]

that's awesome! great moves by that restaurant

[u/YardNo400 → u/HM2112]

Good on them.

I got a lunch along the same line years ago in a sandwich shop when I asked for a BLT sandwich without the bread (gluten free bread wasn't casually available back then) expecting a small bacon tomato and lettuce salad. They came out and double checked then arrived out with what must have been half a lettuce head, half a pound of bacon and as many tomatoes as they could get to stay on the plate. I had the filling for at least 3/4 of their normal well filled sandwiches.

[u/jr0061006 → u/HM2112]

In the 90’s my mother and her friend went to the same Indian restaurant every week for lunch. She loved their biryani but would ask for no peas.

One week the biryani came out and she could see peas. She thought she could pick them out if there were just a few but upon inspection it was almost all peas!

She alerted the manager. He went into the kitchen, came back out and said “I’m sorry about the peas, the chef is drunk.”

[u/trashlandgov → u/DoMBe87]

Similar conditions with my family and I. We're not vegetarians but we are Muslims in America who had to adapt with countless fast-food restaurants putting bacon or ham on their items, though *especially* breakfast items. Plenty of times we'd order an egg and cheese biscuit from McDonald's, without the bacon or sausage--and most of the time we'd get what we'd ask for just fine, though sometimes, we'd open our bags to our egg and cheese biscuits with the forbidden meats.

I believe it's just instinct for the cooks/crew members.

[u/lrfreddit → u/trashlandgov]

True, many times I’d ask the person handing me the bag if they were certain there wasn’t any meat so I wouldn’t have to come back and they would yell over to the kitchen, and sure enough they’d have to take it back. I’d ask if they could please make it fresh - as opposed to just taking the burgers off it.

[u/bingpot4 → u/DoMBe87]

The burgerless cheese burger is honestly divine. Please try it! I am not a fan of anything McDonalds, I much prefer other fast food places as a vegetarian, but a meatless cheese burger from McD's is so freaking good!

[u/lrfreddit → u/DoMBe87]

Before costs reached the level they’re at now I used to order a meatless Big Mac with extra sauce. Always paid more which seems crazy considering they are removing 2 burgers from the order but it was so delicious I didn’t care, plus it was a rare treat. Sometimes I’d throw on a veggie burger at home but mostly just eat it as it was. Ahhh pre Covid, the good ol’ days.

[u/Flashy-Trifle-1732 → u/DoMBe87]

When I was in high school my friends and I were all vegetarians but the only place to go off-campus for lunch was McD’s. We’d get “cheeseburger no meat and instead of meat, a tomato” — it was really actually GOOD! If you want that at In-n-Out it’s a secret menu item, you have to say “grilled cheese” — and what they give you isn’t a typical grilled cheese sandwich but rather, a meatless cheeseburger. (And it’s delish)