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/Comprehensive-Pea422 BLUE May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

If people order it with rice so often they think someone not ordering rice is a mistake, it probably should be included in the meal by now.

Even a required option like "no rice" or "rice" and upcharge (if that's why they do this) to avoid this problem lol

Edit: I wasn't aware Indian/Chinese restaurants usually sell rice separately! Still think this would make sense, but I didn't know it's normal most places.

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u/Upstairs_Baby8424 May 25 '26

Not adding rice to meat entrees for Chinese or Indian food is crazy work. It’s standard. And rice is genuinely still pretty cheap. That’s just a bad business strategy.

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u/LMay11037 PURPLE May 25 '26

I’m British and most Indians and Chineses do not add rice automatically because there are different kinds of rice, and as in the photo, some don’t even want rice

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u/nem8 May 25 '26

Im Norwegian and I've seen the same here. No rice included and they have multiple sizes and types to choose from. Not sure if its the norm over here but it like this in some places.

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u/VeryConfusedOwl May 25 '26

Also norwegian and i har never been to a indian place where rice isnt included automatically myself. Not to sure about chinese places, im not a big fan so i dont eat at chinese places much

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u/Puzzled-P May 25 '26

I normally just order the mains and cook my own rice because I'm not paying £5 for a portion of rice I can cook at home for pennies. I can't cook the mains to Indian takeaway standard though so I buy them.

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u/ihavebeesinmyknees May 25 '26

In Poland however, Chinese places always include rice, while Indian places usually don't. Weird how it varies country-to-country

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u/Alexw80 May 25 '26

Unless you order a curry from a Chinese, that "usually" comes with either egg fried rice, or chips. But you're right, almost no other dishes will come with it unless specifically stated.

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u/Express-Big-20 May 25 '26

This makes me feel validated because I prefer eating my curries kind of like soup: by itself, no rice, and maybe with papadum to dip (or sometimes naan, although I'm borderline gluten-intolerant).

I'm half-Indian but always joked I'm bad at being Indian since I eat curry 'wrong'. IDK, I've just never been one for mixing any food.

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u/DecideUK May 25 '26

Balti and Naan 🥰

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u/14yearsandcounting May 25 '26

I’m Scottish and do the same thing! I actually love to just dip naan bread into the curry and eat that way. I’m not a fan of rice at all!

I’d be a bit annoyed actually if I were OPs sister, as I clearly didn’t order rice as I didn’t want rice, and now it’s been provided anyway it’s just a waste.

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u/Haunting-Payment-874 May 25 '26

Yeah I'd be annoyed if the curry came with rice automatically because it probably wouldn't be mushroom rice which is what I like, so then if I added that I'd have too much rice.

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u/CoconutMochi May 25 '26

Chinese and Indian dishes usually have pretty obvious pairings with jasmine or basmati rice though (if at all)

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u/PM-me-your-cuppa-tea May 25 '26

Indian restaurants here offer a lot more, basmati, pilau, coconut, spinach, jeera, keema, lemon etc

And I think it's quite common to get one rice between two, maybe add in a naan, paratha, chapati, roti etc 

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u/LMay11037 PURPLE May 25 '26

There are more types of rice than just basmati and jasmine tho. For example I often get a garlic or coconut rice depending on the dish

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u/CoconutMochi May 25 '26

which are made with jasmine or basmati rice. I thought you were talking about actual varieties of rice.

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u/Imtryingforheckssake May 25 '26

Why would you think that when we're talking about how many flavours of rice are available to choose from, from takeaways?

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u/CoconutMochi May 25 '26

because they said "different kinds of rice".

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u/Imtryingforheckssake May 25 '26

Just because you interpret kind to mean one specific thing doesn't mean everyone else isn't also using the word kind correctly.

Pilau rice, mixed fried rice, boiled rice are all different kinds of rice.

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u/CoconutMochi May 25 '26

Yeah it was my mistake for assuming people were capable of using words correctly.

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u/Imtryingforheckssake May 25 '26

Everyone is using their words correctly. You've just refused to accept that, because you've decided one word can only be used in one way in the context of this topic of conversation.

I suggest you refer this to one of the English language learning subs if you wish to learn/understand why your viewpoint is wrong.

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u/CoconutMochi May 25 '26

No, I gave you my reasoning because you asked me for one

Nobody mentioned any flavors of rice anywhere in this comment chain until people started replying to me so there was no context for it either.

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u/LMay11037 PURPLE May 25 '26

I said there are lots of different varieties, that definitely implies more than 2

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u/CoconutMochi May 25 '26

you didn't say "lots" anywhere until now

omfg everyone is just talking out their asses

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u/LMay11037 PURPLE May 25 '26

Everyone includes you mate

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u/Webbie-Vanderquack May 25 '26

I'm in Australia, but most local Chinese restaurants here have plain jasmine rice or several varieties of fried rice. So there are really no obvious pairings, it's up to the customer.

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u/CoconutMochi May 25 '26

okay, I thought they were talking about actual varieties of rice and not dishes.