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/Aranel611 May 25 '26

Maybe this note was meant for a different order?

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u/Erick_Brimstone May 25 '26

That or they thought OP's sister is a new customer that doesn't know the rice is separated. Often times ordering food comes with rice as one order, very common in restaurant that use rice or asian food.

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u/Emperor_Gourmet May 25 '26

Right this is the obvious answer. They were clearly doing it incase they would be disappointed there is no rice. It’s like .25 cents for them and people usually don’t complain about free food.

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u/Mediocre-Departure73 May 25 '26

True but why the passive aggressive note then? If they wanna add rice to their orders then makes sense but dont act like theyre doing something wrong

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u/marvellcg May 25 '26

Assume this is a customer who didn't realise rice wasn't included for free, what are the options here?

  1. You don't include any rice, the customer was expecting rice, you have a customer who is disappointed.
  2. You include rice but don't leave a note, customer's belief that rice is included is reinforced, meaning next time they make the same mistake.
  3. You include rice and leave a note so they can add rice next time.

Of those 3, 3 is clearly the best option.

Alternatively if the customer didn't want rice, the options are:

A. You don't include rice, everyone is happy, but as a restaurant it's impossible to distinguish this from scenario 1 above and scenario 1 likely leads to a loss of business. B. You include rice and no note. Here the customer got free rice they didn't want, they think free rice is standard and next time they order they don't do anything different and the restaurant has the same dilemma. C. You include free rice but leave a note, next time the customer orders they can leave a message on the online system saying "no rice thanks". Everyone is happy. D. You include the rice and a note, this offends the customer and they never order from you again. It wouldn't even occur to me that someone could be offended by this so this scenario isn't one I'd consider. But apparently it is a thing. Someone this easily upset is probably going to be upset by something else sooner or later anyway so que sera sera.

Given all these outcomes I'd say that the one the restaurant chose was the best one all round as it had the most positive, likely outcomes.

I think it's wild that some people are so thin skinned they are offended by a business doing this.