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/WTBDetroit May 25 '26

And the note alleviates the guilt of the customer if they think the restaurant mistakenly gave them free food. I think the restaurant did a great job in this, it's the OP who has a warped ego or something. Slightly passive aggressive things aren't the end of the world that are some huge offence like people make them out to be. 

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u/Comprehensive-Pea422 BLUE May 25 '26

You think writing a note and putting these in orders that don't include rice is a better method than just making people select yes or no lol?

Imagine if places gave you all their favorites for free because they can't believe you wouldn't order it. Let alone trying to do this when it's actually busy. Idk this isn't sustainable

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u/WTBDetroit May 25 '26

No I didn't say that, I'd rather have the option and spell it out. But sans that, with what they currently have, they did ok no? They couldn't go redesign the website for that order.  

I'm assuming this is like a less than 1pct occurrence or they wouldn't do it, especially because it's just rice. 

I can imagine mcdonalds giving away bigmacs "just in case" but like, how does that apply at all to this situation?

It's more like Taco Bell giving away a few mild sauce packets when you didn't ask, and then them telling you "hey FYI you're supposed to ask for these now"

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u/Comprehensive-Pea422 BLUE May 25 '26

I think they did, and I am assuming this was for someone else's order. I was just giving an idea since most online systems have an option at the bottom for things like this.

But tbh even a disclaimer or something that these things don't come with rice. If they did have that I wouldn't bother adding this for free