50 People Who Asked For Something And Were Surprised When Their Request Was Taken Literally (New Pics)
You've probably heard of malicious compliance, an occurrence when people take the rules given in the most direct manner, and they end up fulfilling the request way too literally. We previously made a curious list about such entertaining instances that you can check out right here.
But this time, we are giving malicious compliance a foodie treatment, and we are gonna look at what happens when the subject of request is your food order. Take hangry people, witty chefs, and hilarious miscommunication and mix it all together, and here you go, you just encountered delicious compliance.
After you’re done scrolling through this punny compilation, make sure to check out part 1 right here, and hit us in the comments if you've ever been served something like that!
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I Said My Pad Thai Wasn't Spicy Last Time So Please Make It Extra Spicy And This Was My Receit
Asked For A Corgi Cake For My Birthday. Husband Did Not Disappoint At All!
Local Donut Shop Made A Child's Perfect Donut
Malicious compliance is the term used to describe when someone takes a superior's orders literally, knowing and intending that compliance may have unintended or negative results. Usually, it’s intentional, but sometimes it’s purely accidental. Delicious compliance is a spin-off of this occurrence and it involves food orders.
Anyhow, such compliance has to do with our mode of thinking, or rather the lack of it. What happens if we take things too literally? Is it possible to take them too literally? Very often we take something at its face value simply to avoid the burden of thinking. Just like agreeing with an idea because it’s an easy way out. Or we interpret it in a way that aligns with our ideas, beliefs and values.
They Gave Him What He Asked For, Not What He Wanted
Told The Meals On Wheels Lady That I Love Their Gravy. Day Made
My Daughter Asked For A Rapunzel Birthday Cake. I Made Her One
No wonder the result is often unpleasant if the process lacks the process of thinking and reflecting upon the situation. We get used to getting orders and being told what to do, especially at work. Bluntly complying with orders also limits our potential to understand how things work, so it stops the potential for progress.
Most importantly, thinking before acting and measuring its consequences will help to reduce breakdowns in communication so that we can all be more open and willing to not just do what we’re told, but to do what’s best in a given situation. And this makes a whole lot of difference!
Please Cook Sausages
Imagine him worrying 'Should I cook one or should I cook two sausages???"
Asked For A Cherry Coke At A Restaurant
My 10-Yr-Old Only Wanted Pumpkin Pie Today. I'm Working So I Just Ordered Two Pies From McDonald's, Three Minutes Before They Closed. There Are 14 Pies In Here. I Have So Much To Be Thankful For
Asked If They'd Be Willing To Slip One Extra Into My 10-Box
I'd Like The Ravioli, Please, With A Truly Unreasonable Amount Of Parmesan Cheese
When Your Daughter Asks Santa Claus For A Giant Cherry Pop Tart
When You Don't Care How Your Sandwich Is Cut Up
The Restaurant Asked If We Wanted A “Side Of Ketchup”
86% Cherries, 14% Milkshake
I Asked Chef For A “Bacon Cheeseburger”and This Is What He Gave Me. Was Told I Should Post Here
I Asked Them To Make My Burrito “As Spicy As They Are Allowed To”. I Should Have Been Concerned When The Chefs Started Laughing And Cheering, But I Was Not Expecting This Level Of Heat. After I Painstakingly Finished It, This Is What They Revealed They Used
357 is pretty hot. If they used a lot, it would be a mouth burner. It's got a really great smoky flavor, tho. I love it in chili
People think they want it "as hot as you can make it". They never actually do.
Eh, 357 isn't all that hot. It's tasty though at least. Heat without flavor is pointless, so this is a good one.
I bet you eat Carolina Reapers for breakfast, you tough cookie
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I had to giggle when I saw the picture because Mad Dog 357 is something that my husband uses as kind of an "every day" sauce when he wants to add a bit of heat and some good flavor! In almost 30 years together, I've only seen him in a state of "WOW this is hot!" about 3 times, and once was when he was attempting the "4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse" burger challenge at a restaurant in San Antonio. It's nuts!
My friend and I ordered a burrito at a burrito shack as hot as they could make it and shared it. First bite was excruciating and it only got worse. After 4 bites we were sweating profusely and giggling like a small children and then I saw the burrito start to undulate. We laughed hysterically during the entire meal, left and I knocked off when I got home: I was exhausted. Man v Food-- Man wins this one.
Ooo, I have a couple bottles of that. I love it. I worked in a Christian book store a few years ago and had a bottle of it in the employee fridge. I said anyone could use it if they want. My boss grabbed it one day not reading the warnings on it and poooured it on his cubed ham lunch. Spent the rest of the shift crying in the back with a fudgesicle
Can I try to Plain spoonful. I love spicy food A little to much! Lol
Going in the mouth, down the throat and into the stomach is Bad, BAd, BAD but(t) coming out the other end is DEATH BY A MILLION PAPER CUTS SITTING IN A SALT BATH X's INFINITY
A health inspector I know inspects a restaurant where you have to sign a waiver for them to use a few drops of some kind of sauce they have. They've had to call 911 more than once for people that couldn't take it. She burned her hand just from touching the flask they have it in. As soon as she touched it they immediately took it away from her and stuck her hand under cold water...too late.
Eating hot stuff and discussing it is weird macho business I'll never understand.
Personally, I enjoy spicy things, but only if they also have flavor. 357 is good in that regard. I've got quite a tolerance for heat, and have gone to crazy levels, but most of those are so bland that they're not worth it. Paqui chips for instance, taste like cardboard, or stale fritos...
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They Ordered Cheese On The Side
Asked For Extra Gravy... My Fries Are Drowning
poutine... yuck! never could develop a taste for it. But good news, I'll never steal yours :)
I Asked For A Little Extra Feta On My Salad
Promised My Partner An Extra Thick Layer Of Marzipan On The Christmas Cake
I Asked For Extra Cheese On My Cali 4x4 Burger
Asked Waffle House For As Much Chocolate Chips And They’re Allowed To Give Me
Asked My Server If They Could Just Give Me All Potatoes Instead Of A Fruit Bowl + Potatoes
The Lovely Family-Owned Diner In My Town Knows Me By Name. Mentioned I Wish I Could Order Extra Sausage Gravy For Dipping My Hashbrowns. Was So Pleasantly Surprised When I Got To Work! * Support Local Business *
Enlarged Fries
Asked For No Tomatoes On My Salad, Waiter Asked If Bacon Was Ok. I Jokingly Said All The Bacon... He Delivered
Asked For Extra Everything From Chipotle... Was Given A Burrito As Big As My Forearm
I'm just amazed they managed to close this thing. That's some wrapping skills.
"Vodka Soda With A Bunch Of Limes" Thank You Bartender
They Didn't Have Any Other Sides Cos They Were About To Close So I Got Like 100 Fried Pickles
Ok, this is the first time I hear about "Fried Pickles".. I don't know what to think about it
Ordered One Brussel Sprout Instead Of 1kg! Need To Cut It Into Four To Go Round!
When An Unruly Customer Demands Crispier Edges On Their Pancakes
Asked For Extra Egg With My Fried Rice...
BF Asked For Extra Mushrooms At Breakfast
You really can't have too many mushrooms. Now stay away from mine and go find your own.
Asked Mother For A Snack From The Store. She's Embraced My College Life
I Asked For Extra Veggies On My Whitefish Salad Bagel Sandwich...
Wasn’t Sure How To Convey My Love Of Cheesy Crusty Goodness
Arby’s Workers Understand How Amazing Their Sauce Is
Ordered A Dozen Donut Holes, Was Given The Donut Holes And A Dozen Donuts. Ate As Much As We Could!
Ask For Extra Croutons? You Get Extra Croutons
Asked For A Light Snack When I Got To Grandmas, Couldn’t Have Been Happier
Your grandma seems to fix food like my Grandma used to do. I used to go over at mealtimes only because she wanted to feed me so much, and she would say, "Now in the fridge, I have........ and then in the freezer, there's some x, y and z." When I went to see her in the hospital, the nurses brought her a small (half-sized can of) coke. She was like, "Would you split my coke with me?" "In the drawer are some cookies your Mom brought me." I couldn't believe it. She managed to feed me even while she was in the hospital. This picture reminded me of such fond memories!
Asked For Extra Kebab Sauce...
My Fiancée Said She Liked Sour Patch Watermelon In Her Reddit Gifts Info. This Is What She Received
Freddie's Frozen Custard & Steakburger's Did Right By My Request For Extra Pickles
I Didn’t Even Ask For Extra Olives Or Mushrooms, But Wow
This is my go to pizza order. Pepperoni, mushroom and black olives. I’d be so happy to see this on my pizza!
I Asked For 3 Of Each Hot Sauce And I Got 59 In Total!
Mentioned Loving Sour Gummy Worms In My Reddit Secret Santa. Ended Up With 4lbs Of Them On My Porch
I think I'll say what we are all thinking: What's with the foam clay?
Asked For Extra Lox Spread, Was Very Happy With The Result
Asked For Extra Peanuts On My Pad Thai
I Got A Couple Of Beignets In This Bag Of Powdered Sugar From Popeye's
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Celebrating extra calories, aren't we? :P Ok, some of these photos look ok, some are even funny, but many pictures are just disgusting, with too much mayo, too much cream, to much gravy, too much bacon, too much chocolate, too much grease.
Exactly. It's kind of gross how we celebrate being excessive. Especially when it means being MORE unhealthy.
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"I'm pretty sure no one is eating these greasy monstrosities in one sitting" -- you haven't met anyone like me and my brothers, I'm guessing. ;-)
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Fun story. I once asked a Subway employee for a buttload of jalapeños, and he asked me to specify what kind of butt I meant and listed some butts. I went with an elephant's buttload and it was so packed with jalapeños that I had to take a happy pic. I felt compelled to eat it in the restaurant to show him I wasn't just fronting my spice love, but he honestly might be the coolest guy to ever exist, you guys. I miss him
My famous almost-last words: "Make that hot chocolate as chocolate as possible". So they put in 90% dark chocolate, no sugar, and a bit of milk. Never ever challenge some Europeans on "as chocolate as possible". (Note: I drank it. no sugar. And was awake for about 15 hours...)
Can't tell you how many times I've paid extra for something I requested, only to get the same amount as usual. Why can't I be as lucky as these people.
I asked for a shitload of pickles on my hamburger at McDonalds . They gave me a burger with 2 inches of pickles
Dude called into the pizza shop I worked at. He was a bit of a dong on the phone to me. He mentioned he liked spicy pizza. The extra chilies he stressed. I looked at my coworkers. I told them what he wanted. We all had that "say no more fam" look about us. I took the container of chilies and proceeded to pour half a cup of them onto his medium pizza. We expected to get in trouble for sabotaging his pizza. Nope. He called back. "Give me the same thing as last time. I loved it."
Why does this never happen with avocados, when I always order extra lol. Always a single sad paper-thin slice extra
How much "extra" anything you get depends on who handles your order. Junior or disgruntled staff will usually be generous while senior staff or the proprietors will be mindfull of profits.
These meals could almost all feed a family of four. Do y'all eat it all in the US? Or do you toss away like half of it? Or eat for four days? I'm curious!
In the US here, most of these would be saved and eaten the rest later. Like when we order pizza for our family of 4, we have dinner for 2 nights at least.
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I must think differently from most. I wouldn't appreciate the "over-kill" on most of those items.
Every fish and chip shop in Australia will generally give you one or two extra potato cakes without you asking, EXCEPT the one time you expect them to so order less than you want!
I'm Australian and I have no idea what a lot of this, but then I rarely eat takeaway food.
Some of these are r/maliciouscumpliance, but my favorite are the results of asking nice.
Meanwhile at Subway when asking for extra vegetables, you get one more of that vegetable Lol
What makes you think these are all American? Or that all Americans overeat?
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I hate to be the business owner with employees wasting food like this. Not funny. Sad.
Part of it is the 'throw-away date' and employees instinctively not wanting to waste product. If the throw-away date on something is coming up fast, or a new delivery has been scheduled in advance it's better to serve up the surplus when able than have it be thrown in the trash. Plus, if the customer is astute, they can make good use of that extra. When my local Chinese restaurant overloads me with their homemade sweet & sour, it goes in the freezer and used as a glaze on baked chicken later.
Load More Replies... The majority of the pictures are just heart attacks waiting to happen. No wonder that the United States has the 12th highest obesity rate in the world of 36.2% and is the most obese OECD country. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. An intergovernmental economic organisation with 38 member countries.)
Beside the request for more veggies, the other stuff is excessive. You're just adding a TON of calories for what is already rather unhealthy. Why is this being praised so much? What happened to caring about health?
My friend made me a birthday cake: asked what I want. I'm indecisive and couldn't even choose between chocolate or vanilla! She made It, but I didn't expect a cake like this: (LINK https://imgbox.com/OYKNYP3D). She's thinking of doing professional cakes, so is practising by making them for friends and family ^-^) it melted a bit on transit but: one layer is choc cake, other vanilla, edible flowers over and as a lift between the two cake. It was super yum too. I hope she does start a business one day, she's already doing better cakes than this
God Bless America. This kind of a culture and art would not exist anywhere else.
God had nothin' to do with it, it was Uncle Sam & Colonel Sanders.
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Celebrating extra calories, aren't we? :P Ok, some of these photos look ok, some are even funny, but many pictures are just disgusting, with too much mayo, too much cream, to much gravy, too much bacon, too much chocolate, too much grease.
Exactly. It's kind of gross how we celebrate being excessive. Especially when it means being MORE unhealthy.
Load More Replies... "I'm pretty sure no one is eating these greasy monstrosities in one sitting" -- you haven't met anyone like me and my brothers, I'm guessing. ;-)
Load More Replies... Fun story. I once asked a Subway employee for a buttload of jalapeños, and he asked me to specify what kind of butt I meant and listed some butts. I went with an elephant's buttload and it was so packed with jalapeños that I had to take a happy pic. I felt compelled to eat it in the restaurant to show him I wasn't just fronting my spice love, but he honestly might be the coolest guy to ever exist, you guys. I miss him
My famous almost-last words: "Make that hot chocolate as chocolate as possible". So they put in 90% dark chocolate, no sugar, and a bit of milk. Never ever challenge some Europeans on "as chocolate as possible". (Note: I drank it. no sugar. And was awake for about 15 hours...)
Can't tell you how many times I've paid extra for something I requested, only to get the same amount as usual. Why can't I be as lucky as these people.
I asked for a shitload of pickles on my hamburger at McDonalds . They gave me a burger with 2 inches of pickles
Dude called into the pizza shop I worked at. He was a bit of a dong on the phone to me. He mentioned he liked spicy pizza. The extra chilies he stressed. I looked at my coworkers. I told them what he wanted. We all had that "say no more fam" look about us. I took the container of chilies and proceeded to pour half a cup of them onto his medium pizza. We expected to get in trouble for sabotaging his pizza. Nope. He called back. "Give me the same thing as last time. I loved it."
Why does this never happen with avocados, when I always order extra lol. Always a single sad paper-thin slice extra
How much "extra" anything you get depends on who handles your order. Junior or disgruntled staff will usually be generous while senior staff or the proprietors will be mindfull of profits.
These meals could almost all feed a family of four. Do y'all eat it all in the US? Or do you toss away like half of it? Or eat for four days? I'm curious!
In the US here, most of these would be saved and eaten the rest later. Like when we order pizza for our family of 4, we have dinner for 2 nights at least.
Load More Replies... I must think differently from most. I wouldn't appreciate the "over-kill" on most of those items.
Every fish and chip shop in Australia will generally give you one or two extra potato cakes without you asking, EXCEPT the one time you expect them to so order less than you want!
I'm Australian and I have no idea what a lot of this, but then I rarely eat takeaway food.
Some of these are r/maliciouscumpliance, but my favorite are the results of asking nice.
Meanwhile at Subway when asking for extra vegetables, you get one more of that vegetable Lol
What makes you think these are all American? Or that all Americans overeat?
Load More Replies... I hate to be the business owner with employees wasting food like this. Not funny. Sad.
Part of it is the 'throw-away date' and employees instinctively not wanting to waste product. If the throw-away date on something is coming up fast, or a new delivery has been scheduled in advance it's better to serve up the surplus when able than have it be thrown in the trash. Plus, if the customer is astute, they can make good use of that extra. When my local Chinese restaurant overloads me with their homemade sweet & sour, it goes in the freezer and used as a glaze on baked chicken later.
Load More Replies... The majority of the pictures are just heart attacks waiting to happen. No wonder that the United States has the 12th highest obesity rate in the world of 36.2% and is the most obese OECD country. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. An intergovernmental economic organisation with 38 member countries.)
Beside the request for more veggies, the other stuff is excessive. You're just adding a TON of calories for what is already rather unhealthy. Why is this being praised so much? What happened to caring about health?
My friend made me a birthday cake: asked what I want. I'm indecisive and couldn't even choose between chocolate or vanilla! She made It, but I didn't expect a cake like this: (LINK https://imgbox.com/OYKNYP3D). She's thinking of doing professional cakes, so is practising by making them for friends and family ^-^) it melted a bit on transit but: one layer is choc cake, other vanilla, edible flowers over and as a lift between the two cake. It was super yum too. I hope she does start a business one day, she's already doing better cakes than this
God Bless America. This kind of a culture and art would not exist anywhere else.
God had nothin' to do with it, it was Uncle Sam & Colonel Sanders.
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