A few years ago, the government introduced the national ID as a part of a digitised identity system for all the citizens.

I had been meaning to get my NID for quite some time and had been preparing to do so. I had filled and submitted the online form and had all the documents ready the day before.

During my lunch break, I took my documents and went to the government office and got my NID number.

I was ecstatic on accomplishing my goal of getting my NID number. So, I decided to treat myself. And I decided to go to an expensive restaurant to celebrate. There weren't any other customers in there, which I thought was not out of the ordinary as it was nearly 3 PM, and lunch breaks were about to end soon.

I was overwhelmed being the only customer, so I asked the waiter which food would come out fast as I wanted to get out of there quickly. He suggested that chowmein would be the fastest, so I ordered that. Then he asked if I needed some water. I asked it to be normal water, but he broke open a sealed bottle with the restaurant's logo.

I didn't say anything as I was alone and feeling awkward. After some time, the food came out, and as I was eating it, my phone started ringing from calls from work. I started eating while attending my work calls. Meanwhile, I noticed a woman walked in and went behind the counter, so I assumed she was a staff member who had just come for her shift.

I paid no mind to her and finished my food. It wasn't as good as I had hoped, but I didn't care about the taste. I just wanted to go back to my work as my break time was already over, and I was getting late.

I asked for the price, and the woman told me it was 325. I looked at the price in the menu and commented that the listed price for chowmein was only 250. She begrudgingly said 75 was for the water. I exclaimed, "A single bottle of water costs 75? Outside the restaurant it would cost no more than 30."

That wasn't acceptable to her and started arguing that everyone paid for it.

I had noticed the logo on the bottle since the beginning and told her the logo meant business promotion. So charging customers for it was not legal.

I was getting frustrated and picked up the bottle to take the logo off, but it was stuck there. I picked up the fork I was eating the chowmein with and started scraping the logo off. The woman kept rambling as if I were attacking her and the restaurant. She got her phone out and took my picture while I was scraping the logo out and started shouting at me for causing damages.

My immediate thoughts were that I hadn't paid for it, so technically, it wasn't mine. I paid for it and started asking how much a crate of water would cost. She refused, and then i left the restaurant with the bottle. I didn't want to take the water with me, so I dumped the water on some dry potted plants outside the restaurant. Little did I know it wasn't the end of it. So, AITA?