McDonald’s Charges for Sauce Packets
January 13th, 2009
Uhm. What?
It seems that, at least this McDonald’s, has started to charge for extra packets of sauce. Goodbye it is to courtesy sauce packets. In my opinion this a bit of ludicris. First off, this will simply cause more time at the register as the cashier will have to carefully ration off each packet and enter the exact amount in their POS/cash register. The point of getting something from fast food is that it is as quick and efficient as possible. Adding additional little tasks for the cashier only adds additional oppurtunity for failure.
Also, only one packet for a six piece? Uhm. Lame. You’ll be lucky if you make a single packet last that long. Especially if you’re like me and dip your fries into the sauce too. That kind of sort of REALLY sucks. It’s going to drive people away, especially when we already have to penny pinch to begin with. This is stupid.
Also, notice something. It costs more if you get the sauce with the strips. You know.. the bigger longer chicken? So, you’re probably going to need more packets to eat this properly. How can you sell the exact same product for two different prices? I don’t think this policy will last too long.
Ugh, now I’m hungry.
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Since about five years ago, every McDonald’s I’ve been to charged you extra for sauce. I sometimes get a nice (or lazy) person who wouldn’t go through all the shit if I asked after the food was received.
Still, unless I’m sharing with a friend or two, I don’t really need more than one packet. ^^’ I just used to stash ‘em in the car for when I ordered nothing but fries.
The part that gets me is that places like McDonald’s actually benefit from a weak economy… So, if there’s any time for condiments to be free, it should be now. They’re not suffering. They’re just being greedy.
The local Jack in the Box here has started charging $0.27 for extra condiments, it’s quite a shocker really.
It looks like this is going to be the new thing for fast food joints.
Thanks for the link back Jonathan! You’re right, one packet of sauce is definitely not enough, especially if you ask for honey.
Yeah tell me about it. Goodbye to using fries with your packets!
Hopefully for you this is just temporary until some manager decides it’s more trouble than its worth.
And hopefully it won’t spread to all Mickey D’s