Current Events > Didn't know McDonald's was so frugal with their sauce

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Most of the time I order the sauce at the speaker, this time I forgot to do it cuz the girl taking my order seemed to be in a rush. When dude is handing me my food, after I paid for it, I ask him if I can get some honey mustard sauce and the guy literally hesitates... Im waiting for him to give me the sauce and he has to ask his manager and she says "just give it to him" so I got curious, I asked him "what was the problem? Why didn't you want to give me the sauce?" he didn't really know what to say, it was like he malfunctioned, then he awkwardly replies "its just were low on sauce and we can't just give them away" I was like "oh, well thank you for giving me one I really appreciate it" and drove off.

Now I can't stop thinking about that whole situation. I get fries from this dude and usually ask for 3 BBQ sauces, I only use 2 but it just makes me feel comfortable to have an extra one just in case the next time I order they forget to put any sauce at all, this avoids the whole awkwardness of having to ask for the sauce that they forgot and I don't end up being upset at these guys for forgetting. It seems they've been keeping track of how many sauces I order, I never think much of it, but what the heck man? Who keeps track of that stuff?

And it's always the same guy giving me my food, which explains things a bit, it's just awkward as hell dealing with this guy, he never says a word to me then all of sudden dude doesn't want to give me any sauce when I ask for it? Ugh at least this is kind of like an ice breaker now, I can joke with the drive thru people and ask for like 30 sauces next time I go then ask for a more reasonable amount like 2 I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that they will put the right amount of sauces in.

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Last time I went they gave me 3 sauces for my small order of chicken tendies.
That was back in March.

*sigh*

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Obligatory https://youtu.be/SFmT-bBy9Es

i order 20 nuggets and a medium fry when i go. when they ask if i want sauce, i say ketchup. i know it's only for the fries, but they don't. i still rarely get more than 2 or 3 and have to ask for more. because 2 tiny ketchup packs aren't even enough for the damn fries.

*grumbles*

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BloodMoon7 posted...

Last time I went they gave me 3 sauces for my small order of chicken tendies.
That was back in March.

*sigh*

I know that feel about them knowing you though. This was several years ago when I was down on my luck and I would often go get a chicken sandwich at McDonald's and that would be my meal for the day. I would've made something at home but I was in a bad spot and I just didn't want to do much most days. Anyway one day, out of nowhere the cashier said my order for me before I could. That was awkward and she looked embarrassed, can't imagine how I looked.

I stopped going there.

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lincoln002 posted...

It seems they've been keeping track of how many sauces I order, I never think much of it, but what the heck man? Who keeps track of that stuff?

Where are you getting this from? The dude probably has no idea who you are.

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Every chain covets their sauce like it's the Turin shroud.

Except for Taco Bell, they give it away by the fist-full.

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Sictis posted...

Obligatory https://youtu.be/SFmT-bBy9Es

It was pretty much like that, before the supernatural choke lol

I might give them a ring lol I need to hash this out before these folks flip out on me.

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Wii_Shaker posted...

Every chain covets their sauce like it's the Turin shroud.

Except for Taco Bell, they give it away by the fist-full.

I was about to say lol

McDonald's gives like two sauce packets for a ten piece nugget and large fries. I've ordered like two tacos and a drink at Taco Bell and been given a dozen packets of their sauce. Might be cause I get mild and most people don't, but still.

McDonald's here have been charging 25 cents for each extra sauce for at least a couple decades. I remember one of my pet peeves when I worked there was Karens who would ask for extra sauce after they paid then bitch about being charged

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BloodMoon7 posted...

I know that feel about them knowing you though. This was several years ago when I was down on my luck and I would often go get a chicken sandwich at McDonald's and that would be my meal for the day. I would've made something at home but I was in a bad spot and I just didn't want to do much most days. Anyway one day, out of nowhere the cashier said my order for me before I could. That was awkward and she looked embarrassed, can't imagine how I looked.

I stopped going there.

Wow, that sounds awful. I know exactly what you mean, I legit feel so relieved when it's a new guy on shift who doesn't recognize me. It can get embarrassing to become a regular especially if you get the feeling these dudes are talking about you after you leave.

pegusus123456 posted...

Where are you getting this from? The dude probably has no idea who you are.

He has no idea who I am but he's seen me like 20 times in the last 30 days pretty sure he remembers me at least. At first it isn't awkward but after the 10th visit and you're just handing them your card and they're giving you the food you start getting a feel for each other

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One time they dumped like 30 of them in my bag. They must have been about to expire or something

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Use the old "they didnt put any sauce in my bag" trick.

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Yeah if you don't go too often, it doesn't matter but it's impossible for someone to not begin to recognize you after some time, even if both of you are just trying to make the transaction go by quickly. I'm not saying they'll get friendly with you (though this has happened to me sometimes) but you'll be able to tell. People go through slight changes in behavior when a stranger becomes less strange, it's just human nature.

If they do start getting friendly, that's when it's time to run.

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YugiNoob posted...

McDonald's here have been charging 25 cents for each extra sauce for at least a couple decades. I remember one of my pet peeves when I worked there was Karens who would ask for extra sauce after they paid then bitch about being charged

I wouldn't mind being charged for them because I would feel more confident that they would get my order right that way. They don't charge you for them, are stingy with how many they give you typically, and often times it feels like they will forget to put them in the bag.

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Shit like this has bled into every fast food place now. Even Jack in the Box does it. I feel like Taco Bell is the only place that doesn't but the drive thru is still hit or miss with the sauce ratio
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They do this trick where I leave before I even check the thing and by the time I feel around Im already gone

but in any event in regards to McDs and this topic theres a joke in spanish about frujil that I cant remember for the life of me at 4 in the morning

Smashingpmkns posted...

Shit like this has bled into every fast food place now. Even Jack in the Box does it. I feel like Taco Bell is the only place that doesn't but the drive thru is still hit or miss with the sauce ratio

Taco bell is the only place that asks you if you want sauce and they are actually pretty good about giving you enough.

Most other places will totally dick you out of sauce. Like if you get tenders at McDonalds and ask for lets say ranch, they'll legit give you 2 ranch dips, which honestly is only good for a few dips cuz you get less and less ranch the more you dip, so basically you got to eat some dry ass tenders if you stick to the normal amount. The messed up part is that they shame you if you ask for more dip, they know what they're doing. It's a weird thing though, cuz it's not much different than asking for a few extra straws, ketchup packets or something and them just being completely bamboozled about it and give you 1 straw, or 2 ketchup packets or something weird like that. Why is this such a difficult thing to understand? More than likely the employees don't give a crap, and why should they when they're getting payed so bad, but it just feels like a personal attack against the consumer in this case. At the end of the day we pay for their hours through our continued consumption so we are allowed to complain and it seems a lot of folks tend to have the same problem.

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