'We want sauce': police called over McDonald's Rick and Morty promotion - Sensationalist Headlines

[quote]A McDonald’s public relations stunt has ended in chaos and acrimony after the fast food chain promised fans of the TV show Rick and Morty a limited edition, long out of production Szechuan dipping sauce and then swiftly ran out. Police were called to at least one outlet after people in queues for the sauce began getting angry and chanting “we want sauce”.[/quote] [url]https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/08/police-called-after-mcdonalds-rick-and-morty-promotion-heats-up[/url] :speechless: Videos and tweets in the source. Wow, I really can't believe how ridiculous these people are. Update: [QUOTE=Swiket;52760512][media]https://twitter.com/McDonalds/status/917169818725384192[/media][/QUOTE]

Imagine being an overworked underpaid mcdonalds employee getting yelled at by 20 dweebs at once because you dont have any of their meme sauce

If McDonalds had actually done the run right, the outlets would have enough sauce for the customers who wanted it lol, but organization failed and here's the result - a half baked rollout of their meme sauce and many angry customers

One of my good friends works at a McDonalds in the middle of nowhere. probably a good 5 people came for it. He ended up getting tons of it after closing because few people wanted it

Its just a fucking sauce I mean, even binging with babish taught you how you could make your own which taste similar. Its ridiculous how some extreme the extend of some fans could go.

The way the situation is described on McDonalds' end is that it almost seems like they didn't expect R&M fans to be that numerous when they sent very limited quantities for the promotion. Huh.

[QUOTE=Ignhelper;52758882]Its just a fucking sauce I mean, even binging with babish taught you how you could make your own which taste similar. Its ridiculous how some extreme the extend of some fans could go.[/QUOTE] Yeah, but that takes effort. Going to McDicks and screaming "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!" out loud when your purchasing your limited time "Not Rick and Morty themed but referenced in art on package" Szechuan dipping sauce, causing everyone to do the same and high five each other for a successful day of embracing a one off joke is definitely easier. :v:

[QUOTE=ShimTaco;52758879]One of my good friends works at a McDonalds in the middle of nowhere. probably a good 5 people came for it. He ended up getting tons of it after closing because few people wanted it[/QUOTE] Bet he could make a pretty penny selling it online...

This is fucking absurd :v:

[QUOTE=Drewsko;52758883]The way the situation is described on McDonalds' end is that it almost seems like they didn't expect R&M fans to be that numerous when they sent very limited quantities for the promotion. Huh.[/QUOTE] maybe they didn't expect adults to yell and scream over dipping sauce

[QUOTE=Cushie;52758935]Bet he could make a pretty penny selling it online...[/QUOTE] Is it really that much better than the szechuan you can buy off the shelf?

Jokes on them, they wasted time ranting and whinging when they could have just tried visiting another Mcdonalds, considering how ridiculously widespread they are.

[QUOTE=Cushie;52758935]Bet he could make a pretty penny selling it online...[/QUOTE] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4SKo5jU64I[/media]

[QUOTE=Evil_Toot;52758944]Is it really that much better than the szechuan you can buy off the shelf?[/QUOTE] if macdonalds other sauces they sell in stores are anything to go by, its probably almost identical, but theres more sugar

[QUOTE=Dr.Critic;52758945]Jokes on them, they wasted time ranting and whinging when they could have just tried visiting another Mcdonalds, considering how ridiculously widespread they are.[/QUOTE] Maybe. Only a handful of McD's had them. In my state of New Jersey, only [B]3[/B] locations had the sauce, all of which were in the northern part of the state. My local area, despite having about 10 McD's, did not have any at all.

[QUOTE=Dr.Critic;52758945]Jokes on them, they wasted time ranting and whinging when they could have just tried visiting another Mcdonalds, considering how ridiculously widespread they are.[/QUOTE] They were only at select locations in limited quantities. By the time they managed to figure out where another participating location is and drive there among the rush of other people trying the same shit they'd just find out that one got cleaned out as soon as the sauce was available just like the other place.

So is it actually good though?

[QUOTE=Evil_Toot;52758944]Is it really that much better than the szechuan you can buy off the shelf?[/QUOTE] It's most likely nothing special, but it has the hype around it. There are various recipes online already that claim to be almost identical to the McDonalds one and are cheap and quick to make. Geek/nerd/pop culture people are the most gullible and easy to exploit demographics for money tbh - You can sell them a piece of trash for a crazy markup as long as it has the logo of their favorite thing or whatever on it.

[QUOTE=Dr.Critic;52758945]Jokes on them, they wasted time ranting and whinging when they could have just tried visiting another Mcdonalds, considering how ridiculously widespread they are.[/QUOTE] In many cases one McD in a city got a shipment of sauce, so no they couldn't necessarily just go to another location.

[QUOTE=Drewsko;52758883]The way the situation is described on McDonalds' end is that it almost seems like they didn't expect R&M fans to be that numerous when they sent very limited quantities for the promotion. Huh.[/QUOTE] It sounds more like a bunch of the managers fucked up when estimating how much they'd need and sending that up the chain. My girlfriend's friend works at one of the McDonald's that was running the sauce, their manager said to head office they'd only need maybe 20 packets and that's what they got, so they ran out within the first few customers of a line going around the block.

The sauce ain't even that good. This meme is so bloated.

Humans are fucking goofy.

McD could have milked this hard but they still managed to fuck it up.

[QUOTE=TacticalBacon;52758975]It sounds more like a bunch of the managers fucked up when estimating how much they'd need and sending that up the chain. My girlfriend's friend works at one of the McDonald's that was running the sauce, their manager said to head office they'd only need maybe 20 packets and that's what they got, so they ran out within the first few customers of a line going around the block.[/QUOTE] As far as I'm aware and remember from the first announcements, it was intended to be a super limited thing and every single (qualifying) store only got 20 packets regardless of how busy they are.

People literally protesting for some fucking sauce? Wtf has this world come to?

[QUOTE=Gary D;52759006]People literally protesting for some fucking sauce? Wtf has this world come to?[/QUOTE] The same world where people call 911 because Facebook goes down for 15 minutes. And yes that happened.

People are already selling it on eBay for over $300. Just make your own damn sauce lol.

the most intellectual cartoon fans losing their shit over "szechuan" sauce

I know people really wanted that sauce (not a good reason to call to protest however) But couldn't they just find a recipe and try to make the Szechuan sauce themselves?

I wonder what the creators of R&M think of all this, they're probably laughing their asses off because of how crazy this is :v: