Guest Rant
I don’t usually post other people’s gripes, I make them comment on mine, but I happen to really like the person who sent this to me and I agree with her. Plus, I have my own issues with her story…
“I have a rant of my own. (We) went to McDonald’s yesterday, and ordered, you know, a meal for each of us. It cost, like, $11.00 or something and we asked for hot mustard b/c (we) ALWAYS get it for our fries. Anyway, the bitch proceeds to ask us if we ordered nuggets, then tells us since we did not, it will cost 16 cents a piece for hot mustard. I said f*** that, and had to go without it. My question is, What gives McDonald’s the right to dictate what I put hot mustard sauce on? Hello, what if I do eat nuggets, but I don’t like any of the sauces or I only eat ketchup on them or if I eat them plain? I spent $11.00 on food, they can give me 16 f***ing cents worth of sauce. Give me a break! I was so pissed, I came home and got on the McDonald’s page, but I couldn’t find any place for comments. Not to mention, I know they would only tell me it depends upon the franchise owners and how they choose to do it. Either way, if I want to eat hot mustard sauce on my burger, or on my fries, or whatever, I should be able to! This world has gone crazy!!!
(signed) C “ (edited slightly for content and specific names)
Well, not bad for her first “printed” rant, huh. Anyway, she’s right. I went to McDonald’s today and they refused to honor the $.99 Big N Tasty or the $2.99 combo meal specials they have been advertising in a national commercial. The woman behind the counter said to me, “this is a mall, we don’t have to honor commercials, other stores need the help to get people in, you’re already here”. Yes, but I was only there because of the advertised special otherwise, I don’t eat at McDonalds. Here, they also charge for more than 2 ketchup, salt, pepper, sugar, or cream packets in addition to the charge for nugget sauce (and it makes no difference whether you order nuggets or not, you still have to pay for more than one packet). It’s madness, truly it is! Even Arby’s is in on the game. They charge for water, even if you order a drink and a meal and you just want water with it, too. I can see charging me if all I wanted was water, but when I order 8 bucks worth of crappy food, they should be able to spot me some poison Lake Erie water to wash it down with. To retaliate, I just take extra salt, so I don’t have to pay McDonalds for it! Why do we put up with this crap for bad food and bad service? Is it because we are all overweight and jonesing for some grease? Apparently. Here’s hoping the corporate fat cats are too, at least we would have the satisfaction of knowing they slum with the rest of us long enough to get screwed at their own restaurants.
June 9th, 2002 at 9:46 am
That is why I eat at Wendy’s.
June 22nd, 2002 at 10:03 pm
well, well, well. one more reason to add to the almost unending list of reasons not to go to macdonalds. i understnad your outrage, but i have to ask, are you two REALLY surprised? i mean, macdonalds is one of the biggest corporations on the planet. they even have macdonalds in russia (although for most people there, a big mac costs over a months wages), and the only people ahead of them are the tobacco companies, and thats just because the tobacco companies own everything, not just cigarettes. anyway, considering the people who own macdonalds are so blind with greed that their capitalism shows no bounds, its not exactly hard to believe that this has happened to you two. if people stopped supporting these capitalists, they wouldn’t be able to treat people this way. i don’t understand the draw with macdonalds, anyway. i mean, the burgers there are made with the meat from the innards and the hooves, and the snouts of the animals. but you know, thats jsut my (vegetarian) take on the evil realm of macdonalds.
February 11th, 2003 at 7:41 pm
I am so happy to find that there are other people out there who are outraged by the pathetic charging for condiment sauces I certainly am! its not only the places mentioned in the above posts Round Table Pizza has garlic parmesean twists you can order 3 or 6 one time i ordered 6 and asked for ranch dipping sauce which is the best but they only gave me one small ranch i asked for a second they said they would have to charge me I said forget it but as i was going home i thought “what if i ordered 3 only how much ranch for that? its stupid Why does the amount matter? some people like ranch and some dont at mcdonalds i too like hot mustard on my fries actually i dont like ketchup at all but i always end up with a million packets why is ketchup the only “acceptable” dipping sauce for fries? i think charging for condiments is silly i do understand why they do but i am disappionted when no one will trade the ketchup for the other sauce-sorry for the lack of punctuation—-everytime i press on the comma or period key the page jumps forward
February 11th, 2003 at 7:41 pm
I am so happy to find that there are other people out there who are outraged by the pathetic charging for condiment sauces I certainly am! its not only the places mentioned in the above posts Round Table Pizza has garlic parmesean twists you can order 3 or 6 one time i ordered 6 and asked for ranch dipping sauce which is the best but they only gave me one small ranch i asked for a second they said they would have to charge me I said forget it but as i was going home i thought “what if i ordered 3 only how much ranch for that? its stupid Why does the amount matter? some people like ranch and some dont at mcdonalds i too like hot mustard on my fries actually i dont like ketchup at all but i always end up with a million packets why is ketchup the only “acceptable” dipping sauce for fries? i think charging for condiments is silly i do understand why they do but i am disappionted when no one will trade the ketchup for the other sauce-sorry for the lack of punctuation—-everytime i press on the comma or period key the page jumps forward