McDonald’s found themselves in some boiling hot water yesterday after their Rick and Morty Szechuan sauce promotion fell flat on it’s face.
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Hundreds (possibly thousands) of Rick and Morty fans waited hours in line to try the sauce after McDonald’s brought it back for a one-day only run.
ERMAHGERD #BUTTERMILKCRISPYTENDERS POSTERS & SUPER-LIMITED SZECHUAN SAUCE TODAY! Sorry for shouting. Part. McD’s: https://t.co/7WA3yuj7OO pic.twitter.com/IFt1Tj13r6
— McDonald’s (@McDonalds) October 7, 2017
But twitter users claim that the locations running the promo only had a few sauce packs on hand. Some saying their location had only 20 packets to begin with.
@McDonalds you suck. Only 10 posters & 20 packets of #szechuansauce to a store; there are already 30 in line.. 4 hours early. #rickandmorty
— Brandon Kronz (@BrandonKronz) October 7, 2017
There was crying…
my son is 9 and was crying as well….after we got home he was still upset and said he may never eat @McDonalds again…that’s huge for him!
— Lisa Dahlkoetter (@LasaLoraine) October 7, 2017
Riots…
Angry crowd chants “We want sauce” as police force them back. 1000+ people camped out to get #szechuansauce but McDonalds had 70 sauces… pic.twitter.com/wEaqC64Hln
— Ian Sikes (@ianjsikes) October 7, 2017
And an awful lot of PO’d fans…
McDonald’s employees laughing and recording people’s disappointment on their phones #SzechuanSauce #boycottmcdonalds #protestmcdonalds pic.twitter.com/Hzk2zwSpep
— Angel Guel (@angel_guel) October 7, 2017
But never fear. McDonald’s is bringing it back (in which I can only assume is an attempt to extinguish any further rioting or vandalism of their stores).
You spoke. We’ve listened. Lots more #SzechuanSauce and locations. Details soon. And that’s the wayyy the news goes! pic.twitter.com/ooIrbZBsOw
— McDonald’s (@McDonalds) October 8, 2017
A lesson to any other fast-food chain: never underestimate the the lengths a bunch of millennials will go to for their favorite cartoon.
ICYMI: The popular Adult Swim cartoon made reference to this long-discontinued sauce in their season 3 premier. The sauce was a limited run recipe made to promote the 1998 release of Disney’s Mulan. Check out the clip below.
