Q: I've never worked in fast food, so I am directing this question as those who have. Why do places like McDonalds and Wendys always short you on BBQ sauce. I don't need too much, but I figure you should get one sauce for every 5 nuggets or so. Often, they give you 2 sauces with a 20 piece nuggets. Is sauce especially expensive. Is this something franchise owners really look at closely. I thought at first, the workers were not really paying attention, but this is a nationwide thing. There has to be something to it. Anyone care to elaborate?
A: Well, I worked at Taco Hell through college and the offical rule was 1 packet of sauce for every two items. Not enough, right? I totally agree. It's not that sauce costs so much, its just that fast food resturants are always trying to make extra cash and save a little money. I don't think they look at it closely though. I always gave everybody as much sauce as they want. I guess you would have liked coming through my drive thru! :-> By the way, we also had a rule that you would only give out ONE single paper napkin for every THREE items. So, if like three people all came through drive thru together and were each having one taco as a snack, I guess they'd have to share the one napkin and the one a half packets of sauce. I never followed the napkin rule either. I hope this helps!!!