How many ketchup sachets?

[Sherrystrull]

I was in Burger King earlier with my family.
We all ordered a standard burger meal. DH requested ketchup and the worker said there was one each in the bag.

AIBU to think one sachet of ketchup isn't enough for a portion of fries from a fast food place? I normally have two sachets and DS has three.

We asked for more and it was freely given but still!!

Took the kids to McDonald's today, our local one is a franchise. They have taken away the pump things, and have gone back to charging 20p per sachet. That irrationally annoyed me!

But yes, 1 is measly and I'm sure they're smaller than they used to be.

And it could be used in every service of the magical chicken that does 14 family meals and some left for the dog.

OP sachets are useless and they should have pots of it!

We pay for them in our country at McD and Burger King - and suddenly one is enough for most orders.

I thought the magic chicken was also able to make it's own condiments as well as feed 14 and the dog.

@Caffeineislife apologies my mistake, I thought it only referred to mayo and BBQ, didn't realise tomato ketchup was included 🤦‍♀️

Well I'm in mcdonald's right now. I was given seven! napkins. Surely that would be far more than enough for anyone? WTF do they think people need more than one or two? The waste is astonishing because they won't take them back once they've given them to you and they're too busy to take notice when you say you only want one napkin.

But to answer the OPs question, I think one sauce is plenty. I had nuggets, chips and garlic cheese things which came with 2 sauces. I've dipped every mouthful and didn't even use one pot for everything so will take the second one home.

If they give 2 or 3 to everyone, most will get wasted.

Four minimum for me.

I keep my own tomato ketchup in the car for these occasions.

Two would be the minimum for a small fries. Ideally more.

I'm another sachet hater. You have to rip the pack open and squirt it all over and it gets messy. I want to dip.

I feel the same about vinegar sachets

I hate since covid that a lot of places now use sachets, can never open the damn things!

😂 just laughed way too much at that.

If my local tries to put them in the bag I say not to, because they'll just end up in the bin and it's yet more single use plastics adding to the tidal wave of rubbish in landfill.

Why would you want BK to hand out thousands/millions of unwanted ketchup sachets on the off chance you might want two, OP? Just say how many you want.

@diktat that's the thing - some Burger Kings ask and are happy to give you handfuls, some glare if you dare ask for more than two and some stuff loads (plus the mayonnaise - urggh) in whether you want them or not.

Of course the biggest debate is how many milk sachets for a McDonald's tea ???
(it's 6 minimum for me.....)

@Bjorkdidit I use more than 7! I get through reams of napkins (or kitchen roll at home). And I steal my husbands. I've no idea why, I just use so many.

I love the sauce tubs at maccys.

I ask for ketchup and they normally hand me several.

YABU it's enough for me. I do a tiny dip for taste as it's too sweet otherwise , some people drown their food in ketchup.
Surely it's common sense to hand out a minimum, then you can ask for more.
Otherwise people would just bin the extra. What a waste.

How many ketchup sachets?

Fucking none! I detest those things, give me a pump bottle like mcds, a pot or don't supply the stuff at all ffs.

Not many things piss me off like a sauce sachet. Maybe a lukewarm bath.

I'd rather take my own bottle with me, and have done in the past.

You can never have too much ketchup. I would be fuming

I would probably complain on Mumsnet tbh

Why on earth don't you carry a plastic tub of sugar free, homemade ketchup everywhere you go? I thought everybody did that🤷🏼‍♀️

Three sachets here.