Rick and Morty Fans Furious Over Mickey D's Sauce Stunt

By Linda Hervieux

October 9, 2017

Irate Rick and Morty fans are furious over a McDonald's stunt that went badly wrong, the BBC reports. 

Caving to a running gag on the popular TV show, McDonald's offered to hand out a limited edition of a defunct Szechuan dipping sauce at its shops on Saturday. But per Fox News, fans who lined up for hours outside the golden arches in many states were calling for a boycott after learning the outlets had only a few packets to give away—and in some cases none at all.

 "We want sauce," people chanted, with police called to restrain them at some locations. An angry crowd in Newark, NJ, held up protest signs, per the Guardian. "1000+ people camped out to get #szechuan sauce but McDonalds had 70," one annoyed fan tweeted.

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