It seems that the repercussions of McDonald's Szechuan sauce controversy are still present to this day, as one of the co-creators of the hit adult cartoon "Rick and Morty" recently apologized for the trouble their fans have experienced.
Back in October, it can be recalled that McDonald's attempts to capitalize on the Szechuan sauce craze due to one "Rick and Morty" episode was met with severe complaints from disgruntled customers. This was mostly because the supplies were too limited, and the resulting demand was too big for McDonald's to fulfill.
Justin Roiland, co-creator of the show, has apologized to everyone who got affected by the McDonald's blunder via TMZ, even though the show and its creators were not involved with the fast-food chain's marketing mistake. Roiland also thought that the craving for the extinct sauce was overblown and expressed that, "It's absurd. It became a collector thing, and it's just a f*cking dipping sauce, guys. I was bummed out, really, for the workers. The whole thing was bad on every side. I could see every side of it."
Roiland's concern was mostly directed towards the McDonald's employees, who had to endure thousands of angry fans on the single day that McDonald's designated for the revival of the Szechuan sauce. Some of the employees were even getting harassed by fans, who Roiland also thought were as much to blame as McDonald's. This was because some of the enthusiasts even camped out all night just to acquire the sauce before everyone else, only to find out that the supply in some of the restaurants was as few as 20 packets of sauce.
Roiland has also advised the fans to not go out of the way simply for a packet of sauce, as a lot of people are now taking advantage of them and auctioning them off at absurd values. One packet was even traded for a working car. Roiland has advised devotees of the show to just use the money instead to pay their bills or treat their families instead of spending it spontaneously on a sauce.
On a final note, Roiland has maintained that the whole Szechuan sauce craze was just a joke in the show, and that while he apologized for inadvertently causing the disturbance, he was only one of the few in the staff who liked the sauce. His other writers actually found the sauce disgusting.
