COURTESY OF RACHEL MARIE
McDonald’s managed to piss off boatloads of “Rick and Morty” fans by not having enough Szechuan sauce last Saturday, but one Michigan woman has the sweet taste of victory.
Rachel Marie of Macomb not only managed to snag one of only 20 packets of the super rare sauce, but she managed to parlay it into a car.
The 23-year-old graphic designer is a huge fan of “Rick And Morty,” which featured the condiment as a key plot device in the Season 3 premiere, which aired in April.
In the episode, series lead Rick Sanchez declares it his life mission to get the sauce, which was made in 1998 to promote the Disney animated feature “Mulan.”
HuffPost: Woman Trades Packet Of McDonald's Szechuan Sauce For New Car
COURTESY OF RACHEL MARIE
“There was actually a large response with some nice pins,” Marie told Business Insider. “But if I could get a car, I thought, why not ask?”
The driven negotiator managed to find a person willing to trade the single Szechuan sauce packet for a 2000 Volkswagen Golf Mk4.
“He drove the car over so I know it was running,” she said, without revealing the man’s name. “He was a dedicated fan of the show and already had a second car.”
Business Insider interviewed the man, who did not give permission for his name to be used. He justified the seemingly imbalanced trade by telling the outlet he “just needed me some friggin sauce!!”
- HuffPost
There's strange and then there's strange beyond anything you thought you may ever see and the Rockhouse sees this in the second category.
It gets stranger yet.
The Golf is currently in the shop getting souped up into a “show car” for Marie.
She definitely made the deal at the right time. Because many fans were angry for having waited hours with little to no chance of getting the Szechuan sauce, McDonald’s has promised to bring back the sauce on a larger scale sometime this winter, according to Polygon.com.
Marie’s friend who also got a sauce wasn’t so lucky. She says he pounded through the sauce before discovering people were offering as much as $300 for it.
“He did say it was amazing, though,” she told HuffPost. “Definitely worth $300.”
- HuffPost
A McDonald's sauce which is definitely worth $300 ... no doubt of the credibility of that.
Zen Yogi: it seems the only one who isn't crackers over this is the girl
I'd say they're all crackers, mate, but the girl will at least have the car to show for it after the hysteria dies down.
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