# When you order chicken nuggets to be delivered to your house, the sauce is always in the bag soooo **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411 "2014-08-13T03:08:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/41 "2014-08-13T16:10:46Z")
> [@DingoelGringo](#): > > Are you paying for one of each sauce? Have you ever run a restaurant? Each and everything costs and customers don’t seem to understand that. You forgot to add “lol”. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/42 "2014-08-13T16:23:09Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > What is the airspeed velocity of a swallow? Laden or unladen? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/43 "2014-08-13T16:25:44Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Three threads about McDonalds on the front page = end of civilization as we know it. “And I feel fine.” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/44 "2014-08-13T16:42:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Okay OP, spill it: WHO THE HELL DELIVERS CHICKEN NUGGETS? There’s a Burger King in my neighborhood with a “We deliver!” sign in their window. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/45 "2014-08-13T18:32:44Z")
**7e42** maybe you need to step away from the fast food for awhile since you seem to have [so many problems](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=730740) with it. Especially since you seem to be blaming all your fast food problems on McDonald’s even when they don’t pertain to McDonald’s. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/46 "2014-08-13T19:42:06Z")
> [@7e42](#): > > just feel like i am being asked too many questions when buying fast food FFS. They’re not asking the average annual rainfall of the Amazon river basin or who really shot JFK. They’re simply compensating for the fact that they’re not mind-readers. Good customer service requires understanding your customers’ desires. If you’re not Google\*, that means you have to ask. “They shouldn’t be bothering me. Just throw 'em all in!”. Fine. What if you don’t want any? \*Google doesn’t have to ask because they’re already reading all your correspondence, documents, and internet searches. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/47 "2014-08-13T19:54:05Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > What is the airspeed velocity of a swallow? In order to measure airspeed, she’d have to be a spitter. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/48 "2014-08-13T20:01:32Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > **7e42** maybe you need to step away from the fast food for awhile since you seem to have [so many problems](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=730740) with it. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/49 "2014-08-13T20:17:05Z")
> [@7e42](#): > > just feel like i am being asked too many questions when buying fast food Neolithic man: - Raises chicken from egg - Slaughters chicken - Butchers chicken - Cooks chicken This guy: - Gets asked what kind of flavoured soybean oil he wants - Complains that it’s too much work ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/50 "2014-08-13T20:42:23Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > What kind of cheese would you like? > Would you like it toasted? > What toppings do you prefer? > What dressing would you like? > Will there be anything else? And then one more when you get to the cash register person: “What sandwich did you get?” ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/51 "2014-08-13T20:52:45Z")
Maybe he’s using that “GrubHub” thing I keep seeing advertised. He could get McDonald’s delivered that way. I’ve never used GrubHub, because I assume it’s expensive. It may be expensive enough that when you don’t tell them what kind of sauce you want with your McNuggets, the GrubHub guy just gets them all, and figures you won’t notice the extra charge, or won’t care, since you are already paying someone to drive through McDonald’s for you. ETA: lol. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/52 "2014-08-13T20:57:30Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > Laden or unladen? Osama bin Laden. No wait, we killed him. Probably took too many ketchups from the Islamabad McDonald’s. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/53 "2014-08-13T21:02:01Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > And then one more when you get to the cash register person: > “What sandwich did you get?” And LOL “Would you like a cookie to go with that, lol?” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/54 "2014-08-13T21:14:07Z")
In college (around 1987 or so), the local McDonalds offered delivery service for a while. (Apparently the big stumbling block to delivery was keeping the fries from getting soggy.) The rule was that you had to order at least five bucks worth of stuff. So that generally meant that I couldn’t order on my own, as I couldn’t eat five dollars worth of McDonalds food by myself. Inflation sucks. (BTW, this was in upstate New York and Buffalo wings weren’t yet a national craze, so they were still relatively cheap. We might have paid ten bucks for thirty or forty wings.) ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/55 "2014-08-13T21:30:19Z")
> [@7e42](#): > > Chicken Nugget Platter which comes with fries and cole slaw This is what he has delivered. It isn’t from McDonald’s and he never says it is. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/56 "2014-08-13T21:50:44Z")
OK, so, whatever place delivers his nuggets apparently also delivers a variety of sauces, although I’m guessing not the nine or so that McDonald’s apparently offers, and somehow, he is unable to grasp the fact that McDonald’s does not offer the exact same selection of sauces? He thinks that McDonald’s should put the exact same sauces that whatever delivery place X gives him, in the bag at the drive through window, because the McDonald’s employee is supposed to know about delivery place X, and the sauces they offer? Have I got this right? ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/57 "2014-08-13T23:54:05Z")
When he orders delivered nuggets from an unnamed nugget source, his meal is delivered with all offered sauces in the bag – he is not asked what sauce he would like. But when he orders nuggets at McDonald’s, he is asked which sauce he would like, rather than them simply giving him all possible sauces and not asking. It’s the answering of the question that he wants to avoid. He actually does not want any sauce, but thought they should just give him all nine possible sauces rather than inconvenience people with the question. He has no intention of using the sauces, but finds the question that annoying. ---
**Author:** ![7e42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/51bf81/32.png) [@7e42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7e42)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/58 "2014-08-14T00:07:10Z")
> [@AnaMen](#): > > When he orders delivered nuggets from an unnamed nugget source, his meal is delivered with all offered sauces in the bag – he is not asked what sauce he would like. > But when he orders nuggets at McDonald’s, he is asked which sauce he would like, rather than them simply giving him all possible sauces and not asking. > It’s the answering of the question that he wants to avoid. He actually does not want any sauce, but thought they should just give him all nine possible sauces rather than inconvenience people with the question. He has no intention of using the sauces, but finds the question that annoying. The same way ketchup is thrown in the bag and sauce at the chinese store, is how MCD should do with the nuggets sauce ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/59 "2014-08-14T00:22:35Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > **7e42** maybe you need to step away from the fast food for awhile since you seem to have [so many problems](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=730740) with it. **7e42** is [Don Turnbee](http://www.theonion.com/channels/turnbee/)! ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411/60 "2014-08-14T00:43:09Z")
I am surprised both that anyone delivers nuggets, and that anyone would order nugget delivery. Figured the whole market for chicken nuggets was based on kids and limited options in a captive environment. Even my young kids prefer “fingers” or something more closely related to whole chicken pieces. Even some pizza delivery places make you order specific quantities of sides and sauces. For example, if you order pizza and/or chicken things from Papa Johns, the order form requires selecting which sauces and spices and has options for buying more sauces and peperoncini. That said, I guess McDonald’s is more cost sensitive about condiments than every other fast food place. They charge for “extra.” Taco Bell and Arby’s and other places try to give away as much of their sauce as possible and act offended if one declines. One time I told the guy at Arby’s to just give me “a couple of each”- I figured like a handful of Arbys, Horsey, Ketchup. I’d rather they just throw a handful of whatever in the bag instead of telling them 6 ketchup, 3 BBQ, 2 honey… whatever. Any way, the Arby’s guy ended up giving me at least 2 sauces for every menu item in the place, including many I didn’t know existed. I had all the chicken fingers options, the bronco berry sauce, marinara, buffalo sauces, and who knows what else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-order-chicken-nuggets-to-be-delivered-to-your-house-the-sauce-is-always-in-the-bag-soooo/695411.md?page=4)