Breaking News: McDonald's charging 30 cents for each extra packet of sauce for their McNuggets

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At around 12.09pm yesterday afternoon, McDonald's Singapore posted on the wall of their Facebook page a "new condiments policy" that limits the number of free Chicken McNugget sauces customers can have.

In their Facebook post, McDonald's Singapore cites waste reduction as the reason for the introduction of the policy and reassures that this policy does not mean the absence of free sauces: "[Customers will] still have at least one free Nuggets Sauce with your Extra Value Meal or Chicken McNuggets orders, [only] customers who consume larger amounts of sauce need only to pay $0.30 for each additional unit."

This current charge-for-sauces policy was on trial for a month from 25 July at 30 of McDonald's north-area outlets.

The considerate fast-food giant also included a chart for customers who respond better to visual representation. The 'Love more, waste less' chart does not merely detail how many free sauces customers are entitled to, it is also a plea: "To help reduce wastage, we need your support to save our sauces."

Here is the gist of it: if requested, you can get one packet of Curry, BBQ or Sweet & Sour sauce. If you buy six or more pieces of chicken McNuggets; it's one complimentary sauce for six pieces, two for nine and four for 20. Anything more is $0.30 per packet.

Whatever the reason, please don't take it out on the waitstaff. After all, they're only paid $4.50 per hour to carry out orders.