Some restaurants were forced to restrict sales of the Pokémon Happy meals to stop scalpers from buying up all the available Happy Meals and flipping the included trading cards on eBay. Unfortunately, the promotion occurred during a bubble in Pokémon trading cards, in which cards could be flipped for a 350-times return. ![]() The chaos was worsened by poor communication from McDonald’s as to which restaurants were taking part in the promotion, meaning customers flocked to sauce-less restaurants.Ĭustomer chaos happened again in 2021, when McDonald’s revived its Pokémon Happy Meals, complete with collectible cards, to celebrate the video game franchise’s 25th anniversary. ![]() Desperate fans swarmed restaurants hoping to get some of the limited supply, leading to long lines, disruptive customers, and even calls to law enforcement. In 2017, McDonald’s revived its Szechuan dipping sauce for one day as part of a marketing exercise with Adult Swim show Rick and Morty. This isn’t the first time a McDonald’s promotion has caused hassle for the staff. “We ran out of boxes the first day we had them, ran out of toys the second, and on the third day we had to say the truck doesn’t come till tomorrow,” wrote one commenter elsewhere on the subreddit. “New Adult Happy meals are killing me,” said one post on the McDonald’s employees subreddit. Another employee wrote, “They going crazy with the adult Happy Meals,” over a video showing the number of Happy Meal orders. “Y’all, please stop ordering these,” posted one employee on TikTok. ![]() “I can see the stress among my coworkers,” one employee told Kotaku.Įmployees are venting on social media, like TikTok and Reddit. The promotion runs until the end of the month.īut while potential customers were excited about the special promotion-and the limited edition toys-McDonald’s employees were less enthusiastic about dealing with a rush of customers. And like the child Happy Meals, the special offering comes with a toy, as part of a collaboration with Cactus Plant Flea Market, a streetwear brand. On Monday, McDonald’s started selling Happy Meals-normally targeted to children-to adult customers.
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