I can't believe how many people think this is fair, I too think it is ridiculous. McDonald's is just nickle and diming us to death. Yes, the packets are more expensive than bulk, but they have never charged for anything what it cost. For YEARS we have overpaid for an actual soda (because they could get away with it and still do). The actual soda costs pennies, we pay for the cup and basically the labor. Find some other way to recoup the cost, try not to mess up people's orders and have to throw so much away. I can see limiting the amounts to a reasonable amount, as they still give catsup away like it's going out of style. Also, if the employees were more efficient they could cut back on the amount of labor costs. Let's face it, McDonalds is never as crowded as it used to be when there were so few fast food choices, and they employees could be trained a lot better. Come on Mcdonalds, you may not lose your number one spot, but if you're going to be cheap, I'll choose elsewhere.