I am a Condiment Pack(et) Rat...

i am the same as well... i like to collect condiment packet from the fast food restaurants whenever i go there... i also collect the plastic spoon, forks and chopsticks in case i will need them in the future... but i will throw them away at some stage when it is already too much... i don't know the reason why... may be it is just my habit and i am doing it for fun... take care and have a nice day...

NO I DO NOT!!!!! But my mother and my sister would give you a 'run for your money' I am sure!!! One day I was riding with my sister in her car and she handed me something and asked me to put it in the glove box. I opened it up and got a lap full of plastic utensils and condiment packets (they wouldn't fit in there well from all the napkins stuffed in the back). When we were living together I would get so frustrated with her because I like things very streamlined and user friendly, and she does not like to throw anything away. One day I was in the kitchen rearranging cabinets and drawers to achieve a more user friendly and efficiently organized space, and found one primely located drawer stuffed full of packaged plasticware, chopsticks, ketchup, relish, mustard, salt & pepper, ETC ETC ETC, but I could not convince her to throw it away. She put it in a picnic basket and put that in the trunk of her car. I doubt that she even transferred the stuff that was already in her glove box either!!! My mother has a HUGE shopping bag stuffed to the brim with them... and guaranteed some of them have turned to stone in their little packages, and I would not feel it was safe to use any of them!!! I think that a few of those in your vehicle is a good idea because you never know when they might come in handy, but surely these two are an example of 'too much of a good thing'?!?

I have quite a few little condiment packets, but they're generally ones that my parents have brought back from weekend hotel stays, camping holidays, train journeys, meetings, etc. For some reason, whenever they come to see me, I get given a bag of little sauce sachets! I have a great variety, in a small bag. I have ketchup, mayo, salad cream, HP, mint sauce, BBQ sauce, english mustard, coffee, tartar sauce and a couple of strange ones that will never get used!

Hubby likes to hoard that stuff and I have to go through his stash and get rid of stuff from time to time, because he just hoards it, he doesn't use it, and that stuff doesn't keep forever. It could expand and make a mess. We don't use or keep ketchup or relish around but we have the other stuff--since we aren't any one place for very long, I just buy the small sizes, though, even though it is much cheaper in larger containers. Usually I reuse the bottles for something, so I try to buy stuff that comes in attractive ones.

I keep a small stock because they come in handy to pack in kids lunches or save up for a block party or family reunion. I just can't pass up anything free is what it comes down to - heck yes I want some mild sauce with my tacos! My favorite are the chinese "duck sauce" ones, those are like gold in our house. Or lemon juice, hard to find those.

hehehe yeah, we hoard them too, especially ketchup, although i don't specifically ask for them. we have lots of packets of ketchup because i like to buy fries, and usually get ketchup with those, but i don't like ketchup (i prefer gravy with my fires heheh) so i keep them instead of just leaving them on the tray. my dad does this too and after getting liver surgery he went home with these individually packed toothpicks from the hospital LOL

I'm not really that bad thankfully. I don't go to many places anymore that actually have the condiment packets. We do have a take out cafe on campus that has some condiment packets and I was thinking about taking a handful of mayo packets everytime I got lunch or dinner there so we didn't have to buy mayo for our apartment. However my partner ended up bringing a few things of mayo from home so I didn't have to worry about hoarding the packets. Although I think I would if that meant I could save some money.

My wife is a diabetic and can only use artificial sweetener. So I always take extra of the little pink packs of sugar substitute from fast food places and convenience stores and keep them at home and in the car. It saves money and is more convenient.

I have a few ketchup packets from McDonald's and a few Mild sauce packets from Taco Bell, but that is about it. My sister used to have a drawer in her fridge designated for sauce packets only. It was always pretty full. That was back when she ate fast food a lot. Now she does not eat it very much, so no need for a drawer anymore.

When it comes to packets of stuff you get from fast food places I do not really hoard them even though in the past I would collect Taco Bell sauce packets because I love their mild sauce,and my mom cooks those taco kits you can but at the grocery store from time to time,and I rather use Taco Bell sauce than the sauce that comes with it, because the Taco Bell sauce is better in my opinion.

I used to take them, when they were still liberally distributing them. But in the last few years, you have to ask for them and then they only give you one or two packages of ketchup. It saves money though. I still take the unused packages home with me. It saves money. I use those up before I use our regular condiments again. Have to pinch a penny where I can;)

Well I would say I keep those extra hot sauce or ketchup packets that were unused and store them at the ref. So that the next time there is pizza or something we use them on it too. We also have a lot of condiment packets at home but of course we throw out some already that looks like spoiled. Sometimes it saves us money too since we have a lot of them we sometimes don't buy anymore bottles of ketchup.