Back in 1972, a man by the name of Charles McGregor was having a hard time financial wise. His wife left him, and he was living in a crummy apartment in the bad part of Detroit. That is, until he had an idea. He would go to fast food restaurants and take home ketchup packets, sugar packets, barbecue sauce containers, the works. He then opened his own business selling said packets to people on lunch breaks that seemed to have forgotten their ketchup. The law caught up with him, and on October 23, 1974, he was convicted of felony by "solicitation small quantities of condiments," a case which went up to the Supreme Court in the trial "McGregor v. McDonald's" (He also stole from Burger King and other places). He was sent to life in prison with the chance of parole in 1994. The Supreme Court deemed resale of these products "unconstitutional" and that is why they have that printed on the packets.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Aw poor guy :(

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Life imprisonment just for that D:

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The legal system works wonders that way. Plus, if you saw what lengths he went to to get the packets and how many he obtained, you'd understand.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i was just gonna say 'resale'. thanks, eduardvonbock.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"hey..." *opens trenchcoat* "you wanna buy some ketchup packets? real cheap. 100% authentic."

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm guessing people were reselling them...

by Anonymous 13 years ago