Ice Cream Shop | Maine, USA
(We wanted to avoid common questions, so we made a massive wooden ice cream cone and put it up on the counter to display the number of scoops possible, and the price at each level. This thing was like 4 feet high, each scoops with a diameter of at least 1 foot.)
Woman: “Hi, how much is one scoop?”
Coworker: “Oh, right here…” *points to sign*
Woman: “JESUS! Those are huge! How could anyone eat that much?”
Coworker: “…”
(I ran into the back, almost in tears from laughing.)
Ice Cream Shop | Sweden
(Hot summer day temperature in the nineties. Tons of people in line because the shop is in an amusement park and everybody wants soft ice cream, which makes the soft ice even softer as it doesn’t have time to chill properly.)
Male customer, who bought soft ice cream for his family 30 min or so earlier, comes up to the window very upset: “The soft ice cream is melting! My kids are a total mess!”
Me: “Well, it is hot outside, what are you gonna do?”
Customer: “You should put up a sign to let people know that it will melt!”
Me: “I don’t assume my customers are idiots.”
(Customer bangs the ice cream cone on the counter and storms off.)
The next customer in line looks at me and laughs: “I’ll guess I’ll just have the regular ice cream then.”
Ice Cream Shop | New York, NY, USA
(At an ice cream shop)
Me: “Would you like any mix-ins with that?”
Older woman: “Yes, I would like almonds. But not too many, because I’m allergic, and if I have too many I will die.”
Me: …
Ice Cream Shop | Florida, USA
Customer: “What kind of nut is in the pistachio?”
Me: “…you can’t be serious.”
Customer: “No, really, what kind of nut is in the pistachio?”
Me: “Pistachio.”
Ice Cream Shop | Florida, USA
Customer in an ice cream shop: “What’s in the Chocolate Caramel Cashew?”
Me: “There’s really no way for me to answer that without sounding like a smarta**.”
Customer: “Why? What’s in it?”
Me: “It’s chocolate ice cream … with caramel … and cashews.”
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Ice Cream Shop | Florida, USA
Customer: “Oh, and could I also get a glass of milk?”
Me: “I’m sorry, but we don’t sell milk.”
Customer: “Why not?”
Me: “Well, let’s see, I could make up a reason involving the phrase ‘health codes,’ I could act dumb and just get the manager, or I could just be a total jerk about it, but at the end of the day, you’re still not gonna get a glass of milk, so how about we just skip that whole thing?”
Customer: “…okay.”
Ice Cream Shop | Massachusetts, USA
Me: “Welcome to Lickety Splits. What can I get you?”
Customer: “I’d like a twist on a sugar cone.”
Me: “I’m sorry we can only put soft serve on a wafer cone. Is that all right?”
Customer: “Yeah that’s fine.”
(She pays, and I give her the ice cream)
Customer: “What is this?!”
Me: “Your order, ma’am.”
Customer: “I ordered a sugar cone!” *throws her ice cream on the floor* “I demand my money back!”
Me: “If you want another ice cream I’ll give you one for free, just as long as you don’t throw another tantrum.”
Customer: *strangely calm* “Thank you.”
Ice Cream Shop | California
Customer, upon receiving her Moolatte: “This has a round lid, can I have a flat lid?”
Me: “I’m sorry, the only lid that fits that cup is a dome lid.”
Customer: “But I want a flat lid, Starbucks always gets me a flat lid! Why can’t you?!”
Me: “I’m sorry, ma’am, but the flat lids we have won’t fit that cup.”
Customer: “I want to speak with your manager.” *mutters* “Stupid kids…”
(I go and get my manager)
Manager: “What’s the problem, ma’am?”
Customer: “This stupid employee of yours won’t give me a flat lid!” *brandishes the drink in his face*
(My manager takes one of every single lid in the store and puts them in front of her)
Manager: “Go ahead then.”
Customer: *proceeds to try and put the lids on the cup, none of which fit* “This is ridiculous! Why don’t you have a flat lid?! Starbucks always has a flat lid!!”
Manager: “Then go buy your drinks there and leave my employees alone.”
Ice Cream Shop | USA
Customer in an ice cream shop: “Wait, your mint ice cream is white?”
Me: “That’s right. We don’t use artificial colors in our ice cream.”
Customer: “So shouldn’t your Orange Cream ice cream be green, since oranges are green?”
Me: “Blurgh!?”
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Ice Cream Shop | California
(It must be noted the ice cream shop I worked at was in a mall, so it was pretty tiny and limited.)
Customer: “I’d like a chocolate ice cream cone please.”
Me: “Sorry, we only have vanilla.”
Customer: “Oh, okay. I’d like a chocolate ice cream then.”
Me: *stares* “We only have VANILLA. I can drip it in chocolate for you though.”
Customer: “Ugh, gross! No thanks, I’ll go try McDonald’s.”
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