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  • Short and Sweet Soft Serve Stupidity

    Isn't alliteration fun?

    I'm back at the dairy trenches for the summer (yay me!) and had a nice gem last night. Basically, a family comes in, consisting of parents, a 3-4 yo boy and an infant, wanting to order ice cream. The mom did all the ordering, when she got to ordering for the little boy she asked me about what ice cream is used for the kids shakes.

    Me: Well Ma'am, we only use our soft serve vanilla for kids shakes.
    Her: Oh, that's not really ice cream. Could you use any other scoops of ice cream?
    Me: <after preventing mental derailment> No, Ma'am I'm sorry we can't.
    Her: Okay, could I get a Kids cone instead with sprinkles.

    I'm hoping that she just thought it was custard, even though the kids shakes are described on our menu as being made with soft serve vanilla ice cream.
    "Oh, by the way..." All of my HATE

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  • #2
    Back where I'm from as a child, the "milkshakes" where made with slightly frozen milk with flavourings added, (Alot like those Frosties you get from Wendy's) so it wasn't really milkshakes either. Maybe She thought it was that way at your Ice Cream place too?
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    • #3
      Some shops make milkshakes with regular 'hard' ice cream, and its really good. 'course you have to have one of those industrial strength milkshake machines to make those.
      Seph
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      • #4
        Cripes...now I want TCBY. And I don't think that'd be a good thing for a diabetic to eat...

        Stupid Brimley curse of gestational diabeetus.
        By popular request....I am now officially the Enemy of Normalcy.

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        • #5
          I fail to see the suck.

          She asked for a clarification, then a substitute. When you couldn't interchange anything she didn't scream, rant, etc she just changed her mind.
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          • #6
            it was a touch of suck; failure to read a sign with a decription of an item.

            at least she didn't rant and rave about it, so that's a plus.
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            • #7
              I believe the stupidity (no suck just a 'bwa?') was that after denouncing the soft-serve ice cream in the milkshake she then proceded to order an ice cream cone with that same soft-serve ice cream.

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              • #8
                Quoth Trayol View Post
                Isn't alliteration fun?
                Join the fight against alliteracy!!!

                *ducking rotten tomatoes*
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                • #9
                  Quoth Seraph View Post
                  Cripes...now I want TCBY. And I don't think that'd be a good thing for a diabetic to eat...

                  Stupid Brimley curse of gestational diabeetus.
                  Eat some cheese afterwards. It helps.
                  Now a member of that alien race called Management.

                  Yeah, you see that right. Pink. Harness.

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                  • #10
                    Quoth Javarod View Post
                    Some shops make milkshakes with regular 'hard' ice cream, and its really good. 'course you have to have one of those industrial strength milkshake machines to make those.
                    We made those where I worked at college. Fill to the line with milk, add a couple scoops of ice cream, and blend. And trust me, that ice cream was hard - let's say the freezer definitely worked! But somehow I always accidentally made a little too much...

                    A friend of mine there taught me how to make a faux Orange Julius - vanilla ice cream, orange juice instead of milk, and a little vanilla extract. Yummy - creamsicle in a cup! (He added a bit of sugar, but I don't think it needs it.)
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                    • #11
                      Quoth RetailWorkhorse View Post
                      Eat some cheese afterwards. It helps.
                      Really?....I did not know that. I'll definitely take that advice, since I looooove cheese.
                      By popular request....I am now officially the Enemy of Normalcy.

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                      • #12
                        Quoth Seraph View Post
                        Really?....I did not know that. I'll definitely take that advice, since I looooove cheese.
                        RW is a diabetic (type 1, I think. The one that you control with diet, not Insulin shots). He's read a lot of books on the subject.
                        Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester

                        Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z

                        Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart

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                        • #13
                          Quoth Evil Queen View Post
                          RW is a diabetic (type 1, I think. The one that you control with diet, not Insulin shots). He's read a lot of books on the subject.
                          Type 2, as I got it in my late teens it doesn't count as type 1 (the kind that children get). Controlling type 2 with diet is a lot easier for me than having to take insulin shots (I've looked into it, in case I messed up someplace and lapsed really hard) as I'm broke and can't afford the insulin.
                          Now a member of that alien race called Management.

                          Yeah, you see that right. Pink. Harness.

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                          • #14
                            Oh. Sorry RW.
                            Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester

                            Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z

                            Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart

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                            • #15
                              S'okay, EQ. You didn't know.
                              Now a member of that alien race called Management.

                              Yeah, you see that right. Pink. Harness.

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