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Pros and Cons of Working in an Ice Cream Store

Every job has its pros and cons, here are some for working with the best food in the world, ice cream;)

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Pros and Cons of Working in an Ice Cream Store
Jess Allen

Pros:

  1. Free ice cream!!!!
  2. You don’t have to deal with as many cranky people as you do in retail. Who's cranky while getting ice cream?!
  3. You can make bank from tips
  4. You learn how to make yourself a bomb ass milkshake/sundae/anything at home. You’ll be the star of any movie night/party
  5. No annoying computer systems like in retail, just a simple register
  6. It’s the only time you can ever eat your mistakes
  7. No need to go to the gym. every day is arm day at work.
  8. A lot of tourists come in and usually tourists tip more (from my experiences)
  9. You can make your own concoction with different flavors and toppings. You could end up making something bomb.
  10. When its rainy out its usually not busy
  11. you’re independent because you’re making things on your own and can’t always be asking for help
  12. It’s fun to create different things
  13. You get to taste all of the new flavors
  14. You end up being able to list off whats in literally any ice cream and you feel like an ice cream connoisseur
  15. Helps you be fast and precise

Cons:

  1. People can get real salty if you don’t sell the flavor they're looking for
  2. Going along with that, people really like their hot fudge and get upset when you run out
  3. People don't know how to read. they always ask for something you don't have or think a topping is an ice cream flavor even though its clearly labeled on the menu
  4. Big parties that come in and give you NO tip. You just spent $30 on ice cream, one buck isn't gonna hurt.
  5. People often times only say what flavor they want but no other details about their order. What size? cup or cone? what kind of cone?
  6. ^When you ask all of those questions they get overwhelmed
  7. When you ask if they want a sugar or plain cone and they say “regular”. But which one is YOUR regular?
  8. That one person who orders a milkshake when there’s a huge line of people behind them.
  9. Also, people who sample every single flavor you have with a huge line of people behind them
  10. When people yell at you for giving them too much ice cream. Sorry I'm giving you your moneys worth? sorry I'm giving you the GIFT of ice cream?
  11. Parents and kids always fight about who gets what and what size and you never know who to listen to, the parents or the kids
  12. People throw all of their orders at you at once
  13. When you’’re clearly helping a group of people but a person from another group yells their order at you
  14. When people make a hand gesture and say “we’re all together” but there’s 20 other people spread out in the store. Okay, but which ones?
  15. At the end out the day you will find sticky ice cream all over you
  16. It hurts your wrist and knuckles after scooping all day
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