Cold Stone Etiquette

Here's a little advice for all future Cold Stone customers.

1. Our waffle bowls are ONE SIZE and we can put ANY SIZE ice cream into it.
People are always shocked when they receive this information and it takes a minute or two for the news to sink in. They just stand there, chewing on their sample spoons with their mouth wide open, while I look on in disgust.

2. Coming in 2 minutes before we close - is there anything more annoying than this? This is not just specific to Cold Stone Creamery either. This is a universal rule, people.
The thing that baffles me is that everyone agrees that this is the most annoying thing ever, and yet everyone still does it! The world is full of hypocrisy.
To add insult to injury, they then sweetly apologize to you as they're walking in the door with grins on their faces. Now I know, and they know, that this is not really a sincere apology. It is just a way for them to not feel guilty about keeping us from closing the store, and letting them mull over their ice cream choices as long as they want. Jerks. . .
I mean honestly, do you really need ice cream that bad? The correct answer here is no. NO.

3. Don't hand me your sample spoons to throw away. You really think I want to do that? With all your sick nasty saliva covering them....We have a jar sitting right in front of your face - and it's labeled - so it's not that it's hard to find. It's just you are not that smart. Also unhygienic.

4. While we can put four different ice creams into your itty bitty cup, none of them mixed together and all with separate mix-ins for each one, that doesn't necessarily mean that you should....because I will hate you.

5. We don't actually like singing tip songs that much. Shocking, I know. And if you want some public humiliation, AT LEAST put a dollar into the tip jar. Thank you.

This post was made after working almost 40 hours over 4 days. All night shifts.