For the past six-years, I have spent my summers working at a family-owned homemade ice cream shop. Undeniably, it's been the best job I have ever held. I love working in customer service, and even more, I have come to work with some incredible people.
For anyone who has ever worked in an ice cream shop, you know what an entertaining and exciting experience it can be--not to mention that it is extremely unlike any other job you will ever hold. Think you know what I mean?
Here are seven signs you work in an ice cream shop.
1. You're constantly covered in ice cream.
It doesn't matter that you've showered twice since your last shift. You still notice a streak of chocolate on the inside of your wrist when you're getting dressed.
2. More specifically, you've always got black raspberry ice cream lining your arms from your wrists to your elbows.
There's just something about this flavor. It spreads like an infectious disease. You scoop one cone, and the next thing you know, you're covered in half a gallon of the stuff.
3. You consider yourself an ice cream connoisseur.
Once you've tasted homemade ice cream, that grocery store stuff just won't do it for you. And you make sure to tell everyone about your more refined, superior ice cream tastes, always putting out that their grocery store-bought half gallon is inferior.
4. You become extremely defensive whenever anyone, customer or not, tries to criticize your ice cream.
Yes, the prices may seem high. But it's the best ice cream cone you've ever tasted, isn't it? No? Maybe get your taste buds checked then.
5. You constantly make comparisons between your ice cream shop and the competition.
Our sizes are bigger. But their prices our cheaper. But our ice cream tastes so much better. Is this even homemade? Impostors.
6. You consider yourself an expert on customer service.
Your entire job revolves around the customer--taking down their order, preparing their ice cream, dispensing correct change and ensuring that their experience is all around a good one. If anyone knows what good customer service is, it's you.
7. You have more inside jokes than you could possible ever explain.
Between the crazy customers, the silly antics of your coworkers, and the just plain weird stuff that always seems to happen when no one is around to witness it, you have enough stories to tell for days. Not that anyone would ever believe you because, really, you expect me to believe that a chipmunk ran inside the ice cream shop?
Yeah, OK. Get back to scooping.
