Stupid Custys At The Ice Cream Shop

From Vantalbar:

Hello, first-time poster here and I just have something I want to share.

I work in an Ice-cream shop near a certain huge waterfall on the border between Canada and the States, on the Canadian side. Most of the time, the job is fine, but we get so many dumb custys that I just want to vent.

Now, the people who don't speak English well get a free pass for this sort of thing because they don't know how to order otherwise, and we're two hours away from the most multicultural city in the world.

Anyway, Stupid Question One: "Durr, do you sell ice cream?"

No, we sell play-doh. Look down! It's right in front of you!

Question Two: "I'd like a burger."

This one is so common it's bizarre. The store isn't a chain, but it's obviously just an ice-cream store.

Stupid Action One: Say you're ready to order, and then spend like ten minutes deliberating on whether you want the sugar free or regular ice cream.

Stupid Action Two: Order the frozen yogurt (which is a pain to make cause the machine jams every three times) and complain about the lack of speed when the employee is doing everything short of putting a blow-torch to the machine to unblock it so your frozen yogurt doesn't look ugly.

Stupid Action Three: Complain when we give you Canadian change back for American money. We give you a warning, you're in Canada, and our money is much harder to counterfeit due to the extremely hardworking Mints in Winnipeg and Ottawa. And don't call it Monopoly money! Every time someone makes that joke, I want to shortchange them with the excuse that I can't tell the American bills apart.

--Vantalbar

Comments

[BookishGirl]

I've often wondered why the USians insist on all their notes being the sae colour. Makes no sense to me - and they're still using that old fashioned rag paper, too, instead of the much more modern, hard to counterfeit, plastic notes we make here in Australia.

[CashierBtch]

I have to check all 50s and 100s to make sure that damned watermark is there. And every time I do. EVEY TIME some has to say, "Oh, I just printed that this morning :)" Its annoying. The only Canadian money I ever get are the pennies, but they look just like ours that its not a big deal.

[Bluey]

Hey! I live in a certain city with a huge waterfall too! I also live on the Canadian side! Glad( in a not glad way) to see someone else suffers from the retail hell that is tourist season!!

[Humor_Me]

I've been to that beautiful city both in the summer and in the winter. I have a Loony and a Toony I wouldn't part with for the world. Gifts from a Canadian friend of mine.

When I was there I was asked if I wanted American or Canadian cash back because so many Americans brought their money over. I thought it was fun to get Canadian money to take home for my kids. It's been awhile ago though.

I think you're going to have those stupid crusty questions regarding food no matter what side of the border you're on. Crustys are stupid and stupid everywhere.