I just came home from spending two hours trying to convince people that Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream really is free today!! Tonight!! Honest!!
Every year B&J choose a day and have "Free Ice Cream Day"---it's a part of their corporate philosophy. If your group is willing to come to the store and help, then they'll donate the tips and donations to your organization. So, during the day, the Air Force volunteers did the dipping and the staff at my school did the work between 4:00 and 8:00. My job (with several others) was to stand out in the walkway there in the mall at Planet Hollywood and guide people into Ben & Jerry's with little cards that announced Free Cone Day.
Whew...people in Vegas are so jaded what with having to fend off the porn-card pushers and the "let me put this lotion on you" people that it is really hard to give away ice cream!
Most people wouldn't even look at you. If they did, half of those folks didn't speak English! (Lot's of foreign tourists here) Then the rest of those who would give you a glance simply didn't believe! "No really," I'd say, pointing at the shop behind me, "It's free ice cream day! They do it every year!"
Many people did get their free ice cream, and the tip jar was filled at the end of the evening. But it made me appreciate my job of convincing nine year-olds to obey me, and that I'm not one of those unlucky guys passing out those annoying call-girl cards on the Strip. It's hard enough to give away ice-cream!
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Wow! Free ice cream sounds good to me! :)
Kinda sad, though, isn't it, when our culture is such as you've described. But it makes sense I guess. We just don't dare trust anyone these days!
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