So the past few days Nacho has been having trouble with the ice cream freezer. Yesterday when I got to work we had to throw out 5 two and a half gallon containers of ice cream. One was so melted that I could stick my hand through it and pull it out covered just as if I had put it in paint can. I would put the scoop in to get the ice cream and it would just start running everywhere. It was a sloppy mess trying to get some of the containers out because they were so full from being brand new.
Today they were a little better but some of the containers were still very melty. Between myself and the girl i worked with we only had about 70 transactions in a 6 hour shift. Which is NOTHING for here. It was so slow and boring. I was cleaning everything in sight because I was so bored. The afternoon came and as predicted the rain began to fall...hard. All of the ice cream carts were brought in early and everyone was soaking if they hadn't put on their rain ponchos in time. Yet people were still coming to me as I was packing everything up asking if I was open. One woman couldn't understand why I was closed and kept asking me questions in a very rude tone. She asked me if she could just get two scoops anyway. I explained to her that we were closed pretty much because the ice cream was so melted and wouldn't even scoop on the cone...that finally got her to leave. I had to take all of the ice cream out of the freezer in the kiosk and put it in other freezers in hopes of it freezing today and being able to use tomorrow.
A man tried to leave me a tip for the ice cream today. When I told him I couldn't accept tips he just complemented me on Gonzaga basketball...
Tonight Natalie, Olivia, and I went to a place called Gators (Dockside) for Crazy Lady's birthday. Crazy Lady is really Heidi. She is in her mid-forties and she is awesome!!! She works with us in ODF and is always looking out for us and helping us. She invited us to meet her out for dinner and we couldn't pass it up. Gators was a cool bar and grill. The theme was obviously alligators and just like Montana has big game stuffed and hanging on the walls. Gators had alligators stuffed and hung on the walls. I wasn't really in shock but it didn't really seem normal...however in Florida gators are very normal. What really shocked me was what was on the menu. Gator Tails=the most popular appetizer. Yes it is real alligator tail!!! Crazy Lady says it tastes really good. She encouraged me to try it. I quickly informed her of my vegetarian diet and she asked if I ate fish. Well yeah...but gator is not fish. Someone it is??? Whatever! I didn't try it...maybe before I leave I will get up the guts (literally) to try it. I had Bourbon Salmon with sweet potato fries and broccoli. It was delicious and far more satisfying than the gator tails I am sure.
We all really enjoyed Gators and hope to make it a weekly ritual.
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