Why ice cream trucks always work
Ice cream trucks are part of the few food companies that did not have to turn off. Here's why.
For a while, when feelings of uncertainty and fear can easily control those of contentment and ease, hear the height of a familiar jingle can be the key to feeling a little more in peace.
No song does not invite pleasant childhood memories to closiness like the one you hear when theice cream Truck rolls in your street. While so many restaurants andLocal food companies had no choice but to clog their doors during this period, ice cream trucks, in some cities, preserved.
I live in Williamsburg, in Brooklyn and so much changed about these beautiful faces of the city covered by masks and restaurant doors with "closed" panels presented importantly in their windows - the only thing that does not Has not disappeared was the Funtime Gleee truck that sits in front of Domino Park.
From the beginning of thepandemicI wondered how this truck could still be stationed just outside where the park meets the East River, serving ice cream to those who wanted to get out of the fresh air. The answer is simple: it is an essential service.
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The New York TimesRecently released a video featuring GODFREY ROBINSON, a long-lasting driver for Funtime Gleee ice cream truck. For 26 years, Robinson delivered ice cream to New York communities and he knows better than anyone who serves a good cold treatment is more essential now than no doubtalready before.
"We are essential," said Robinson in the video. "We provide a service, let's make you and your family happy during the pandemic, without pandemic, rain, showing or snow. I feel that I can bring this joy to people."
While it is impossible to stand up to six feet from the person he gives ice cream to, Robinson takes other preventive measures, telling theTimesthat he wears twomask and regularly disinfects surfaces inside the truck. New York City is not the only place in the United States that ice cream trucks have worked yet.
In Iowa, the owner of Moomoo's Ice Cream Truck,Jason Happel, strictly followed the CDC guidelines so that it can continue to distribute ice cream to customers. In an interview with a local television channel, he says that an ice cream truck is not different from a reader service, opening the sliding window sufficient to put the person from their order. Something else? Each ice cream treatment it sells is prepackaged.
Leo ice cream A truck in Arizona is also known for its delicious treats on packed ice cream. Amy Owen, which normally addresses business events, inevitably had to change his business model during this period. In addition to driving in neighborhoods, she now sells ice cream to those who participate in social distances parades. What better way to celebrate someone's birthday or (what was supposed to be) the day of someone's wedding day with a sweet cake that awaits you at the end?
Something as elementary as seeing an ice cream truck could be what people need to have a restored normality feeling. In the video of theTimesA woman told the camera: "I'm happy to have heard an ice cream truck because it's better than hearing the sirens of the fire truck and ambulance."
Ice cream trucks always work because they are an essential service - they provide joy for a dark period. And for more comforting stories, be sure to checkHere's how 9 chefs keep their local communities fed.