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Original poster

Snarling at the ice cream van through my net curtains.

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ThisWildHedgehog · 08/07/2026 21:13

I love ice cream… I maybe hate the ice cream man though?

He’s come by our house twice in the last week around 9pm jingle blasting. All the windows are open because it’s been so hot and both times it’s woken my 2 year old and my baby.

Surly 9pm is too late to be amplifying music on a residential street?! Either that or the sleep deprivation has finally got to me AIBU 🤣🫣

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basiically · 09/07/2026 12:31

Overtheatlantic · 08/07/2026 21:15

Way too late. Tell him to come round at 3pm. Ours has yet to make an appearance this summer.

3pm some kids dont end school until 3.30.
Ours comes around 5pm.

basiically · 09/07/2026 12:29

ColdAsAWitches · 08/07/2026 21:21

You know that after 9 they're selling drugs, not ice cream, don't you?

Not all of them lol as long i get my ice-cream i dont care what their side hussle is.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 09/07/2026 12:18

According to Google, ice cream vans should not play their music after 7pm, @ThisWildHedgehog. It also says they need street trader licences from the council, so you could complain to the council about this one.

WatchaDave · 09/07/2026 12:12

I HATED the ice cream man when I was going through the baby/toddler years. Hated him. Your post has just reminded me!
He would always, without fail, blast his tune just at that tentative dropping off/not quite asleep yet part of operation bedtime. BASTARD.

MyThreeWords · 08/07/2026 21:43

Love the thread title. Sounds like the prompt for a short story or a poem.

DjokovicsTowel · 08/07/2026 21:33

Its not after 11....

I'd love the ice cream man to turn up rn 🤣

sassyduck · 08/07/2026 21:24

Genuinely too late. Would think most children should be in bed, heat or not!

ColdAsAWitches · 08/07/2026 21:21

You know that after 9 they're selling drugs, not ice cream, don't you?

Original poster
ThisWildHedgehog · 08/07/2026 21:17

The baby is not a great sleeper at all so I’m
not remotely shocked it’s waking him. As for the 2 year old, I think because it’s so hot he’s not sleeping so deeply. I’ve seen him tossing and turning so much on his baby monitor where he would normally be a very good sleeper.

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Shareadog · 08/07/2026 21:15

I’m surprised that would wake up kids 5 and under. They’re normally like dead asleep or awake. Esp baby

Overtheatlantic · 08/07/2026 21:15

Way too late. Tell him to come round at 3pm. Ours has yet to make an appearance this summer.

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