To think these 'rules' are silly?

[ElliotW]

I took DD to our local shop today for icecream. There's a tiny place for coffee and snacks, and then the ice cream, normally we sit down but it was too busy today so we just got it to take-away. So I asked the girl for a scoop of chocolate and a scoop of vanilla in a tub. She said they don't 'do' scoops and I could only have one flavour. I've never heard this before, but said, fine.

Then I asked for sprinkles. She said they didn't 'do sprinkles either.' I've had sprinkles in here before?! So I pointed this out and she said you can only have sprinkles if you are sitting down. I think this is nuts! AIBU?

I was once told in a cafe that I couldn't order a cajun chicken salad AND a baked potato, it had to be one or the other. I involuntarily barked laughing and the waitress scurried away before returning red-faced to say I could have both after all.

YANBU. No sprinkles? What the jeff?

You can only have sprinkles if you are sitting down?

Did you ask her why?!

Stoopid stoopid stoopid. I agree.

LOL! YANBU - I would have said "I don't DO icecream without 2 flavours and sprinkes" and walked to another shop!

See, I wouldn't mind if they didn't do them at all- but the sitting down bit made me

The poor girl (to be fair to her, she was only about 17) said that they make too much mess and they're too hard to price. But that doesn't explain why you can get them if you sit down!

That's ridiculous!

Perhaps the sprinkles are SO AMAZING that you have to be Sitting down to eat them or you fall over?

sounds like someone who cant be bothered rather than they couldnt actually do it.

I'd have been sooooo tempted to sit down on the floor and ask again for sprinkles. (OK, I wouldn't really, but I'd like to think I would!)

I would have taken my custom elsewhere!

I wish I'd thought of that AChickenCalledKorma

I don't understand why they would make less mess sitting down. Have you seen my DD2 with an ice cream? More ends up on the table, the floor, her clothes than ends up in her mouth. I would have thought they would have wanted people to take that sort of shannanigans out the shop.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who's baffled!

If you eat in do you get the ice cream on a plate which is larger than the tub? If so then perhaps they think there isn't room in the tub for two scoops without it falling on the floor and making a mess. Maybe the tub is so very very teeny that it would be impossible to shake sprinkles over it without making a mess?

Baffled indeed! Sure you weren't being filmed

But surely if you go outside and wander away from the shop, then they are less likely to make a mess than if you sit down and stay in the shop ?

It's time to name and shame, or at least give a town.......please.

I think I would then say "I'd like to change my order to eat in then." Eat a few bites and ask for a tub to take the rest home in.

I would have thought they would willingly give you sprinkles to eat elsewhere, but not let you have them eat in if they make that much mess!!