You’re willing to ignore traffic laws in an attempt to catch an ice cream truck that is obviously “off duty” just so you can get a fix.
That’s right…this evening I was hanging out with my friend Brittany and we passed an ice cream truck on our way home (it was about 9pm). Immediately I said, “Oh My Gosh! Do they have the Pink Panther one??? I LOOOOVE those!”
“I bet they do. Let’s see!” she said as we pulled up next to them.
At that moment, the lady in the back (the part where they have the little window they serve from waved. I guess it was pretty obvious that we were staring her down. I told Brittany to roll down her window and I shouted, “Do you have any Pink Panther’s?!?!?!?!”
“Uh, I have to check…let me see,” the lady said as she flipped on the light at the back of the truck. We then proceeded to go as slow as we could (we were maintaining a speed of about 35 on a road that was 45mph, but the ice cream truck was crawling along at 25mph, so we had to stay in the right lane and wait for them to catch up).
Brittany handed me $2 for the Popsicle and then we got into a turn lane, with no intention of turning – it was mostly just to be out of traffic’s way- and the ice cream truck pulled up behind us. I hopped out and ran (barefoot) up to the window. I handed her the $2 and she handed me the Pink Panther.
“Oh, my Gawd…I never do this for nobody!” she said.
“Well THANK YOU SO MUCH – you don’t know how much I LOOOVE these!” I replied and then I ran back to the car!
They drove off and we turned around and continued on our way…thinking that was a little crazy, but totally worth it!
