Friday, June 06, 2008

Manna from heaven

Yesterday I met up with my friend Natalie whom I have known since middle school. She works in a managerial capacity at Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream HQ. In addition to having a very nice office, her office is about 15 steps from the break room at Dreyer's. Hereafter, I will refer to this break room as the "Magic Land of Free Ice Cream" room (MLFIC for short). That's right, there is an double wide, top-loading freezer in the MLFIC full of restaurant-sized containers of ice cream. Additionally, there is a 2nd unit with pre-package products (ice cream sandwiches and various other heavenly concoctions from Haagen-Dazs).

Here's a pic of the freezer:

And here's a pic of the very amusing sign above the freezer:The text reads:
1. Thou shalt not eat from the carton.
2. Thou shalt not leave the lid off of the cartons.
3. Thou shalt not leave the ice cream scooper in the sink without washing it off.
4. Thou shalt not leave a dropped scoop of ice cream on the bottom of the cabinet.
5. Thou shalt not leave dripped ice cream on the top of the cabinet.

Hopefully, by posting these five commandments, I am not giving away any of Dreyer's trade secrets.