DQ Blues

Part Iphoto by Buck Cash on Panomanio.com

This certainly wasn't the greatest casualty of Flood '08. However, this was the DQ we'd go to on our family bike trips. It's also one of the only ones open year round until 10pm. My DQ fixes always occur after the kids are in bed (so's I don't have to share).

I have no idea if there are plans to rebuild/reopen. Most other places in town, including, city hall, the prison, police headquarters, fire department headquarters, main library and countless other businesses and residents, are looking at a very uncertain future.

Part II

Not that I wasn't aware of the issue of cross contamination before, thanks to Chaser, but I witnessed something the other night that would leave any allergy conscious parent shaking in their boots.

We went to a DQ franchise last night. There are 2-3 locally owned and operated DQ stands around town, but we weren't sure if they were open, so we went to the only one open late, since the Part I DQ is currently closed.

As we were standing in line, I commented on how nasty the floors were. And the DQ in Part I was usually much the same. I figured perhaps some franchise owner would have the good sense to choose flooring that doesn't show every drop of ice cream and footprint through the place, especially since they don't seem to make mopping a high priority.

But, hey, the ice cream is good. I really needed a PBC Chocolate Blizzard.

I've noticed before that there is usually a lot of carnage behind the counter at DQ's in general. This night was no exception. I watched in utter amazement mixed with disbelief as DQ worker #1 picked up a spoon that had been sitting on the gross icky counter and put it in someone PB Parfait and served it right up without thinking twice about it. Gag!

But, hey, the ice cream is good. I really needed a PBC Chocolate Blizzard.

Jerry and I watched them carefully mix our Blizzards without touching anything except for wiping her hands (sans gloves) on her when-was-the-last-time-you-washed-these pants. Eew!

But, hey, the ice cream is good. I really needed a PBC Chocolate Blizzard.

Then, as worker #2 finished making my Blizzard she actually put the scoop for the PBCs on the sticky nasty counter instead of back in it's rightful spot. I'll get my own spoon thank you!

We won't be revisiting that DQ (unless we're really desperate).