Submitted 8 months ago by WeebLife@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
My neighborhood still has an ice cream truck. I’m curious how many other cities still have ice cream trucks. They seem outdated at this point.
I haven’t seen a truck in a long time, but there are still dudes on bicycles selling Mexican ice cream and whatever those orange uh… Ring thingies are.
They’re certainly around in New York.
Yeah they drive around all summer in Norway. Hear them once or twice a week.
Same when I’m in Denmark, I love it. Too bad we don’t have them down in Italy.
Pretty much daily, I hear that song playing throughout my neighborhood.
I live in a major city un Germany. One of the big ice cream parlors has several trucks that go to parks and areas with many offices. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one driving through a residential neighbourhood.
same here, we have one that regularly comes to our part of the neighborhood, but most of the time its cold season, so there isnt much demand.
I hear one sometimes, but either it zooms by when I’m not looking or it’s just going to the nearby playground.
When my kids were little, we tried to chase it down a few times without any luck
I’ve seen one around town still. Although I suspect like 90+% of its business is just from parking right outside the town pool in the summer.
There is a local one who comes through during the day once a day.
I live in a small town, but we definitely have a couple of them floating around.
Ditto. If you don’t work from home, it’s likely you just miss it.
Yep, one stops just outside my house. When my daughter was little and asked what that sound was (the ice cream van music) I’d say it was the “music van” and it just plays music for people. Didn’t get away with that for very long!
I miss the corn man
They used to sell illegal ciggies in the UK don’t know if they still do
I’m uncertain of your instance membership.
Usually when you hear the typical ice cream truck songs in Germany, it’s a dude rolling around looking for old metal.
The ice cream truck stopped coming to our estate about 5 years ago though there are plenty of kids about.
I do see them parked near playgrounds etc. quite a bit but not doing the rounds like they used to.
My neighborhood has them. There are adult versions now, they are just called food trucks.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a food truck drive around looking for customers. They’re usually just stationed in one place for the day.
Food trucks move to good spots all the time and many of them have apps that tell people were they are setting up.
I have seen many food trucks that just sell deserts and ice cream…
Still got them here in Australia. They’ve always been a rarity and somehow they’re always somewhere else where you can’t see them yet they sound close by but they seem about as common now as my childhood in the 90s.
there’s an old guy who drives an icecream van around my area nearly everyday during the summer
Perth Australia, we still have one frequent us in summer. Its why people ask me why do I have a tenner stuck to the back of my front door.
We have one going B2B in the industry area around lunch time. I’ve got coworkers literally running down to get some on some days.
We have a bakery truck that drives around playing the ice cream truck music. Does that count?
Mister Softee has an app to track the truck’s whereabouts. I have absolutely used it to find his ass and hunt him down. Ice cream trucks have evolved into the 21st century. No one has decent soft serve anymore in my area. DQ closed like 5 years ago, and this dude is just driving around potentially bringing it to your door. Mister softee is the goat.
What’s outdated about it?
People like ice cream, and with global warming even more, , so a truck strategically parked (at the school exit, in the park, in front of that tourist hot spot) will drag an audience. It may be a bit harder for the ones going from neighborhood to neighbourhood but it’s still a thing. We even have one stopping at my work parking, which is the opportunity for informal discussion with coworkers I see less
You have to get out of your house and talk to someone, you can’t just order it on the phone. It’s def old school 😅
most people aren’t antisocial, my dad goes out of his way to use the manned tills at the store because he wants to chat with the chashier…
I think there’s one that comes through my neighborhood. I’ve never actually seen it, just heard it, and it never seems to… actually stop. When I was a kid, the ice cream trucks would stop and play their music for a while so people had time to grab their money and run outside. This one just seems to play a few bars of a song as it drives through, makes me wonder if it’s actually an ice cream truck at all.
Just had one in my cul de sac today, for the first time since we moved here over 5 years ago, so yeah, they’re around, but a bit rare, like a nice classic car, or an Oscar Meijer Weiner mobile
Oscar Meijer Weiner
That’s not how you spell my bologna’s second name
Haven’t seen the Weinermobile in like 20 years. Is that still a thing?
Yeah, we have one that covers this side of town during early spring until late fall.
I’ve even seen them out in winter, but I suspect they’re selling warm products, not frozen, then.
One just started coming through my neighborhood like 2 weeks ago, and there's a kid a few houses down who seems to always be ready to run out and stop the truck. Takes easily 10+ minutes for the music to fade out. Like, I hate to be a grumpy old man, but that music drives me fucking nuts! I'm on the verge of trying to beat the kid to the truck just so I can bribe the guy to drive away as fast as possible
Our ice cream truck seems to also do coffee. I haven’t bought anything from it but I’ve seen it around
There was one that came around my old house on occasion before I had kids, and it sold amazing elote
Yeah and it’s honestly super creepy.
cralex@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
One drove by my house a few weeks ago. Before that? I haven’t seen one in the wild in years.