<p>Thank you, Freedom. I have never been to a Cold Stone Creamery. I just heard about it and it sounded cool. Perhaps D. would be better off waitressing elsewhere. She really needs to earn some "book" money for college.</p>
<p>Not to mention the wear and tear on your wrists from scooping/mixing that hard ice cream. I understand it really hurts & wonder about any permanent damage?</p>
<p>I think you get carpal funnel cone syndrome.</p>
<p>:D lol!!! :D</p>
<p>(ok here goes...) Ice creamed when I read that!</p>
<p>I guess we should ask what the scoop is on paying summer jobs.</p>
<p>You guys are BAAAAD!!! Great laughs for an end of the week Friday night, though!!! :-)</p>
<p>I spent the summer between high school and college scooping ice cream at a well-known national restaurant/ice cream chain and yes! it's hard on the wrists, arms, neck and back, especially when you are forced to use a technique that has you use the scoop to sort of "curl" the ice cream so that it is just open air in the middle, but looks large on the outside. We were made to practice this special technique over and over during slow times, so that each scoop weighed a certain amount. (We put the practice scoops on fresh waxed paper to weigh them, and then put them back into the ice cream freezer.) It's not digging ditches, but it ain't easy, either. That said, I think it benefits teens to have experience working with the public as waiters/waitresses, etc. Teaches patience and courtesy in the face of, well, often trying circumstances. :)</p>
<p>NMR - when D and I visited Westminster Choir College, we had ice cream at "The Bent Spoon." I love that name and anyone who has scooped ice cream can identify with it, but my D didn't get it right away. She's a frozen yogurt eater so no bent spoons there.</p>
<p>For me the hard part wasn't the scooping....I played a lot of tennis so the strength part was OK. It was getting the scoop on that damn, hard, crisp CONE without it breaking!!!!! Now that took practice, practice, practice. I wrecked a lot of cones in the beginning........</p>
<p>If I wasn't so cold (not a winter person!), you guys would be making me hungry! I do love those waffle cones ...</p>
<p>you should be in boston! my friends and i STILL go get ice cream on the weekends. the concept of ice cream places that are only open seasonally is unheard of here.</p>
<p>ahh man do i love ice cream on a cold day in boston. all ice cream places sell year round here i <3 it!</p>
<p>Well if any of you guys are ever in Princeton NJ, definitely go to "The Bent Spoon." The best I have ever had. It is all homemade there so you never know what flavors they will have. I had a dark chocolate bourbon - if I had more, my D would have had to drive. I don't even like liquor, but this stuff was incredible.</p>
<p>On the ice cream topic....I was a tour guide for a while at the Ben & Jerry's Factory. If you learn to scoop with your whole arm and not just your wrist it isn't bad at all! They spent a while teaching us so that we wouldn't end each shift with sore sore wrists...and, I ended my time there with very nicely toned arms (on top of TONS of superfluous ice cream knowledge and a freezer full of pints I didn't want)!</p>
<p>Perhaps we should just go ahead and change the title of this thread to "Ice Cream Scooping Techniques, Tips and Tricks for Musical Theater Junkies!"</p>
<p>Actually, the tour guide job was great for theatre kids (straight and MT) and a lot worked there. It was almost like one technique used to approach a scene -- you had to find LOTS of tactics to get the tourists to listen to you, and every tour was DEFINITELY a performance!!</p>
<p>My supervisors said they really liked hiring performers because they learn the material quickly and always find new ways to keep it interesting. </p>
<p>So I would recommend looking into tourism positions for kids during college breaks. Another plus -- they're often looking for more employees during the summer!</p>
<p>OK - my younger daughter works at a Friendly's (they're in the northeast, mainly) and has had trouble with her back. I'm trying to get her to quit, but she loves the people there. Ironically, I worked at Friendly's my first job and never had any trouble, but I was a waitress AND made ice cream; my daughter ONLY works at fountain, so I guess that's why. ANYWAY, off/on topic? has anyone had trouble submitting a headshot/resume to Strawhat? My older d submitted hers and they said they never got it (they received the one in the mail, but not the one for EMAIL; the headshot needs to be a certain size, etc.)</p>
<p>I have a student who had the same problem -- she thinks it is because she did not compress the picture to 100 dpi (I think those are the right initials)... basically, she thinks it is because the photo file was too big.</p>
<p>If you use Microsoft picture manager, open the picture, right click on it, and then click "edit". On the right had side of your screen a menu should open up giving you the option of compressing the picture for an email attachment. Check that option, then click "okay" down at the bottom of the page. Then go up to the upper left hand corner of the computer page and click "file", then click "Save as" and rename the file. This way you have not changed the original picture, only the one you are going to email to strawhat.</p>
<p>I do not know if this is the problem, but it is worth a try!</p>
<p>Thanks so much, KatMT. We figured it out; I think they had her down as 2 separate people; one with just her middle initial, and one with her full middle name! She got a confirmation that they were received, though. And my, aren't you techno-savvy! Can you come over here and try to get my dinosaur computer to take less than 3 hours logging on to my email? :)</p>
<p>Does anyone know if there are still audition times available for Straw Hat?</p>