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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
So many questions now that I'm older.
Where did the carts come from? Did they have employees scattered around that stored them in a garage? Did they bike them from the industrial park? Did they trailer them around the city and offload? Were they owner operated/franchised, or a big conglomerate?
Did they just plug the cart into a 120V outlet so it stayed cold in storage? Did they have to remove all the ice cream every day?
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One of my first summer jobs was pedaling a 9 million pound Dickie Dee cart around. Based solely on my experience:
1. A local family stored everything at their house, in the garage. My understanding is that the 'equipment' was rented from a bigger corp, and you buy the supplies from them.
2. They plugged in to get cold. I'll tell you, I would spend a whole afternoon (4-5 hours) in the blazing sun and it would remain super cold.
3. I made a commission on each sale. A $1 item would get you a dime, a $2 item gets you a quarter, etc.
I doubt I ever made more than few bucks an hour, but when you're 13 years old, $20 and a free frozen treat was a decent deal.
My favorite part....the inventory sheet. Counting/tracking how many of each item you took out and how many you came back with.