Ethics and Ice Cream

[oakenguy]

I went over to the Pru for Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day. When I got there I saw a line, but at the end of the line there was this clot of people eating from cones, and it wasn't clear where the line actually began.

ME: Is this the line?

WOMAN EATING CONE: Yup.

ME: But...you're already eating?

WEC: The rules just say you can only have one cone *at a time*.



I've been going to these for the last 3 years, and this NEVER OCCURRED TO ME. I still can't decide--greedy? Or brilliant?

Comments

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Long, long ago I had a summer job as an ice cream scooper. Having been such, I know that I was working at Ben & Jerry's and someone was getting in line more than once, there would be a high probability of my recognizing them. If getting in line multiple times were against the rules, I would call them out. If it wasn't against the rules, I would just look at them with condescending pity and shake my head.