May 2, 2013
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Dueling Ding a Lings
I can’t believe this story actually made it too Good Morning America. I even took the time to “sanitize” the information so as not to embarrass any of my neighbors. Yes, friends, this is happening in my very own backyard. Or should I say front drive. It’s absolutely hysterical. You can hear these guys for blocks. I’m amazed that no-one has done them bodily harm.
Oh, wait… Some did pull the “trash” out of one of the trucks and shake up one of the drivers. But that was last September and I had thought that maybe the whole thing had blown over. Apparently not.
Of course, this is not the whole story… just the reported news.
Now, locally, we all know that the bad blood goes back a couple of years.
The only thing scarier to kids than this would be the vendors dressing as clowns. Yikes!!
Ice Cream Truck War Results In Charges
Police are reporting this morning that they were called to investigate allegations that the operators of the Sno-Cone Joe Ice Cream Trucks were interfering with business being conducted by rival ice cream truck company Mr. Ding-A-Ling. The Police Department says their investigation revealed that J and A owners of the Sno-Cone Joe had established a pattern of stalking and harassing behavior toward the rival ice cream truck. Police say that “A” and “J” follow the rival truck playing their music at a high volume and yelling they have free ice cream in an attempt to pull customers away from the Mr Ding-A-Ling Truck. Police say at one point was found to have yelled at the Mr. Ding-A-Ling driver claiming that his business controls the ice cream sales in Gloversville
Ice cream vendor describes assault
The sight and sound of an ice cream truck are usually well-received on a warm summer evening, but one resident is accused of being less than welcoming. City police charged “K” with second-degree harassment Thursday after an incident in which she is accused of striking an ice cream vendor in the face. Sno Kone Joe employee, “A”, said she was following her typical route in the ice cream truck Thursday and reached (a local street) around 7 p.m. She said “K” came out of her residence and began yelling. The vendor said “K” opened the door to the truck, threw its trash bin into the street and began striking the ice cream vendor in front of the children on the street. “A” said the responding police officer told her to clean up the trash that was in the street – the trash that “K” threw out of the truck into the street before the alleged assault. When “K” went back inside, the nearby children came over to see if the ice cream vendor was OK and helped her clean up the garbage in the street. Despite suffering scratches on her face and a cut lip, the vendor said has no intentions of leaving her job. “Of course I’m going to continue my job. I love it,” she said. “In an ice cream truck, I don’t think I should have to deal with this again. I could try and lock the door. I guess I should. Anything could happen.”
YA THINK ???
Comments (2)
Wow! That’s…disturbing. It’s a wonder they aren’t banned altogether. I never thought about routes. I only ever see one truck around here, and not all that frequently. Thank goodness!
There is a family down the street that always has a passel of kids hanging around. Someone buys from “the truck” quite regularly, so the vendors are always trying to get to that point first, while the kids still have bucks in their fists. One even had a friend “accidently” block the street … Go figure.