Lollipops

[rowyn]

My branch of Toddler Bank has, for as long as I've been here, kept lollipops in wicker baskets at the teller windows and customer service desks. They're just a little goodie for any customer who wants one. I never paid much attention to them, myself: they were plain Dum-dum lollipops and I didn't much care for them.

A few weeks ago, we cleared out our entire stock: word from on high was to get rid of them: a customer had complained.

What kind of customer, I wondered, would complain about free lollipops?

I just found out.

Someone was insulted by the name of the lollipop brand.

My first thought: So ... ummm ... you identify with the label "Dum-dum", sir?

Sigh.

On the bright side, we now have Tootsie Pops! I like Tootsie Pops a lot better than Dum-dums anyway.

But we all know it's just a matter of time before someone is offended by the word "Tootsie".

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[shockwave77598.livejournal.com]

I've long said that if you gave away free vanilla ice cream, there would be someone complaining that it wasn't chocolate.

[rowyn]

But ....

why wouldn't you give away chocolate ice cream instead? :)

Ben & Jerry's used to (I don't know if they still do) hold a "free ice cream cone" day once a year. They didn't especially advertise it, but if you happened to come into one of their parlors, they'd give you a free single-scoop ice cream cone, any flavor.

One year, a friend and I went to get our free ice cream cones. My friend decided what he really wanted was a sundae, though. So he bought a sundae at the regular price, and didn't get the free ice cream.

But I'll note that he did *not* complain that they weren't giving away free sundaes. :)