Ice Cream Truck Turf War

[melidasaur]

Apparently, the competing ice cream trucks have picked my street to be their battle territory.

Each truck drives up and down my street - which is not a major street in town and there are not a lot of kids - 3 or 4 times a day. Each drive-by is done in two passes of the street, they drive down one way, then turn around at the end of the street and drive back.

Don't get me wrong... I love ice cream. However, I feel like these two trucks are preying on my neighborhood. I understand the ice cream man/woman needs to earn a buck, but why do they need to drive up and down my street 3-4 times a day?

When I was a kid, the ice cream truck came through our neighborhood once a week, maybe sometimes once a day, but that was rare.

Don't even get me started on the music!

Is this the trend across the nation? Is anyone here an ice cream truck driver or been one in the past?

I'm sure I wouldn't give a rats if I were employed - because I wouldn't be home during the day - but this gives me something to get worked up about .