Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.

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    If you’re at the lesser DQ, you could pay a couple extra bucks and upgrade it to the next size up. You would save from having to buy a gallon of gas if you’re not electric and 20 minutes.

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      The current GSA mileage rate is $0.7/mi. This rate is pretty for accurate building in the cost of driving a typical car- gas, tires, oil, the car itself, etc.

      That trip cost at least $7, if 10 miles of travel includes the return.

      So no, I wouldn’t.

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    So both are wrong.

    The one on the left is too low. It needs to be, at the minimum, at about the rim.

    The one on the right is too high. You can’t put a flat lid on it, and if you put a tall lid and it melts even a little, you end up with a mess on your hands. Blizzards aren’t cones with drip rings (the holes in the top of the wafers, which is why they shouldn’t be covered up), they’re supposed to stay in the cup.

    Source: was a DQ Store Manager 20 years ago, went to DQ School (yes that’s real… or at least it was).

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    I would report the DQ on the left to corporate. Fast food franchises have standards they meed to follow in order to not damage the brand. The franchise owner will absolutely get spanked for that.

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        As a former DQ regular (one of my favorite treats as I drove cross-country) I can say that the one on the left is definitely very short. Like, “I want my money back” full Karen “I want to speak to the manager” short.

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    As a European just let me say wow.

    This is wrong on so many levels. And I assume you’re not aware of half of them.

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      As a Canadian, lol.

      I hope I’m aware of at least 3/4’s of the levels of wrongness. We’re pretty influenced by American culture but still have our own identity. It seems to be fading a bit with time but I remember travelling to the US and thinking why is the yogurt so sweet? Why is the bread sweet?

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        I went on a work trip, pancakes had so much sugar they did not taste good, then powdered sugar on top, and a large slab of butter. The table syrup was just brown glucose-fructose. It was terrible. For dinner we went to Panerra bread, again everything you expect to be savory was so sweet.

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      Got to be honest here, I know and patronize a lot of Mom & Pop shops, but it hadn’t occurred to me until just now that there were still independent ice cream shops anymore. I’m super jelly that you have one available to you.

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    Tbh I don’t really need the full blizzard anyway, most of my enjoyment comes from the first several bites then the rest I finish out of inertia. I’d rather have half the size twice as often, from a calorie-counting perspective.

    Also you could just buy a bigger size with your gas savings if you really needed it.

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    Take those pictures to the closer one, ask to see the manager, sweep your bangs back behind your ear, and Karen the fuck out of them. Justice achieved