The sale offrozen in “ashtrays” that are used as plates in the Turquino state creamery, located in the 18-story building in Santiago de Cuba, unleashed hundreds of comments in the last few hours due to the curious nature of the case, which ended up minimizing the impact of the price:25 pesos a small ball.
“Are the plates ashtrays or is the slot to accommodate the spoon?”, the author of a publication on the Facebook profile “Entrepreneurs in Santiago de Cuba” jokingly asked, intended to promote private businesses in that province.
The publication in question summarized a visit to the establishment that left some observations and criticisms, including the slowness of the service, although it was stated that the strawberry ice cream was good but the orange-pineapple ice cream was bad.
Although the issue of ashtrays immediately became a topic of debate, The accusations were not limited to the containers, but covered other aspects, especially the price of the product.
“If we think that the basic salary is over 2,000 pesos, about 3 balls, 75 pesos, it is a significant percent”, noted the author of the publication, who specified that the saleswoman justified the price increase with“the recent addition of dairy products (powdered milk, to be more precise).”
Another curious detail about the ice cream parlor is that in addition to ice cream they sell“pot scrubbing powder”, a product that is not consistent with the nature of the establishment, but in any case a minor detail if everything else were fine. He also referred to the announcement that the establishment reserves "the right of admission" of the client, without specifying the terms.
“The thing about ashtray plates is beyond me, there is no sense of aesthetics. How are customers going to eat out of ashtrays? (...)Someone came and said that the three mini balls that we give them fit in the ashtrays we have, and well, it all started right there.”, commented a user of the social network ironically.
“Indeed, the plates are ashtrays, these are for sale at the Chocolatería for 50 pesos. “What horror!” said one Internet user; while anotherHe wondered if “the blockade is to blame for people eating ice cream in ashtrays.”
“Those are ashtrays...to make everything more absurd, if such a thing is possible,” stated one commentator.
“I think that due to the lack of cigarettes, ashtrays became obsolete and in the interest of recycling, well....that's my benevolent hypothesis. My conspiracy hypothesis is that the administrator had a managing partner in a local products store and they arranged a sale where they would have a few pesos left,” one Internet user surmised.
Others emphasized the size of the balls at 25 pesos, which also often come half hollow, a long-standing evil in any Cuban ice cream parlor.
The avalanche of reactions was such that the page made a second publication on the subject this Thursday, clarifying that the photos were taken without violating any prohibition or limitation on access to the creamery.
He also highlighted that the ashtrays “shined clean,”so there are no complaints in that regard.
“I know that what happened in the creamery on the 18th floor found receptive ears and will improve. I will visit them again, and I am hopeful that it will improve. I know it will be like this”, noted the author of the publication, who claims to have received a high number of comments also in private.
“I think we have been educated that arguing is bad, criticizing is bad, for me there is no such thing as constructive or destructive criticism, criticism is criticism, period. What I do believe is that you must be objective in what you say, and be responsible for your words. In this case I am objective, and I rely on photos, and I also subscribe to every word. But I think it is healthy to abandon that position of believing ourselves to be infallible, perfect, and to demonize any uncomfortable criticism with degrading qualifiers," he concluded.
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