Skip Ice Creams

At Skip Ice Creams, the main thing we worry about is the electricity. Our shop is at number 31/5 in Billesheulle, Basavanagar. It’s a small corner spot. When the power goes out, everyone starts moving fast to make sure the freezers stay shut. It gets quite loud in here with the hum of the cooling units running all day long. We have a few benches outside, but most people just stand around and eat their cones. The neighborhood kids usually show up around four in the afternoon. They make a lot of noise and sometimes leave sticky fingerprints on the glass counters. I spend a lot of my time wiping things down with a damp cloth. It’s not a big corporate operation. It’s just us in this little building. The walls could probably use a new coat of paint, but we haven't gotten around to it yet. We keep the flavors in the big tubs and scoop them out as people ask. Sometimes the scooper gets stuck if the cream is too frozen. We’ve lived in Basavanagar for a long time, so we know most of the families around Billesheulle. It’s nice when the weather is hot because that’s when everyone stops by to say hello. We don’t have any big advertisements or anything like that. Just the name on the door and the sound of the freezers. When we close up at night, we just hope the power stays on until morning.