More Than $20K Raised For 'Traumatized' Cape Cod Ice Cream Worker

MASHPEE, MA — It was supposed to be a big weekend for the staff at the Polar Cave Ice Cream Parlour in Mashpee. Owner Mark Lawrence typically opens up his shop in late March or early April, but this year because of coronavirus, he delayed the opening to Mother’s Day weekend.

Prior to opening on Friday, Lawrence asked customers to order at least an hour in advance, so they could drive up and simply pick up their ice cream and go. But that didn’t happen. “By 7:00 pm, we had like 50 cars and they hadn’t pre-ordered,” he said.

His staff, many of them teenagers, were quickly becoming overwhelmed and customers were losing their patience. “It was just overwhelming,” Lawrence said. “We couldn’t put out enough, so people just started going off.”

One employee, a 17-year-old girl, took the brunt of the anger according to Lawrence. “Like the grossest of the grossest things you can say,” Lawrence said.

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