Letters to the Editor
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Just Because You Don't Like It Doesn't Mean Nobody Else Does.
You rely far too heavily on your personal dislike of the ice cream used at Cold Stone as a way of proving that the Cold Stone craze is empty at it's heart because the basis of the dessert, the ice cream, is awful. I, a grown woman, happen to think Cold Stone ice cream is delicious, and there are obviously many others that agree with me. It's perfectly fine to have an opinion, but to not recognize that your distaste for Cold Stone ice cream does not translate into the distaste of the masses for Cold Stone ice cream is egregiously short sighted. Your article would be better balanced if you could concede that others obviously like the ice cream a great deal and will continue to do so, just as people continue to buy five dollar frappuccinos and almost five dollar pints of premium ice cream.
Also, it should be noted that many of the Cold Stone ice creameries are not imbued with that corporate cheer of which you speak. I always tip and have never received a song. The employees have always been normal acting, sometimes even a little hostile when the line is long. I've been at approximately ten different locations in California.
Lastly, the tone of this piece reeks of snobbery, especially with all of the allusions to diabetes and infantile taste, as if only children or pathetic, self-destructive adults would be tempted by something as lowly as mix-in ice cream chains that serve fatty ice cream. Wake up and smell the brownie goo: people love their fatty food and the corporate powers that be know that, which is why we live in a fast-food nation with expanding waistlines. How is the mix-in cream chain so different?