Tricks
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Many employees of Amy's will do "tricks" with the ice cream as they prepare it and before the customer receives it. These tricks include, but are not limited to, throwing ice cream scoops under the leg, behind the back, and over people. Some locations are known for throwing ice cream across the street, where either the recipient or another employee will attempt to catch it.
Every year, at different locations, Amy's hosts a contest called the Trick Olympics, in which employees who are especially skilled in the art of tricks compete against one another. Typically there are three different subsets of the competition: Decathlon, where employees do ten different tricks as fast as they can; Best Team Trick, where pairs of employees work together to complete a multi-level trick; and Best Solo Trick, where individual employees try to outdo each other with complicated tricks.
These contests are open to the public, but ice cream is usually not given away. Tricksters use balls of Sweet Cream with either no Crush'n or only chocolate sprinkles.
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