It seems Vancouverites can get a bit frosty when free ice cream is nowhere to be found.
Yesterday, Uber announced it would be offering two free Earnest Ice Cream sandwiches to anyone in Vancouver using the ride sharing service’s app during an allotted timeframe beginning this morning.
But supply appears to be having trouble keeping up with demand.
And people are not happy.
No ice cream available right at 11am?!? Come on!!
— Jill Slattery (@JillSlattery) August 25, 2017
This is an outrage pic.twitter.com/czCNXfKMo0
— Harrison Mooney (@HarrisonMooney) August 25, 2017
.@Uber you said I could have ice cream and I don’t have ice cream smh
— Harrison Mooney (@HarrisonMooney) August 25, 2017
When you’re trying to get #UberIceCream and it says “unavailable in your area” but then the car drives by. pic.twitter.com/HGYDMUDvUX
— The Nikki (@helloitisnikki) August 25, 2017
@Uber_Canada REALLY SHITTING THE BED RIGHT NOW WITH THIS #UBERICECREAM pic.twitter.com/PnSMSSzlCp
— Samantha Lynn (@limeallthetime) August 25, 2017
Never before have so many people have been pissed off due to lack of ice cream #UberIceCream
— Samuel (@7SevenIn7) August 25, 2017
#UberIceCream – where are you? 😭 Is it because we are out at #UBC that we don’t get to enjoy delicious free ice cream? 🍨🍦Say it ain’t so!!
— Peter Meiszner (@PeterMeiszner) August 25, 2017
#UberVancouver #UberIceCream… we all scream… because we can’t find the button in the app.
— Chris Lam (@sneakygood) August 25, 2017
There are two things #Vancouver loves: women’s rights and ice cream. @uber doesn’t have either. #UberIceCream
— Bryan Loewen (@bryanloewen) August 25, 2017
I mean, if this is an elaborate plan hatched by #Vancouver cab companies to make us hate @Uber, it’s a pretty good one… #UberIceCream
— Ashley Salvador (@asalvador13) August 25, 2017
Vancouver right now. #ubericecream @Uber_Canada @Uber_VAN pic.twitter.com/KtcXyIxteQ
— Yvee H (@yveehops) August 25, 2017
When you want ice cream to eat your sadness away because #UberIceCream won’t deliver any ice cream to you. 😭 pic.twitter.com/Odg8UCqkHK
— Camp Pacific (@camppacific) August 25, 2017
#UberIceCreamfail #ubericecream @Uber_VAN @Uber You’ve angered a lot of ice cream-lovers in this city. Bad PR stunt… pic.twitter.com/jzHvmgueBH
— Tammy Kwan (@ch0c0tam) August 25, 2017
Susie Heath, a spokesperson for Uber Canada, told Daily Hive that “demand for local favourite Earnest Ice Cream through the Uber app has been through the roof – we have been encouraging people to continue to request through the app so we can bring them a tasty treat.”
Heath said “for those who aren’t able to connect with a car today, we have a special surprise in store for them.”
The idea is simple enough: download the Uber app, request the ‘Ice Cream’ option, and once you’re connected all you need to do is wait for the Uber Driver (AKA Uber Mapping Car) to roll up and hand you two delicious offerings from Earnest Ice Cream.
However, some Vancouverites did get what they were waiting for.
It works it works! #ubericecream pic.twitter.com/ltETPsAmWg
— Justine Yu (@jmyu) August 25, 2017
Got our #UberIceCream! Thanks @Uber_VAN pic.twitter.com/jwOewrbEnQ
— Liz Woff (@ElizabethWoff) August 25, 2017
I’m not a hater no more ! Thanks @Uber_Canada #UberIceCream #vancouver #bbtvlife #icecream #uber @VancityBuzz 🍦😍 pic.twitter.com/IESJP2ssWM
— Dan (@GustaveDaniel) August 25, 2017
Patience pays off. Keep trying y’all! #UberIceCream Thanks @Uber_VAN and @Earnesticecream pic.twitter.com/890OA6kzs7
— Tracy Tsui (@berryshine) August 25, 2017
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