You really have to feel sorry for this young fan. The second the camera focused on him eating ice cream, that cone stood zero chance. It’s the rule.
During Sunday’s broadcast of the White Sox and Tigers game, the NBC Sports Chicago telecast showed a crowd shot of a young fan enjoying an ice cream cone at the ballpark. It’s like they knew what was coming, and when that cone slipped out of the young fan’s hands and fell to the certainly disgusting ground, announcer Jason Benetti was all over the moment.
“Oh nooo! Tragedy strikes,” he said as the camera remained on the fan to show us the entire saga.
A moment of pure heartbreak for this kid pic.twitter.com/J9UBFEaTbf
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) September 25, 2022
But let’s keep an eye on how the parents handled the situation. They quickly picked up the ice cream, but it’s ice cream that fell onto a freaking stadium floor. Five-second rule cannot apply to ice cream — it just can’t. Yet, the dad seemed to come up with a questionable solution here. He wiped off the ice cream’s exterior with a napkin, which — in reality — probably just spread the gross stadium floor throughout the remaining ice cream.
I love how the kid remained totally skeptical that the ice cream was safe to eat. He inspected the cone and didn’t seem too excited about the idea of continuing to eat it.
Fans were invested in the whole ordeal — TV doesn’t get much more compelling than that.
This was how Twitter reacted
"American tragedy" is 100% accurate. https://t.co/cdn78t0VcB
— Jenny du Jour (@omgitsjen) September 25, 2022
This is the saddest thing I’ve ever seen https://t.co/DxesUWyVCd
— Paula (@polapetit) September 25, 2022
2022 White Sox season in a nutshell: https://t.co/JpeuiQZBwT
— Basic Pumpkin Spice Latte Jason (@jtwashin) September 25, 2022
Rainbow Cones are awesome but their plastic holders are horribly designed. This happens…A LOT https://t.co/LzkPAFGznN
— Joshua Tsui 🍥 (@JoshYTsui) September 25, 2022
The dad was like, this ice cream cone was $16.79. We're gonna simply wipe the exterior layer off this MF and reset, kiddo. 😭👌🏽 https://t.co/PrLZ34lYe8
— Sassbox Grand Supreme (@MissSassbox) September 25, 2022
Gravity kills again. https://t.co/0ZBIGZCEyH
— Zach Haberman (@ZHaberman) September 25, 2022
Me watching the White Sox this season. https://t.co/pt1ZO7vzB9
— Tyler James (@TJamesND) September 25, 2022
That's some bad parenting right there. You gotta teach the kid about the physics of ice cream eating. https://t.co/uj3NjECT03
— Ten Second Cynic (@TenSecondCynic) September 25, 2022
kid's parents need to be questioned on why they let him eat the ice cream cone sideways like that
horrific parenting IMO https://t.co/0u4lNRMLED
— Adam Rosen (@arrosen76) September 25, 2022
Someone please get that kid a new ice cream cone.
