Uber is giving away free ice cream and to get it, all you have to do is request an ice cream through the Uber app on Friday. If you get matched, presumably a car or maybe a truck of some kind carrying ice cream will deliver a free ice cream right to you and up to four friends. And it comes in a limited edition plastic refillable Uber cone with will entitle you to free ice cream each Friday until September 22.
Except not everyone gets an ice cream because this only happening in 11 North American cities. The Uber cone isn't really limited edition as everyone who gets an ice cream will get one. The ice cream isn't really ice cream, it's soft serve. To get your free ice cream each Friday, you have to go to a McDonalds to get it, and again it's not really ice cream.
Uber pre-populated Instagram with #UberIceCream posts for you to see how amazing your free soft serve will make you look. These posts should probably be labeled as "sponsored content" as these beautiful people with their perfect soft serve photographs all seemed to get their free soft serve days ago. We won't even get into the ethics of unlabeled "sponsored posts" here. That is a whole different can of worms.
Enjoying my ice cream in a whole new way! ????I got mine early before I headed to the Brooklyn Bridge but On 8/11 YOU can order Ice Cream in the app and Uber will send an Ice Cream truck to you and your friends. Every delivery comes with one super cute collectible cone. This cone allows you to get one free soft serve cone every Friday through 9/22*?
A post shared by Emily Luciano (@emily_luciano) on Aug 7, 2017 at 7:26pm PDT
This is not a drill but @Uber is now delivering Ice Cream in a whole new way starting on Free Cone Fridays, 8/11*. Order in-app and Uber will send an ice cream truck straight to you and your friends. Every delivery comes with one limited edition, collectible cone, like mine—the key to free refills every Friday, while supplies last! Take the cone and punch card to participating McDonald's for free refills every Friday through 9/22. Get the scoop by visiting uber.com/icecream and be sure to share your selfies with #UberIceCream! *Your first cone is free every Friday through 9/22 when you present your collectible cone and punch card at your local McDonald's. Please note I customized my cone with toppings and is not representative of the actual product. #uber #ubereats #icecream #mood #vibes #animation #instavid #videooftheday
A post shared by Tommy Lei (@mybelonging) on Aug 10, 2017 at 9:36am PDT
?????????????nothing says summer friday quite like this! beginning tomorrow, order an ice cream through the @uber app, and they will send an ice cream truck your way, complete with a collectible cone perfect for some soft serve ???? get the scoop by visiting uber.com/icecream #UberIceCream #partner
A post shared by Lauren | Travel + Lifestyle (@laurenswells) on Aug 10, 2017 at 6:56am PDT
If you live in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Atlanta, New York, Miami, Dallas, San Francisco, Toronto, Boston, or Seattle and want some free soft serve, this is your lucky day. Just remember that your soft serve won't look this good, no matter how hard you try. Also, it is highly doubtful that the ice cream truck will be giving you a ride anywhere. The poor souls working in it are going to hear that joke all day long, so don't be that person.