When you serve children and adults lemonade and Italian ice, sticky hands are inevitable – on both customers and crew.

That’s why we keep wipes on hands for our young customers (and anyone else who wants one). And that’s one reason why we require our Mity Nicers to wash their hands early and often.

They are expected to wash up after they set up the carts and before they serve the first delicious scoops of lemon or mango ice.  And then again and again through their shift. (Singing ‘Happy birthday’ or another song while they wash is encouraged but not essential.)

While we’re discussing our cleanliness, let me point out:

Mity Nice is now ServSafe certified. Co-owner Mark Loeb just took the class. His big take away:

“For six of the 90 questions on the test, the answer was: “wash your hands.” ”

To serve food properly and safely, clean hands are essential.

That’s why we carry a hand washing sink with us just about everywhere we go.  It’s built into our second cart – the white one that also carries lemonade, iced tea and other supplies.  (Also sometimes it brings out brownies and muffins!)

Not every mobile business has one – and not every food vendor in Ann Arbor uses them regularly. (Since we started Mity Nice we pay closer attention to restaurant and food vendor hygiene – and we suggested to the Ann Arbor Observer that they write about it in a recent feature!)

So the next time a Mity Nice crew member takes us an extra 30 seconds to serve you something wonderful because he is washing his hands, think:  Clean is good. It’s sweet that they care about food safety.