Fast food workers are notoriously quick to spill their secrets on Reddit, and our recent deep-dive into some Dairy Queen AMAs is proof. Here's what we learned from the site's blabbermouth users.

Mastering that swirl on your ice cream cone is hard work.

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"I didn't really get the curly-q down until 3 months in." – Sato1515

Seriously.

"We don't let you make cones until your second or third week." – Sneaky4296

They really do have to turn your Blizzard upside down.

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"We flip the Blizzard to prove it's cold and thick. At the one I work at, if we do not flip it before handing it to you and we get called out on it, the Blizzard is then free. It's a trademark thing." – ericsegal

There are serious consequences for accepting your Blizzard bribes.

"More than once, I was offered a $20 tip if I made a Nerds Blizzard for a guy who brought in his own Nerds. My manager threatened to fire me if I did so." – Sato1515

One Blizzard is nearly impossible to flip.

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"To make an employee's day hell and maybe get a free Blizzard out of it, order a Banana Split Blizzard. […] I have been able to flip one, but extremely quickly." – Spectre_04

The ice cream machines don't actually hold ice cream.

"I'm pretty sure it's something called ice milk. It comes in a big plastic bag that looks like milk, and we hook it up to a machine. The machine takes the mixture and then dispenses it as soft serve." – crazyad112

They're not making your chicken strips tiny on purpose.

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"Sometimes chicken strips are held, and to re-warm them, we refry them for about 30 seconds, which often causes shrinkage!" – crazyad112

The hot dog you just ate might be a day old.

"The BBQ beef and hot dogs were used over, and over, and over. If they weren't all used up at close, we had to save them for the opening shift to heat up in the morning." – rent1

Do research on the donation boxes at the register.

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"I worked at Dairy Queen, the collection box supporting children with cancer hanging out the drive-thru window was a discontinued charity, my manager pocketed all the donations." – ChiefQueefer

The salads are a total rip-off.

"They recently just down-sized them while changing the bowl to make it look like the same amount. Over $5 for 3 oz. of old lettuce, cabbage, carrots and even older grilled chicken." – obeyyourbrain

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