Mom praised for ‘petty revenge’ on ice cream man who scammed child: ‘Yikes, that guy’s a jerk’

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A mom ran a local ice cream man out of town after he “stiffed” her child in a vaguely creepy way.

The scorned mama bear, who recently roared on Reddit’s “petty revenge” page , detailed how her young daughter ran out for a frozen treat last summer after hearing the catchy jingle.

“Kiddo returned a little … sad. I asked what was wrong. She said, “I asked the ice cream man for my change. He gave me this lollipop and drove off before I could say anything.'”

Insult to injury, the mom said her tot isn’t even a fan of lollipops.

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“Even if she did, it wouldn’t have been a fair trade (not by a longshot).”

Rather than having a meltdown, the mom — clearly not a softie — decided to fight a war of attrition, freezing the shady seller out of the market, aka her block.

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“I drove over to Costco and bought a few boxes of ice cream bars. For the next few weeks, my kid shared ice cream with all of the kids on our side of the neighborhood,” she wrote.

“My kid made some new friends, and no one on our side of the neighborhood bought from the ice cream man during that time.”

The banding together to give a bad actor the cold shoulder became a sweet surprise uniting the community.

“When we ran out, other parents started chipping in and provided snacks for the kids who played outside.”

Very quickly, the Internet found the ice cream tale to be a real treat.

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“That was a rage purchase with a great return! You have my respect,” one commented.

“Yikes, that guy’s a jerk. But it sounds like you’ve made some friends in the neighborhood pitching in on treats and sharing with each other,” wrote another.

“Love it. The Ice Cream man is a rip off. I hope he learned a lesson!” a third added.

More a than few parents appear to have had it with their local mobile dessert dealer — The Post recently spoke with NYC parents shocked to discover that a humble truck cone could cost as much as $14 this summer.

And in the UK, a precocious eight-year-old became something of a social media star after staging an epic hissy fit over the price of a small soft serve in the park near her home.

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