Buzz·Posted on 19 Jun 201523 Secrets Thorntons Employees Will Never Tell YouLearning how to ice that well takes practice.by Tabatha LeggettBuzzFeed Staff, UK LinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. The "chocolate" eggs in the window are fake. 2. Becoming this good at icing takes a lot of practise. View this photo on Instagram 3. And icing on a curved surface is even more tricky. View this photo on Instagram 4. But this car is the most difficult. View this photo on Instagram 5. We won't actually ice anything on your chocolate. View this photo on Instagram 6. When a new line of chocolates is introduced, we get sent free samples first. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. We panic when you give us an unusual name to ice. View this photo on Instagram 8. Sometimes, we make mistakes. We're only human, and we cringe when it happens. View this photo on Instagram 9. We're secretly delighted whenever items get broken during delivery. View this photo on Instagram 10. Nothing in this world makes you feel as single as working a pre-Valentine's Day shift at Thorntons. View this photo on Instagram 11. Because of our 25% staff discount, we're the best people to know at Christmas, Easter, and basically any other big life event. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. And if you put us in charge of making your birthday cake, we'll just end up buying this one. View this photo on Instagram 13. Doing stock checks is the absolute worst. View this photo on Instagram 14. But hey, at least we can reward ourselves to literal bites of heaven in between carrying heavy boxes from the stock room. View this photo on Instagram 15. Our gift wrapping skills are second to none. View this photo on Instagram 16. We get one buff arm, from ice cream scooping, every summer 💪. View this photo on Instagram 17. And we're always secretly hoping you're going to opt for a cup rather than a cone. View this photo on Instagram 18. And there's always one customer who gets their sticky fingers all over the ice cream counter. View this photo on Instagram 19. It's basically impossible to work behind the individual chocolate counter without sneaking a taste of the odd one. View this photo on Instagram 20. And we always make up stories behind your cryptic messages in our heads. View this photo on Instagram 21. We eat the most chocolate right after Easter. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 22. You'd be surprised at how many regular customers come in at the same time every week. View this photo on Instagram 23. You'd think that being surrounded by chocolate all day, every day, makes us hate the stuff. But actually, it has the opposite effect. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF