My cooler fan quit right before a big wedding order

It happened last Friday morning when I was prepping 30 centerpieces. The fan in my main flower cooler just stopped, and the temp started climbing fast. I had to move everything to my backup fridge and put ice packs around the buckets to keep things cool while I called for a repair. What do you all do for a quick fix when your cooler fails on a busy day?

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tyler8227d ago

Oh man, my backup plan is just frantic prayers and a lot of swearing.

miles7077d ago

Ugh, that's the worst feeling. I keep a couple of those big blue freezer blocks on hand just for this. When my old cooler died, I threw those in the bottom of a clean plastic bin, set my buckets on top, and covered the whole thing with a wet sheet. It bought me a few hours. @tyler822, the swearing is a key part of the process, but that trick actually kept things cool enough to finish my orders.