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randyest posted:Cake decorators are rarely the sharpest knife in the drawer. I tend to think that this is more the result of people being idiots in "the what do you want written on your poo poo" box on a cake order form, and the decorators being dicks and taking it literally.
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Bad Sneakers posted:I tend to think that this is more the result of people being idiots in "the what do you want written on your poo poo" box on a cake order form, and the decorators being dicks and taking it literally. Yes, I'm sure tons of people write the words "under neat that" into the box on a form.
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Jun 19, 2013 19:10
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Maybe it's the same person ordering lots of cakes, and just never learns.
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Jun 19, 2013 19:13
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Hey I got my own bad cake story. My brother and two cousins share a birthday so we got a cake with all of their names, Bryce, Alyssa and John. They only got one name right.
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Jun 19, 2013 19:16
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Liar Lyre posted:Hey I got my own bad cake story. My brother and two cousins share a birthday so we got a cake with all of their names, Bryce, Alyssa and John. They only got one name right. I'm suing you for my neck injury
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Jun 19, 2013 19:24
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Liar Lyre posted:Hey I got my own bad cake story. My brother and two cousins share a birthday so we got a cake with all of their names, Bryce, Alyssa and John. They only got one name right. Not only did they get the names wrong but they made the cake sideways!
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Jun 19, 2013 19:26
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All the icing is going to pool at the bottom.  Nice flowers though. [edit] Are those bullet holes??
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Jun 19, 2013 19:32
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Someone never had candles in their cake. Sad childhood?
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Jun 19, 2013 19:36
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Liar Lyre posted:Hey I got my own bad cake story. My brother and two cousins share a birthday so we got a cake with all of their names, Bryce, Alyssa and John. They only got one name right. I, too, always forget to take a picture before I start cutting.
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Jun 19, 2013 19:45
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rodbeard posted:Nope, the cookie and filling are essentially crisco sweetened with corn syrup and thickened with flour. The cookie just happens to have more flour. I could have sworn they did, that being the reason they weren't kosher. It seems they changed that sometime in the 90s. And it seems that they do have both cocoa and chocolate in them, though they're pretty far down the ingredients list.
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Jun 19, 2013 19:45
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Ak Gara posted:All the icing is going to pool at the bottom. Did you expect them to eat it alive?
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Jun 19, 2013 19:59
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Of course this is in Australia; seems to be something of a national pastime. 
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Jun 19, 2013 20:09
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Bad Sneakers posted:I tend to think that this is more the result of people being idiots in "the what do you want written on your poo poo" box on a cake order form, and the decorators being dicks and taking it literally. I prefer to think that there is a universal glitch in those job placement surveys you take in High School where if you put down that you have dyslexia it automatically recommends "Cake Decorator" as your ideal career choice.
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Jun 19, 2013 20:14
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dijon du jour posted:I prefer to think that there is a universal glitch in those job placement surveys you take in High School where if you put down that you have dyslexia it automatically recommends "Cake Decorator" as your ideal career choice. I'd attribute it more to the general retardation and apathy of bakery workers as a whole, have you been in a Panera or supermarket deli section lately?
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Jun 19, 2013 20:20
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Minimum wage apathy + probably high as balls.
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Jun 19, 2013 20:29
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Liar Lyre posted:Hey I got my own bad cake story. My brother and two cousins share a birthday so we got a cake with all of their names, Bryce, Alyssa and John. They only got one name right. How pissed were you your mom cut it before you could grab your camera? veedubfreak posted:Minimum wage apathy + probably high as balls. Also to be totally fair I've worked at a lovely bakery and like half the people who wanted cakes just quickly said their order or mumbled it or whatever before paying and bailing without telling us how to spell the names and poo poo. I mean yea I was high and didn't give a poo poo most of the time too, but they could have helped out a bit better 
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Jun 19, 2013 20:38
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tehloki posted:Yes, I'm sure tons of people write the words "under neat that" into the box on a form. I assume the "under neat"/"underneath" ones are phone orders, not written, because the person is trying to describe the physical layout. The color ones ("in green") are probably written and the decorator just wasn't paying attention, or the decorator messed it up but has to send it out and hope the customer doesn't complain because otherwise they'll get it trouble. As for the "comguadulations under neat that on your weeding (in green)" that one was intentionally ordered to combine a bunch of frequent errors into a single cake (although I don't remember what the "E.T." references).
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Jun 19, 2013 20:39
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Tatum Girlparts posted:How pissed were you your mom cut it before you could grab your camera? I hope someone got a picture of them angrily snapping the photo.
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Jun 19, 2013 20:45
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I'd imagine a lot of them are done by people who don't speak English, and write what is on the card verbatim.
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Jun 19, 2013 21:15
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Livingston posted:I'd imagine a lot of them are done by people who don't speak English, and write what is on the card verbatim. Good dog!
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Jun 19, 2013 21:23
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I wish I had a picture but to add to cake chat, my best friend (whose name is Aja) had a cake ordered for her birthday over the phone. I guess they figured 'j' sounded like 'h' because she received a cake that seemed incredibly surprised about her birthday because it read, "Happy Birthday AHA!" We giggle about it to this day. And regret not getting pictures.
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Jun 19, 2013 21:33
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I assume you played "Take On Me" nonstop at the party after that?
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Jun 19, 2013 21:36
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Not My Leg posted:I assume the "under neat"/"underneath" ones are phone orders, not written, because the person is trying to describe the physical layout. The color ones ("in green") are probably written and the decorator just wasn't paying attention, or the decorator messed it up but has to send it out and hope the customer doesn't complain because otherwise they'll get it trouble. Having worked in a bakery from the time I was 15 till I was 18, and decorated/wrote on my fair number of cakes, I can tell you that most mistakes were done intentionally. Because they are funny. And you usually don't get in trouble for screwing up the lettering because it seriously takes like 1 minute to fix...usually.
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Jun 19, 2013 23:20
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I mean, even if they mess it up completely you still have a delicious treat for your birthday. It's not like it's going to taste worse because the bakery person couldn't spell your indigo child rear end name correctly. When you think about it, the words are just the icing on the cake.
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Jun 19, 2013 23:29
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Yeah I could easily see a rude customer getting an intentionally literal cake. The USB one was confusing me at first but I guess someone came in with a picture on a usb and just said "I want this on the cake in icing."
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Jun 20, 2013 00:27
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If you enjoy bad cakes, definitely check out http://www.cakewrecks.com/ . I actually got my sister an "It a gril!" cake when my niece was born.
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Jun 20, 2013 00:33
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Ak Gara posted:All the icing is going to pool at the bottom. They're speed holes, they make the cake go faster.
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Jun 20, 2013 00:36
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Come and get it! Come get your fresh public wine!
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Jun 20, 2013 00:55
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Bad Sneakers posted:I tend to think that this is more the result of people being idiots in "the what do you want written on your poo poo" box on a cake order form, and the decorators being dicks and taking it literally. Well the one of the flash drive was them having a picture ON the flash drive they wanted put on the cake, but the decorator put a picture OF the flash drive instead. There's really only one way to point that finger.
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Jun 20, 2013 01:51
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Jamesman posted:Well the one of the flash drive was them having a picture ON the flash drive they wanted put on the cake, but the decorator put a picture OF the flash drive instead. There's really only one way to point that finger. Or some idiot just said "Here." when handing it to them. "Oh, thanks. Huh, there's something like 200 photos on this. I really wish they didn't just throw this at me then leave." Either way, if you just give that to someone and don't make explicitly clear what it is you want them to do with it (or that they understand what it is, the cake person was probably 80 or something) you're kind of opening the door to this. They were probably almost as stupid as the decorator. Cakechat 2013: under neat.
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Jun 20, 2013 03:15
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Cross-posted from DnD pictures thread, the balance of military power in Europe, 1980: http://i.imgur.com/ZJspA09.png http://i.imgur.com/rurXuld.png
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Placid Marmot posted:Cross-posted from DnD pictures thread, the balance of military power in Europe, 1980: France seems to be missing quite a few white flags.
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Jun 20, 2013 03:45
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Modern Day Hercules posted:When you think about it, the words are just the icing on the cake.  Unrelated, and only a couple of days late:  
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Jun 20, 2013 04:37
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Powered Descent posted:
This is one of those times when giving things to orphans would be a bad thing.
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Jun 20, 2013 05:26
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Yahtzee is taking the summer gaming drought a bit too literally 
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Jun 20, 2013 05:52
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Deteriorata posted:Did you expect them to eat it alive? Oh god, this made my day.
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Jun 20, 2013 10:45
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BaconAndBullets posted:France seems to be missing quite a few white flags. Gee, never heard that zinger before.
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Jun 20, 2013 15:27
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 Now that's a name to be proud of.
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KozmoNaut posted:
It's certainly better than "Horatio Hornblower."
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