What does it take to get a freaking birthday cake????

[Macaela25]

OK, let me start by saying that my sweet curly-headed boy is going to be 1 on the 19th...how time flies!!! We are having a family-only get together at my house on his actual birthday (a Thursday) and a large party on the 21st for friends and out of town family. Publix offers a free (tiny, but free) cake on your child's first birthday, no strings attached, no purchase necessary. I decided the free cake would be great for him to destory on Thursday and I would order a nice (i.e. expensive) cake for the large party.

I get to Publix and go to the bakery to order the cakes. A young guy is taking my order, and I tell him I want to order a free birthday cake for my son for the 19th. We get through that, and he insists that the cake must say "Happy First Birthday Jared" because it's well, it's free on your first birthday. Whatever...the cake is going to live about four seconds after it's placed in front my son, so I doubt anyone will get a chance to read the thing.

That order down, I tell him I need to order a cake to be picked up on the 21st. He looks at me in confusion and says, "I don't think you can do that."

Ummm...why?:confused:

He explains - "The cake has to be for his birthday...they have to be picked up together on the same day."

Ummm...why?:confused:

Now bear in mind folks, I'm paying $25 for cake #2. I don't think Bakery Boy is following my drift here.

I explain slowly, using small words that the free cake is for his ACTUAL birthday on the 19th, but that I am PURCHASING another cake for his party on the 21st.

"I still don't think they'll let you do that. You'll have to call and make sure that you're allowed to get a cake on another day."

WHAT???

By now I was confused. I'd never had to receive permission from the mysterious "they" to order a cake before.

I tried again, this time resorting to monosyllables. "I don't think you're understanding me. I don't want two cakes on the 19th. The bigger one will go stale. I want it on the 21st."

By this time Bakery Boy is looking very uncomfortable, and Jared is pawing me to death because I've run out of the free bakery cookie I was appeasing him with. "Well, I'll do it for you just this once...I hope they'll let the order go through though."

Just this once? The kid is only going to have a first birthday once. Trust me, this issue isn't going to come up again.

Finally we begin the order for cake #2, and I tell him that I want it to say "Happy Birthday Jared."

"No, it has to say 'Happy 1st Birthday Jared".

Ummm....why?:confused:

"Because it's his first birthday, so it HAS to say that".

Oh my goodness...I wanted to club him with the nearest loaf of French bread. I began to lose my temper and my shirt, since Jared was trying to pull it off. "LOOK HERE. I am PAYING for this cake. I am paying A LOT for this cake. If I want you to put "HAPPY BAR MITZVAH JARED" on the freaking thing, it's NOT YOUR CONCERN."

Bakery Boy would not back down. This was going to be done according to whatever policy the voices in his head were coming up with. Finally I said, "Look...let's just do it this way. Cancel the $25 cake order, and I'll pick the free one up on Thursday. I'll go down to Walmart and get Saturday's cake from them, and they'll write whatever I want on it. And I can pick it up any day I want. How's that work for you?"

Apparently this did not set well with Bakery Boy. "Oh no no...I'll try to convince them (whoever 'them' is) to let you get a separate cake on Saturday. Just call the bakery manager on Thursday to make sure everything is OK." He even wrote the phone number on the back of my copy of the order. How terribly helpful.

I spent the next half hour in Publix trying to figure what the heck had just happened. After I got home, I called and spoke with a manager to make sure I wasn't losing my mind. He listened to the story, and the said, "Let me get this straight...he wanted to let you get the free cake on Thursday, but didn't want to let your order one for Saturday?"

Yes sir, that's about it in a nutshell.

He replies, "That doesn't make any sense."

Well, that makes me feel all better.

[collectorofbells]

wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall when the manager calls Bakery boy in his office for a chat? LOL

[ladywaterwind]

I don't see what the problem is. Of course you can't BUY a cake and have it say what you want on it and pick it up on a different day than the free one. Jeesh. Who do you think you are, Ricky Martin?!

[bexx09]

I don't see what the problem is. Of course you can't BUY a cake and have it say what you want on it and pick it up on a different day than the free one. Jeesh. Who do you think you are, Ricky Martin?!

[server18]

This is all too funny!!!
Sorry for your IDIOT Bakery Boy.

[jonjaktez]

I am cracking up at this story.

[KimJSTL21]

Is this kid serious??? Who knew it would be that difficult to order a cake!

[jujubee]

OMG, I think I just choked on a Smartie!

[ladywaterwind]

OMG, I think I just choked on a Smartie!

That wasn't very smartie of you :P lol

[Kristen.C]

Oh goodness. I guess you should probably feel bad for him. I always wonder how a person that dumb gets through life. He probably cleans his contact lenses with a toothbrush and toothpaste- while they are still in his eye.