The Cake Is A Lie, Part 9

Some idiot takes a display cake from our bakery. Display cakes are typically made from royal icing and it dries hard. It’s like the type of icing that’s used on hard cookies. The “cake” itself is made from Styrofoam. They look just like the real thing and will last for several months if you prep them properly and keep them dry.

It’s clearly marked as an inedible display and not for sale, and it sits under a heavy cake dome. It’s placed in such a way that you have to climb into the refrigerated display section to even reach it.

The front end calls back to the bakery to get a price for it since it doesn’t have a plastic cover with the barcode on it. The girl doesn’t notice one of the displays is missing, and the labels can be difficult for the barcode reader to pick up sometimes, so she doesn’t think anything of it.

Of course, a few hours later, we get an angry phone call from the idiot when they try to cut the cake for a little girl’s birthday party.

Woman: “You ruined my daughter’s birthday party! I demand a free cake!”

Manager: “There is no way you are getting a free cake when you took a clearly marked and labeled display cake.”

Woman: “One of your bakery associates gave me that cake!”

But, of course, she couldn’t describe them or remember their name. We took a look at the security footage and saw the woman climb into the refrigerated case. She looked around to see if anyone was watching while she did it, too. The bakery manager told her she was banned from the store.

Related:
The Cake Is A Lie, Part 8
The Cake Is A Lie, Part 7
The Cake Is A Lie, Part 6
The Cake Is A Lie, Part 5
The Cake Is A Lie, Part 4