I don’t even know if most of you know what I do for a living.
(Well, besides entertain y’all, that is. But, I do that out of the kindness of my heart… not for the non-existent paycheck.)
I decorate cakes.
Not like these cakes, I hope. And, not as fancy as these cakes.
Nope. I’m some where in between the two.
Anyhow – at my job, we have several cakes for sale out front. A customer can come in, pick one out, and have a message written on it in just a couple minutes while they wait. I don’t know if this is common practice at other places, but its very standard for us.
So, today while I’m at work, this guy comes in with his two kids and spend several moments looking over each cake and discussing the pros and cons of them all. Finally, a consensus was met, and they chose a fairly nondescript cake.
When they arrived at the register, the cashier politely asked the father if he’d like something written on the cake while they waited. The father peered at the children and suggested, “You both decide what it should say, since its for my birthday.”
As I overheard this, I looked at the two children. The older brother, about 10, and the little sister, about 7, looked a little nervous about being given such a responsibility.
This is where I stepped in. I leaned down to the kids and started whispering to them, “What should we make it say? What’s your dad’s favorite color? What does he like?”
I could see their eyes light up. They each had their own ideas. The boy wanted blue writing and his dad’s favorite college team on the cake. The girl wished for green writing, but definitely wanted some hearts around the cake also.
I nodded happily. “I think I can manage that! Hold on, okay?”
The kids smiled as I walked away.
The cake they had chosen wouldn’t allow me to add the college team design to it, so I rummaged through my supplies and grabbed up an identical yet undecorated cake.
Quickly I put the college team logo on it, wrote Happy Birthday Daddy, We Love You (in both blue and green, mind you), and of course put some red hearts intermingled with the words.
It was… uhm… a little ‘busy’ looking. But, it was exactly what they wanted.
And, when I took the cake back up front, the kids ran to the counter to inspect my work. Smiles grew from ear to ear on both kids. As dad walked over to check it out, he smiled at the overdecorated cake. Then, as the kids started gushing over what details they had recommended, he smiled larger than his kids.
The dad thanked me a good heartfelt ‘thank you’ that is rarely heard anymore, and left the store with his over estatic kids.
I had made their quick trip to the store to get a simple birthday cake one that made all of their days, and made the dad’s birthday hopefully a little more special than it started out being.
Friday, 17. October 2008
Awwww! You’re so sweet!
Also, I LOVE Cake Wrecks – I get such a kick out of those slip ups!
Karen Sugarpants’s last blog post..Days Gone By: Bad Dates
Friday, 17. October 2008
AWWWW. you are too sweet!
in our generic cake making place since i don’t know if you want your work place name on your blog, they will write whatever you want on the cake as well. never had one willing to go to the lengths YOU go to though!
XO
bluepaintred’s last blog post..Reason #5926 that my kid is cuter than your kid
Friday, 17. October 2008
Karen – I nervously look at Cake Wrecks each time there is a new post, hoping I don’t see one of my cakes like I made today… I do laugh quite a bit at the photos posted, though.
Blue – I’m sure my place of employment is mentioned somewhere on this blog. But, I try to not make it super obvious. They don’t pay me enough to advertise for free.
Friday, 17. October 2008
We got a cake last week and the decorator did an awesome job. My daughter wanted a dog cake that had little plastic dogs on it. She wanted the dogs to be sitting in grass, and that’s what they made. It was a thing of beauty. I’m amazed by what some people can do with cakes.
Ever watch that Ace of Cake show on TV? Those are really amazing.
Nobody™’s last blog post..You don’t have to be selfish
Saturday, 18. October 2008
Thank you for taking the time to do that for the dad and his kids – you were awesome!
Fantastagirl’s last blog post..stuff
Monday, 20. October 2008
Yep….you’re awesome alright. Stop letting it go to your head!
Saturday, 25. October 2008
precious