A friend of mine sent this picture and the conversation to me:
“Okay so this is how I imagine this conversation went…”
Walmart Employee: “Hello 'dis be Walmarts, how can I help you?”
Customer: ” I would like to order a cake for a going away party this week.”
Walmart Employee: “What you want on the cake?”
Customer: “Best Wishes Suzanne” and underneath that “We will miss you”.
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44 Comments
i signed up just to comment on this…
the description you gave is the exact reality.
this is why i don't shop there. that plus the company
they carry. many of the patrons are no different than the
staff. i feel uncomfortable around them. i'm sure there are a
few exceptions to the rule, but those are rare.
walmart employs people out of a public service rather than
a true doctrine of legitimate hiring practices. most of them would
not measure up to traditional standards. it's sad.
i'm sure i will get heckled for this comment, but is it wrong
to have expectations? i mean… if it was fast food then my
expectations would be in-line, but for such a giant retailer? you
have to draw the line somewhere.
I must admit shopping at Walmart is often creepy to me. It usually feels trashy. I don't get the same vibe at a Target.
so you have decided to take the opportunity to make fun of someone who is probably barely literate as a result of our fucked up education systems and probably a prime product of the environment they were raised in. followed by someone who did an excellent job on the lettering and probably realizes they will be yelled at by an incompetent manager if they do not squirt out icing exactly emulating the letters on the form they were given. well done. very amusing.
and to “sqladmin” you're right, as you suspected there is a good chance you're a self-righteous bitch. and me, don't worry I'm a total screwup. but I typically try my best. we could all use more education.
I think we're all laughing at that person's lack of common sense, not poor education. You cannot teach common sense and logic. You're either an intelligent person, or you're not.
ok i think there is enough self-righteousness from both of you to last me a month. using this image as a soapbox to critique Wal-Mart's hiring practices or expounding on the shortcomings of the US educational system is ridiculous.
lighten up. just in case no one noticed - this is really funny. screw-ups happen - no one died, it's unlikely anyone got fired, and i am sure Suzanne did not cry because she got a f-ed up message on her $10 going away cake.
We'll Miss You, Susanne……!
If anything, Suzanne probably got the most memorable cake she'll ever get. A bargain for only $10. :)
O RLY?
I have to agree…everyone needs to lighten up and laugh a bit. Its still funny no matter how it happened. Errors and mistakes can happen lots of ways - unless you are there you can't really know what happened. And let's be honest, there are people with subnormal IQs.
I'll be pissed too, they misspelled “underneath”!
I've seen a lot of comments on natuba, but never anything like this. AMAZING!! Granted I dont like walmart, but the employees shouldn't be picked on cause of a defective pastry text. They have a job cause of this “horrible” company, maybe otherwise they would be on the street. Would that make you feel better? And I would suggest learning how to bake your own cake, I think they teach ninth graders to do it in high school….
it doesn't matter where you go in this country, everyone that's hard core wal mart looks the same. they are idiots, and honestly if all of us stopped giving them our business it would really not affect them. they would still make gazillions of dollars and have stupid employees who don't give a crap.
Ok…let me start by saying that I am a Professional Cake Decorator, for almost 24 years. I don't think this “mix up” was the fault of the decorator or the person who took the cake order. You people have to remember, “cake decorators” at Wal Mart, or any other in-store-bakery, on the most part, have never taken any classes on decorating a cake. And to boot, they probably make minimum wage, too. I think the “mix up” is hilarious! And I'm sure Suzanne got a huge laugh from it as well. From all my years of experience of working with people and their cake orders, I can only remember ONE customer that wasn't satisfied with my work. But remember this one folks…Most people have such High Expectations of what they want on a cake…ie…ordering the smallest cake available and wanting more on it than is possible. We, as decorators, can't take a “dog turd” and turn it into a “gold brick”. This “mix up” has Nothing to do with illiterate people. It's a “common sense” thing, and Most people don't possess that!!!
Them idiots writing that on a cake does not surprise me seeing how stupid they are at that store……..you would think the idiots would at least use a damn dictionary. I think the requirement to work at walmart is to be a dumb ghetto black and have a iq of 1
The requirement to be an employee at Wal-Mart is not to have an IQ of 1 or to be a “dumb ghetto black”. I am an employee of Wal-Mart and I do not appreciate what you have said. I am not a “ghetto black” nor do any “ghetto blacks” work at the Wal-Mart at which I am employed. I am a soon to be college educated woman and I truly do not appreciate my workplace being commented about as you have.
Ok i signed up just to comment too… wow..
people are failing to understand that the reason you are noticing a certain substandard work ethic among SOME of the waltmart's employees is because in corporate America, thats the best that most of these people can do. the cause of that being economic environment, education, and family and moral upbringing. So you get creeped out when you shop with other people that do not have money to shop any other place. to say that walmart only hires ghetto people or only has ghetto people patron their store is an ignorant and narrow minded point of view. these minimum wage and blue collar people that work and patron walmart are the same people that pump your gas, wait on you at your favorite cafe,the same people working behind the desk at a hotel, and while they may not be the smartest, well dressed people they are still human. and they have every rite to get totinos pizza's for $.99 like everyone else.
My graduation cake came from Wal*Mart and the person who did it even spelled “Congratulations” wrong. And that cake cost much more than ten bucks.
The point is, they make stupid mistakes. I understand that Wal*Mart always hires disabled people first, but in a position where it's important to spell well and understand what people are asking for, they should definitely employ people who know what they're doing. And don't start crap saying, “Wahhh, boo hoo, they can't help it.” I KNOW THEY CAN'T. I'm just saying, they should be doing things that don't require them to do things they can't do well. If you have anything to complain about in what I said, I don't care. Just don't expect me to read it because once I navigate away from this page I probably won't come back.
The cake is hilarious and so are the comments. This is awesome. I wish it was my cake. Too funny! Thank you for the laughs. The only reason I am still writing is that the other comments were really long and mine was very short. I am wishing I had some insightful look at society or commerce, but I don't. Best picture on Natuba!
I go to a prep school and the last time I went some red necks started a fight with me and a few other kids cursing out our school. We ended up calling a few football players and put them in their place; what fun that was. Can't wait to go to Walmart next week (sarcasm).
Where's the proof that this cake actually came from wal-mart?
Get off your high horses, you folks are almost as dumb. How many email forwards/stories like this have accurate descriptions? (Google Snopes for examples.) It was probably added because some no-name bakery wasn't nearly as comical, or believable.
I thought the cake spoke for itself and didn't need the descriptive story, anyway.
IT'S. A. FUCKING. CAKE.
HEAR HEAR
Come on, this is hilarious. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be forwarded to almost everyone on the planet by email (today was the 3rd time I've received this). Anyway, some years ago I and my daughter went to a local supermarket to buy a birthday cake for my grandmother. “What would you like on the cake?” he asked. “I'd like it to say 'Happy Birthday Nanny” I replied. “What?” he asked. “It's for my grandmother's birthday, so I'd like it to say 'Happy Birthday Nanny,” and I spelled it “N-A-N-N-Y.” When the person came back with the cake, he had written “Happy Birthday Danny.” It was so funny, so much so that on my birthday, my daugher got me a cake that said, “Happy Birthday Danny” with a line drawn through the “Danny” and my name written underneath (not under neat!).
this cake is a lie…
I aint falling for that again GlaDOS!
I also signed up just to comment on this.
First off, I find it AWESOME, this cake. Sure, I'd be annoyed upon first seeing it if I was the one who ordered it… but then I'd realize how funny it really was.
But, also, you can't go saying that Walmart employees are stupid because of a picture of a cake. Someone here said you can't prove that it WAS Walmart that made the cake. Likewise, you can't prove that the “under neat that” wasn't a part of the order. People do weird things. You never know if the person who ordered the cake didn't WANT it there, just so they could have this picture.
But I work at Walmart. And I was in the top 10% of my high school class. I got a full-ride scholarship. I can't honestly say I have many adult accomplishments, but I think that can be excused, as I am only a month out of high school. My point is that I am not uneducated (going to college in 2 months), from the ghetto (look up “West Omaha” on google), black (Irish. I get sunburns faster than hamburger cooks on a grill), or mentally challenged (I already said how this was disproven… and also, it fits with “uneducated”… so just take it as a “so THERE”)
Think about what you write before you say it.
But thank you for posting the picture! I hadn't seen it yet! Seriously made my evening!
Can someone please answer these questions for me?
1: Who in their right mind would pay for a cake seeing such an
error?
2: Why would anyone go to college to pursue a job at a retail
discount store?
3: What will you do when the “Hulkster” comes for you? LOL,lol,lol….
I would defiantly pay for the cake upon seeing that error cause its just too priceless and no one would believe it
RE: 3) I would jump in the car with his son … on second thought, I would drive.
26 people have commented on this photo. LOL! I'm thinking there are 26 people who need something to do. Maybe take a cake decorating class! LOL!
:)
27 people need something to do, LOL!
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No one has mentioned that maybe the whole thing was a joke from the get go. I know to start with Monica put it on Natuba, but I had that same picture e-mailed to me well over a year ago. This thing has likely gone around the world twice by now. I think it is hilarious too. I also think it is a hoax
Another thing that hasnt been mentioned is that the decoration on the cake is very pretty! As a cake decorator for the past ten years I would know that something was up if I was asked to write this on a cake! DUH! So, some of us are born with the talent and have never had to go to school. Yep I am also a cake decorator at Wal*Mart! I dont appreciate the negative comments but it teaches me not to be judgmental like the ones making the comments. It's bad enough that we are treated like scum by management and paid very poorly, but we also have to be judged by our own class and those who wish they were in our class. It's sad. Oh well.
Has anyone considered the idea that this was a joke done by the cake decorator?? I have ordered cakes at Walmart (which are pretty good btw) and you usually fill out the form yourself, writing what you what put on the cake to avoid misspelling anything. Maybe the person who ordered this cake put “Best Wishes to Suzanne and underneath that We'll Miss You.” Maybe the decorator decided to have a little fun at their expense and wrote it all. Poor joke or a mistake, it's pretty funny and I doubt Suzanne was mad about it.
Another thing, this is not the first time that there have been mistakes on cakes before. If you go to Spones.com you can see several other examples, and they were not all from Walmart. So just because you work (or shop) at Walmart it does not mean you are stupid or ghetto or anything else people have posted here. And just because you work at an upscale bakery, you are not exempt from mistakes either. And for those of you who get a “creepy vibe” when you shop at Walmart, you have some issues. I shop there all the time, with my kids, and love the store and their prices. For those of us who work our hardest and do our best but still haven't “made it”, Walmart is the best retailer.
I signed up just to comment on this one. I think its funny. I laughed my butt off. I read a few comments and disagree with some about WalMart. They don't just pick people off the street. They have to check on people and run them through a detailed process. Remember they are an Equal Opportunity Employer. If a person is an immigrant and never learned English and grammar, then they won't know better. Another thing I seen is the freakiness of WalMart shopping, that is completely insane. I have shopped in all kinds of stores and continue to go back to WalMart on a weekly and sometimes daily basis. FYI, I don't work at WalMart and never have. You've got to admit it is a one of a kind cake…LOL.
This is funny! People make mistakes allover. My mom is now a people greeter for Wal-mart and she loves it.
Wow!! This is so funny!! I would have posted this everywhere as well!! Thanks for the laugh!!
Will the real cake decorator please stand up??? However, I wouldn't blame you if you don't want to reveal yourself, after the remarks I've read about this…
I've had a birthday cake with my name misspelled once, and it came from a grocery store bakery. I would think that this kind of thing happens from time to time in stores that pay their employees minimum wage. The worker may have been distracted or tired.
I shop at Wal-Mart often because of the low prices, although there are times that the crowds get on my nerves and sometimes the staff is rude. It is like a zoo on Saturdays and between five and nine in the evenings. I prefer to shop at locally-owned businesses, because I like to support my local community and economy, and I like the friendliness and personalized attention I get. But sometimes I cannot afford it. My husband and I are both masters college level educated and work, but there are times when we must cut corners.
I may be ordering my son's birthday cake from Wal-Mart this month, I'll make sure to double check with the bakery ahead of time and write my own message down to give to them!
come on, it's funny :)
I also have been a cake decorator for years. I was excited to join Wal Mart as a cake decorator. I had alot of cake orders that “other” employees took & yes they were NOT exactly what the customer wanted. So the cakes were discounted or given for free. The Bakery Manager we had, did not have any “work ethics” She cared less about any kind of organization, quality & products out of date. She didn't understand the cakes come in frozen & they should stay frozen. She had them out all day & then back in the reezer several times. Customers complained about DRY cakes. No wonder!! We were always short handed, never could make any cake orders ahead of time. So when the cutomer would come in to pick up their cakes, they were never ready. They would have “any” employee come to bakery to help us. I QUIT after the bakery manager changed expired dates on some cupcakes & cakes.I I take pride in what I do & I wanted to be NO part of working with that manager. I would NEVER buy any bakery, deli, dairy products from Wal Mart. I was sad to learn 95% of the employees HATE their jobs. Some of the managers they hire ruin it for the employees. It was experience for me & changed my outlook on Wal Mart for sure.
OMG this cake was hilarious!!!!!!!!! I bet it sure made for a lot of laughs at the party!
Lighten up people!
This is not a hoax. It was for a lady at Shelter Insurance in Little Rock who was moving to the west coast with her husband. Call them to confirm if you want. It was not meant as a joke, but it has kept the company laughing for a long time!
I am a cake decorator at a Wal-Mart where we have as many idiots working as we do intelligent, hardworkers who have stayed with their jobs long enough to earn decent enough money to support their families. I myself, am 25, have been with the company for nine years, have had a daughter, and put myself through college to earn an elementary teaching degree thanks to Wal-Mart's flexible scheduling. I have one term left before I become a teacher (an even more thankless and underpaid job than I have now), but I would probably still keep a part time job at Wal-Mart because I love decorating cakes no matter how much they pay me; I do a good job because, like many (but not all) Wal-Mart workers, I have learned to value great customer service from myself as well as the service workers who serve me.
About the cake, people have wierd requests sometimes for writing on cakes, but my EDUCATED guess would be that the cake decorator that day was either not fluent in English syntax, OR was just not paying attention. It's hilarious, though, and for the record, it takes about 15-20 minutes for a Wal-Mart cake decorator to decorate a cake, so by the time the customer went through the store to get ice cream, paper plates, etc., I would have had them a replacement cake ready to go, with a discount, and my apologies for the blonde moment!