International Women's Day Gets Cut Down To Size

When Jolene asked her bakery if they could fit an edible image of this flyer on a sheet cake for her, they assured her it'd be no problem:

So, let's review: one rectangular image, one rectangular sheet cake.

How could they POSSIBLY wreck this up?

[drum roll, please]

TA-DAAAA!!

Thanks to Jolene B. for going halfsies with us.

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Comments

[TAL]

If Sharyn doesn't work this post into a parody of the Dolly Parton song, I'm going to be highly disappointed....

[mel]

@Karen: thanks! I appreciate your comment!

[Andrea]

"We can't get the cake out through the bakery door."

"Did you turn it so the narrow side goes first?"

"OHHH!"

[Who?]

Which Dolly Parton song?

[Arlene]

What the heck.. I am also beginning to think wreckerators want to get on here on purpose. My brain has just decided to shut down because the stupid has burned into it. Oh man.

[Starknight]

@Who?: Jolene, of course.

@TAL: Something like this?

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
You should have been more clear
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
With your instructions, dear

Your poster with it's flowing hair
And petal skirt of grace and flair
For International Women's Day, Jolene

Should have been an inspiring sight
To help you make it through the night
Printed on a cake of white, Jolene

But it got into the 'helpful' hand
Of someone who didn't understand
You 'half' to see it to believe, Jolene

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
You should have been more clear
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
With your instructions, dear

They took the image, gave a cut
This isn't rocket science, but
It went up in flames anyway, Jolene

Added purple flowers - nice!
And hoped that you would not look twice
I pray you didn't pay for that, Jolene!

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
You should have been more clear
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
With your instructions, dear

[Lori]

No, just plain no. Don't care what the reason is... frozen cake or need to unload... NO. Just incredibly stupid. How could ANYONE think this is acceptable? Yes it is funny.. but in a sad, sad way.

[FM]

You know, I totally get this. It's a great example of what psychologists call being "stuck in a category." The cake is usually decorated with words that go across horizontally (so they can write "Congradualtons" on it) so the bakers get used to thinking of a decorated cake being long from side to side. I honestly see how someone in a hurry would think, "hmm, cake's not wide enough . . . just cut image in half." I'm going to use this cake as an example in the classes I teach as an example of non-lateral thinking.
After I stop laughing.

[tiffany p.]

I take exception to the comment "that's what you get for ordering from a supermarket". I realize that most of these wrecks are from talentless hacks from supermarkets. However, my company *does* make them custom, fresh, and to order. And we actually care. Not all supermarkets are created equal. We have some very talented ladies! And that's what it comes down to...the individual, not the company they work for. Of course, standards do help. Lastly, I've been holding my tongue on this for years: Bakers do NOT do the decorating at ANY of the bakeries I've worked at over the last 20 years. Decorators do! Except for reality shows, I've never known a baker to decorate a cake. Ever. They bake. That's it.