Tuesday
May162017
Literally Helping
May 16, 2017 Bakers, sometimes it helps to remember the 5 Ws:
Who:
;)
What:
;)
Er, let's try that again. What?
;)
That's better.
When:
;)
Where:
;)
WHY GAWD WHY:
;)
And then you can add an H, for "How?"
;)
See how helpful that was?
Though next time we should probably talk about your coffee orders:
;)
::sigh::
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Reader Comments (23)
Sposiled?…Sposiled?. It sort of reminds me of that Bugs Bunny cartoon; "Hansel?, Hansel?"
It's "Marc with a C, not Mark with an M, 'cuz Marc with a C goes 'caaa' not 'maaa'" (thank you Liza with a 'z;)
I didn't remember to swallow my coffee before scrolling down to the last wreck, now I have to clean my monitor and keyboard. worth it! I do so love my daily dose of Cakewrecks!
One time I gave my name at Starbucks, and my cup said mendi.
How does that coffee cup mistake happen? Jävlar.
Obviously the coffee barista decided to give up his/her Wreckorator dreams... too bad.
I'm so glad I didn't have a full load of coffee or water in my mouth... the last cake (?) cookie (?) with the deflated balloons.. PERFECT. SPOSLIED, but stil PERFECT.
Yary ('Mary' with a 'Y')
It's not just baristas. My name is Sara Petersen, and I frequently have people misspell one or the other of my names. I usually don't make a fuss because, c'mon, 'SaraH' is more common, as is 'PetersOn'. But one memorable time I was having a nametag made and, as requested, I printed my name clearly so it could be engraved correctly. The nametag came back as "Sarah Peterson". That's right--despite having the correct spelling IN FRONT of them, this person misspelled BOTH my names. I sent it back for correction; it came back as "Sara Peterson". Closer, but no cigar. I sent it back again. This time it was "Sarah Petersen". Again, no. The third time I sent it back, a supervisor did it and it came out correctly (as well as free). I often wonder if that first person went into cake decorating...
Roäc son of Carc? :-P
Speaking to Cark. My name is Lisa. Very easy to spell. My last name at the time was a 10-letter nightmare. I was a contestant in a Spelling Bee. A SPELLING BEE. For the advertisements, they actually spelled my 10-letter nightmare last name correctly. But I was listed as Liza. With a Z. *sigh*
You do know that "cark" means to die in Australian English, don't you? As in, so-and-so carked it yesterday.
Once, when placing my order at Starbucks, the young lady asked if my name, Rhonda, has an 'h' in it. After I told her yes, she proceeded to write Rohnda on the cup. Close enough!
Isn't it interesting how much attention the coffee cup received from the commenters? It was snort-worthy, though. LOL!
2nd cake down: All I could think of was, "Wish granted!"
By the way, the coffee cup reminds me of the old Y2K joke about the programmer who finished his or her updates in record time:
"At any rate, I have finished converting the months on all of the company calendars so that the year 2000 is ready and will have the right months: Januark Februark Mak Julk Please note that none of the other months have a Y to change to a K"
Also...I cannot stop thinking about that chocolate cake. I don't care what it says on it.
I love this.
I just CARKED right out loud !! (Yup; It's not exactly "loud", but has that "cake in your mouth while trying not to laugh and sounds like a BARK" sound.)
Yeah, you know that one.
=^~.~^=
These things will happen when you go to order, say "Hello", and the reply is "Fine, thank you".
#7: CAN NO ONE DO FROSTING BALLOONS THAT LOOK AND ACT LIKE BALLOONS??!! *sob* Oh, it's supposed to be sperm in a high wind? My apologies.
Phoebe - Feebee, Febi, Pheobe, funny, it is in my e-mail signature correctly. I tell people Fo-eebe, not Fee-obie
Maybe "Thanks Large" is just another way of offering a big Thank You?
I wouldn't mind the "Just Happy Birthday!" cake.
LOL. And, not one comment about Tose and beysi on top! So there it is. (I am so sorry Jose and Bessie!)
This sposiled brat is curious how many different versions of Jen and Jennifer our fair Cake Wrecks leader has gotten over the years. I have seen the following:
Jen
Jenn
Jenne
Jenni
Jennie
Jenny
Jenifer
Jennifer
Jeniffer
Gennifer (from my Polish grandma…you don't pronounce the J in Polish)
Jennfier (typo in high school which became my nickname one year)
Jennifur
Jenniffer
Jennyifer (from someone who constantly realized, too late, that I don't go by Jenny, though that one was more spoken than written)
And possibly Yennifer, just like Yose up above (it took me a minute to realize that was supposed to be a J!).
Bonne anniversaire, wreckerators and Nadia!
Is that you, Cark? Yeph, thiph iph Phteven.
Heck I had the barista give me the new name of Harleen then wondered why he thought I was Harley Quinn lmao. Gotta love the happy birthday wrecks. I am safe for another year :D
It's a very good thing I wasn't drinking anything when I scrolled down to "Cark." I can relate-I've had both of my (relatively simple) names misspelled for most of my life, to the point that I've considered changing my last name to the spelling that everyone uses anyway.
I have another variation on Jennifer: When I was in middle school--7th grade, to be exact--my science teacher created a new one. On the first day of class, we all had to introduce ourselves to help the teacher learn our names. I identified myself as Jennifer. He immediately began calling me "Jen." Color me quirky, but I really do go by "Jennifer," and not "Jen" or "Jenny." (Is it just me? Does anyone else think it's odd to use a nickname for someone when you've just met the person and don't know if it's *their* nickname?) After a couple of weeks, I tried to make my point discreetly; on a paper I turned in, I underlined the letters "n-i-f-e-r". For the rest of the school year, he called me "Nifer."
I can't repeat in polite company what I called him (behind his back, of course).
You'd think Fiona would be the default spelling, and I'd say if it was spelt any different, right?
I've seen people write it as Phiona. More than once.