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  • Cake Lady and Pregnoteen

    (Yeah, I don't know why I gave them superheroish names either. I'm just really weird at 3 am.)

    So, my fiancé, who will henceforth be known as The Baker, has been an observer in a rather interesting story unfolding at Family Grocery Store where he works. On Sunday, there was an order for a highly decorated half-sheet cake for a baptism. These run between $25-30 each, and this one was on the higher end because of all the very specific and rather complicated decorations. The woman for whom the cake was made--Cake Lady--came to collect, and The Baker handed it over. She asked if she should pay for it at the bakery, or up front, and The Baker told her to pay up front. She went on her way.

    It was later discovered that the young lady, probably her daughter, we'll call Pregnoteen had shoplifted a pregnancy test while Cake Lady was busy. This was discovered when the open box (it was a two-pack) was found on a shelf.

    The store's security footage was consulted, and it was only then that anyone made the connection--they were there together! What luck! The cake order had Cake Lady's name and contact information on it, so finding Pregnoteen should be a piece of cake.

    But wait! There's more!

    Further examination of the footage revealed another theft. Cake Lady walked out without paying. Like mother like daughter, I suppose.

    I wonder what church condones this sort of behavior?
    EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS CANCER AND MADNESS. (Gravekeeper)
    ~-~
    Also, I have been told that I am sarcastic. I don’t know where anyone would get such an impression.(Gravekeeper again)

  • #2
    LMAO oh my gods. Some winners in that family eh.

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    • #3
      So wait...she leaves her contact info and then just walks out the door without paying? What a maroon. Unless the info is fake?
      https://www.youtube.com/user/HedgeTV
      Great YouTube channel check it out!

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      • #4
        Quoth superhotelworker View Post
        LMAO oh my gods. Some winners in that family eh.
        Abso-friggin-lutely.

        Quoth telecom_goddess View Post
        So wait...she leaves her contact info and then just walks out the door without paying? What a maroon. Unless the info is fake?
        That was my question too; the reason I didn't post this earlier is I sent The Baker to work to find out, but his manager was doing inventory and didn't have time to gossip. I will update if we learn anything else!
        EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS CANCER AND MADNESS. (Gravekeeper)
        ~-~
        Also, I have been told that I am sarcastic. I don’t know where anyone would get such an impression.(Gravekeeper again)

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        • #5
          It's possible she left a valid phone number, however. A lot of bakeries around here will call a customer once an order is ready. I'd call and ask her to return within 24 hours to pay for cake and tester they "forgot" to pay for. And I'd drop mention that corporate was insisting management pass it on to the authorities for prosecution, but that we were "sure" it was a mistake and wanted to give her the courtesy of returning before it's taken out of our hands.
          A lion however, will only devour your corpse, whereas an SC is not sated until they have destroyed your soul. (Quote per infinitemonkies)

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          • #6
            Yup. Give them a chance to save face and they might just take it.

            A lot better for you guys to get your money and permaban 'em than to have to deal with prosecution for shoplifting.

            ^-.-^
            Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden

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            • #7
              I agree. Maybe getting caught will scare some sense into the girl, but I somehow doubt Cake Lady will learn.
              EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS CANCER AND MADNESS. (Gravekeeper)
              ~-~
              Also, I have been told that I am sarcastic. I don’t know where anyone would get such an impression.(Gravekeeper again)

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              • #8
                Quoth telecom_goddess View Post
                So wait...she leaves her contact info and then just walks out the door without paying? What a maroon. Unless the info is fake?
                You'd be surprised how often a scammer will give correct contact info.

                Do these people actually believe that the IRS won't come after them sooner or later? Never mind, I answered my query.
                I'm trying to see things from your point of view, but I can't get my head that far up my keister!

                Who is John Galt?
                -Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

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                • #9
                  People walking out with a cake they haven't paid for is sadly pretty common. There would be at least a couple every weekend when I worked in Grocery Store Bakery.
                  Don't wanna; not gonna.

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                  • #10
                    "Hey, Mom, better order another baptism cake in...let's see...about 7 or 8 months!"
                    When you start at zero, everything's progress.

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                    • #11
                      Some grocery stores require payment when you request the cake. Some don't request payment until the cake is picked up. Sometimes the person picking up the cake is not the same person who ordered the cake. If a do-gooder family member is asked to pick it up by the requester, and isn't told that the cake has not yet been paid for, this could very easily happen. No, it doesn't change the fact that the cake was stolen, but in that case, there's no bad intentions, just a mis-communication.

                      I, too, would call the cake lady and give her the opportunity to make right on the cake. It could really be nothing more than an honest mistake.

                      The pregnancy test is a whole 'nother issue... That's theft, plain and simple and should be dealt with accordingly. Note that the mother did not steal it; the daughter did. The mother isn't responsible for the daughter's theft.

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                      • #12
                        [QUOTE=gijoecam;818887]Some grocery stores require payment when you request the cake. Some don't request payment until the cake is picked up. Sometimes the person picking up the cake is not the same person who ordered the cake. If a do-gooder family member is asked to pick it up by the requester, and isn't told that the cake has not yet been paid for, this could very easily happen. No, it doesn't change the fact that the cake was stolen, but in that case, there's no bad intentions, just a mis-communication.

                        /QUOTE]

                        perhaps if it wasn't for this: The woman for whom the cake was made--Cake Lady--came to collect, and The Baker handed it over. She asked if she should pay for it at the bakery, or up front, and The Baker told her to pay up front. She went on her way.

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                        • #13
                          I did that once. I ate at Pizza Hut, and then left without paying. I came back within ten minutes, when I realized my mistake. Once I got there, I explained my mistake and made it right by paying my bill. This certainly surprised them, for while they were already calling the police, they never imagined any dine & dasher would actually return and pay the bill. Naturally they told the police I'd come back and paid, thus negating the crime, and from then on, I've insisted on paying before I get my pizza.
                          Customers should always be served . . . to the nearest great white.

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                          • #14
                            Quoth 42_42_42 View Post
                            People walking out with a cake they haven't paid for is sadly pretty common. There would be at least a couple every weekend when I worked in Grocery Store Bakery.
                            Really? How long did that keep up before management did something?

                            Quoth MoonCat View Post
                            "Hey, Mom, better order another baptism cake in...let's see...about 7 or 8 months!"
                            I wonder if she planned to announce her exciting news at the baptism?
                            EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS CANCER AND MADNESS. (Gravekeeper)
                            ~-~
                            Also, I have been told that I am sarcastic. I don’t know where anyone would get such an impression.(Gravekeeper again)

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                            • #15
                              I think that has happened to our cakes a time or two. TBH, they are such a high profit item we can't afford to have people NOT steal them. If we put them in the back, people could not see them and sales would drop, and they cost like 5 bucks to make and sell for 25, so...

                              Now, the boxes of individually wrapped treats are a different story. I'm looking at you, ms I-Stole-20$-worth-of-popsicles-so-I-didn't-have-to-wait-in-line-with-my-5-hellspawn.

                              >:[

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