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Grocery Store Employee's Iconically Bad Decorating Job On $30 Cake Has The Internet Cackling
The song in the background is DeVotchKa's "The Winner Is..." which is sometimes used for exceptionally sweet and nostalgic moments, particularly with children and dogs, but sometimes, it's reserved for epic and ironic—yet endearing—fails.
As the song crescendoes, the camera flips from the TikToker's face to the view of a Giant Eagle's red and white cake box slowly being opened. The TikToker had gone to the grocery store's bakery to pick up a birthday cake for a coworker named Steve, who would be celebrated that afternoon.
According to the video, the TikToker didn't expect the best-looking cake in the world, but she probably wasn't expecting what she saw next.
"The kid behind the counter said, 'I'm sorry, I did my best.'"
As the lid slowly lifts to the song, "Happy Birthday Steve" in tall, unsure writing is revealed, surrounded by orange, pink, and blue balloon shapes and blue trim on the white sheet cake.
The TikToker explained in the caption:
"He looked terrified to hand it to me, because for just about anyone else, he'd of ruined a $30 cake."
"Everyone has to learn, but maybe they could have them practice on things that are not cakes."
At the end of the video, over "Happy Birthday Steve," the TikToker looked at the bright side:
"Luckily, this is for an office full of adult children!"
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Fellow TikTokers quickly rallied for the employee and said they loved the unique and, honestly, kind of charming cake.
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But a spokesperson for Giant Eagle did not pass the vibe check, commenting:
"Hi! So sorry the cake didn't turn out as expected. We appreciate you, Steve, and the office for being such good sports about it!"
"If you wouldn't mind, we'd love to know which store you purchased the cake from so the next Steve has a better cake unveiling."
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Fellow TikTokers clocked the comment, assuming Giant Eagle would scapegoat the kid behind the "Steve" cake.
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Maybe the cake wasn't perfect, but sometimes that will make a cake all the better, more memorable, and delicious!
While Giant Eagle was probably trying to help, they were surely trying to save their image, too. The best thing they could have done was play into how endearing this was and what a unique memory it would create for Steve and his "adult children" coworkers.
If they'd really wanted more customers, that would have been the way to go.
Little Girl Goes Viral For Her Adorable Way Of Wearing Her Backpack For First Day Of Preschool
TikToker @zarababyz, which centers around the family's three-year-old daughter, Zara, certainly hasn't!
Excited for her first day of preschool, Zara sported an adorable little multicolored crochet dress, a stylish slicked back bun, and simple and dainty little shoes.
For the final touch, Zara's dad handed her the very first backpack she'd ever use: a hot pink number just stylish enough to suit Zara's fashion sense.
But after "a lifetime of purses," according to the video's caption, Zara looked nothing short of skeptical of the new accessory. She held it up and studied it before turning her quizzical face toward her father behind the camera, clearly questioning all of his life decisions for him.
Then she did the most sensational thing: she put the backpack on.
But she didn't just put the backpack on by slinging it over her shoulder, oh no! She slipped her hand through the top handle, slid the handle up her forearm, and wore it like a purse.
Her dad confirmed if she was going to wear it that way, and she offered a confident little, "Yeah."
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Fellow TikTokers were tickled by the young girl's fashion sense.
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As adorable as the moment was, it unfortunately did not last that long. Zara's dad confirmed that she continued to wear her backpack like a purse until she saw a series of fellow students wearing their backpacks, well, on their backs, and she soon dropped it and wore it the more traditional way.
But even though she conformed to this backpack norm, something is telling us that Zara will find other ways to continue to express herself, in and out of the classroom, as she grows up.
After all, there are hand-carrying backpacks and large clutch purses that would work in lieu of a backpack. The options for someone as imaginative and stylish as Zara are endless!
Working Mom Gets Emotional After Realizing She's Missing All Her Baby's Major Milestones
TikToker Brooke Lipps, who regularly posts what she eats in a day or during various situations, shared a vulnerable post while she became emotional at her work desk, checking in on her baby monitor and seeing that her baby was sitting up for the first time—and she wasn't in the room to experience it with them.
The TikToker wrote:
"Me at work [crying] because I'm watching my baby sit up for the first time through the monitor."
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Many TikTokers took a negative stance toward this video, not to empathize with Lipps but to use the opportunity to criticize her and all women who choose to exercise their rights to work.
Some dismissed Lipps' feelings, stating that women "wanted" and "fought for" this.
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Others were similarly critical, questioning Lipps for not "choosing" to marry a wealthy man who would provide her with the opportunity to be a stay-at-home mother instead.
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But there were some who empathized with the TikToker and argued that this wasn't "work-life balance."
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This seems like a pretty easy experience to empathize with, whether or not you have children. There's this constant guilt of working too much or not enough, putting in the hours at work or in the presence of a child.
But many hateful individuals came out of the woodwork for this one, using this as an opportunity to strike back at women for "fighting for" this experience that one of them is now crying over, when in fact the Women's Suffrage Movement was to provide women with more equitable rights and opportunities, not to create an impossible situation for parents everywhere.