Thank Goodness for Equal Opportunity Employment

For Connor's birthday, he informs me he wants an ice cream cake. So, a few days prior to the big event, I go to the local ice cream store to place my order. To protect the identity of the store, let me just say, it's initials are DQ. On Saturday, an hour before the party, Rob goes into DQ to pick up the cake. The girl at the counter tells him they "messed up a little" on the cake and gives him a coupon for a free mini ice cream sundae. Rob brings the cake home and tells me what happened. I was a little fearful of what the cake looked like, so I opened the box. Now, I hadn't asked for anything extravagent, just a baseball overlay and the simple words, "Happy Birthday Connor". So, I open the box to find a cake with about 1/2 to 2/3 of a baseball overlay. I don't know what happened to the other 1/2 to 1/3, but it obviously didn't make it on the cake. And then, I notice the wording is barely legible and situated on the cake completely crooked. So, you could either look at the cake and see the sloppy overlay, or you could turn it about 180 degrees and read the Happy Birthday Connor. Needless to say, I was mad!



As you well know, ice cream cakes are not cheap, and this cake was so horrible, it was almost funny. Tyler said there was no way anyone who was sober could have done this. Plus, the piddly free mini sundae was pretty much a slap in the face. Any of you that know me, know that I am not much of a complainer. I'll usually just make do and not say anything. But, this was an exception and the "not so nice" Trish came out swingin'! I called the DQ manager and explained that I wasn't happy with the cake and I had a house full of people coming over in 45 minutes for a party. She quite rudely said, "Well, what do you want me to do about it." to which I replied..."Um...decorate a new one and I'll be there in 40 minutes to pick it up". She agreed and hung up.



I really wish I would have taken a picture of that first cake...So, I show up at the local DQ to pick up my cake. I was then informed that they didn't have anymore baseball decorations, so they just wrote Happy Birthday Connor on it. I was fine with that. Then, the manager pulls the cake out of the freezer and it has Connor's name spelled as ConnEr. I proceed to tell her it's spelled wrong and her response is, "Are you sure?" I'll be honest. As I stared at her in disbelief, I was thinking to myself..."of course I'm sure, you moron...I gave birth to him and I'm pretty sure that when I wrote his name on his birth certificate it was spelled ConnOr. But, I calmly replied that, "yes...I'm sure". She acted quite put out to have to wipe the E off and replace it with an O. She then puts the cake in front of me and says, "well, is that OK?" Here is a picture of the cake...

I then inform her that Birthday is misspelled. And then, this is what I hear..."well, do you want me to change that too? (Not said very politely, mind you) To which I say, "you know what, just give me the cake!" I honestly couldn't tell you which of the two cakes was worse!



At this point, I am beyond frustrated with the whole thing!! But, because of my obvious disappointment, she begrudgingly gives me a gift certificate for a free ice cream cake. I have vowed to NEVER order an ice cream cake from this particular store again!



We ended up having a pretty good laugh over the whole thing as we sang "Happy Bithday" to Connor:) So, here's to you, Equal Employment Opportunity...for keeping so many of the "not so bright" employed!