I'd first just like to thank everyone for your patience while the blog gets its makeover. It hasn't been easy! (Don't ever try manually altering Blogger's code. Seriously. Save yourself the headache). But it'll look awesome once I'm done :)



But now, onto the post. How to NOT look like a dumbass the next time you're in a bakery. For those of you who don't know, I work at TWO separate bakeries for my day job. However, I only have to deal with the masses at one. Yeah, the public. Now, the majority of customers are really nice and sweet, but then, every day, there's always that gaggle of dumbasses who brings your whole day down. So, here's some quick tips to keep you from being one of those dumbasses. Enjoy!





Tip #1

A customer walks up and says, "Hi, I ordered a cake."



Congratulations. You and 200 other people.



What the customer should have said: "Hi, I need to pick up a cake." OR "Hi, I need to change something on my cake order."



Seriously. Saying, "Hi, I ordered a cake," is like walking into a mechanic's and saying, "Hi, I have a car." Whoopity-doo. What do you want me to do about it?




Tip #2

The customer walks up and says, "I ordered a cake last Wednesday."



Uh ... cool? Would you like a cookie or something?



Telling me when you ordered the cake does nothing. We don't categorize cake orders by when they were placed. We categorize them by when they need to be made. Save yourself from being labeled a dumbass by saying, "My name is BLAH BLAH, I ordered a cake for this Wednesday, and I need to change something on my order."



Please.



Tip #3

I'm taking your cake order. I ask you what day the cake is for. You say, "Oh, it's for this Saturday." Okay, cool. I then ask the earliest time you'll be picking the cake up (so, you know, we'll be sure to have it made). And your response?



"Friday evening."



Okay, back up there, princess. If you want to pick it up Friday, make the order for Friday. If you want to pick it up Saturday, make the order for Saturday. I know some bakeries make their cakes the day before, but we don't do that around here. Coming in the day before your cake is ready is going to be a wasted trip because, you know what? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DONE UNTIL SATURDAY. YOU KNOW. THE DAY YOU WANTED IT FOR.



Tip #4

Food service workers are not dogs. Do not whistle us over to the counter. Snap your fingers to get our attention. Wave us away if you don't want anything. Refuse to look us in the face when you talk to us. Etc. etc.



It's rude as Hell and will earn you a one-way ticket to our dumbass list.



Tip #5

Bakery workers are not recipe encyclopedias. No, I don't know a recipe off the top of my head for a really good peach cobbler. Why don't you try Googling for it?



Dumbass.

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Ana Hart is a writer of erotica and romance and an Internet celebrity wannabe. She also films a crazy awesome vlog each week. The latest episode can be found HERE. Subscribers to her YouTube channel are getting cookies for Christmas. You can see the deets here.




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