MSLRAC
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2008
If a child cried over a cake that had to be placed on a table, we would call it a tantrum.
I guess I just don't get the big deal here OP, I am sure you are nice, but I do feel sorry for people who have to deal with adults crying over a 7 year old that had to witness her birthday cake before the end of the meal
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I do not consider this a tantrum at all. She was not screaming, laying in the floor kicking and screaming or even really causing a scene. She was upset and lots of people cry when they are upset. She had gone above and beyond to make this dinner special for this child and all she saw at that moment was her plan being derailed. I think I would have been crying right along with her.
I am not sure I could expect a buffet to supply plates. I do wish the manager had been a little more creative once it was established to the OP that they'd need to keep their cake at the table. It does sound like she was more upset about possibly presenting the cake from a cardboard box than anything else but surely it could have been transferred to a plate somewhere out of the sight of the birthday girl.
Very true, I think the OP's mind got stuck inside that box when the manager said it had to be on the table. All he had to say was take it out of the box and use it as a centerpiece. At that point, I think the situation would have been neutralized and would have ended on a better note.