Walmart Cake....Keep in mind this actually happened!

[goofy's friends]

Once, when my neighbor had a birthday party for her 1 year old son, she ordered a cake and wanted the writing to be in blue. When she called in the order she said,
"Please write on the cake
Happy 1st Birthday, John, in blue"
When she picked up the cake this is exactly what it said:
Happy 1st Birthday
John in Blue

was it at least in BLUE??

 

[GoodFairies]

Racist? I know people from all parts of the country who don't pronounce "th". Why is this racist?

I wasn't referring to that part. I was talking about:

'He޲llo޲ 'di޲s be Wal޲mar޲ts,޲ how޲ can޲ I hep޲s you޲?'
and
'Wh޲atc޲ha wan޲t on dis޲ cak޲e?'޲

 

[OK!]

Reminds me of my Walmart pharmacy experience. They couldn't read the doctor's handwriting for my name, and I said it's Sheri, S-H-E-R-I. What I got back on the bottle was SAGRI. I asked them if they could please correct it in their files, as they had misspelled it pretty badly. She said, "Oh, how is it spelled?" I said, "It's Sheri , S-H-E-R-I" "Well, that's what we've got here." I looked at her like she had lost her mind. How do you get Sheri out of
S-A-G-R-I?

If you say the letters A G and then say the letters H E (without a distinct pause between them), they do sound pretty similar. I didn't realize it till I said them out loud myself. I feel your pain, though--I couldn't tell you how many times people on the phone have called me "Debbie" after I told them my name was "Jodie."

 

[fey_spirit]

You know I have to say it because in a twisted way I find it ironically amusing. The only person here who could be considered logically, racist is yourself. See, no one else put a specific race to that speech pattern, but your mind automatically drew a paralell between it and a specific race.

The only person assuming that there is any parallel between a given race and this speech - would be you.

(Imagine the above in my best Vulcan)

I wasn't referring to that part. I was talking about:

'He޲llo޲ 'di޲s be Wal޲mar޲ts,޲ how޲ can޲ I hep޲s you޲?'
and
'Wh޲atc޲ha wan޲t on dis޲ cak޲e?'޲

 

[Charlotte ~08]

Whoops!

Once, when my neighbor had a birthday party for her 1 year old son, she ordered a cake and wanted the writing to be in blue. When she called in the order she said,
"Please write on the cake
Happy 1st Birthday, John, in blue"
When she picked up the cake this is exactly what it said:
Happy 1st Birthday
John in Blue

 

[Charlotte ~08]

Too funny!

The lady asked what color I wanted the yellow brick road.

 

[Suzibrat]

OP, thank you for the laugh first thing this morning.
As for it becoming a debate about being racist..oh puleeze...can't someone post a chuckle for the masses without it turning into something else?

 

[lovetoscrap]

I don't have a photo but here is MY cake making funny. Not as funny as these though (I hope!)

A friend of mine had a baby boy and we were having a "Welcome new baby" party, we didn't have a shower beforehand for her. I made the cake and made a small size rectangle shaped cake. I had the beautiful hand made bib that I made from fondant ahead of time and decorated that I put in the middle. But had made it a bit to big and there wasn't room left to write on it like I wanted to.

I ended up having to squeeze the writing in on the sides going vertically and there was still not enough room to write his whole name since the cake was so short.

So it said:

W

E

M​

L

A​

C

T​

O

T​

M

E

YEP! I made a lovely rectangle shaped Welcome Mat(t) for baby Matthew's cake. My friends and I got a great laugh out of it!

 

[Southern4sure]

I will have to ask my friend for the picture, but she ordered a birthday cake recently from Publix for her daughter's 8th birthday. Publix gives a clear plastic cake knife with cakes IF you ask for it. So, after ordering the cake and all that goes with it, she mention, "don't forget the spatula."

Yep, You got it, it said:

Happy Birthday Courtney

Dont forget the spatula

 

[Loverly]

I happen to know the person that ordered that cake and got this e-mail when it first happened! .

I really doubt that . I saw this joke on an email a long time ago.

 

[bubie2.5]

I’m sorry but as someone who identifies herself as a latina I have to say that I find very offensive to assume that the employee was anything but white just because of the way he spoke.

Southern4sure: “don’t forget the spatula”

 

[DVCLiz]

I'll have to say, when I read the OP my first thought was, "Gee, she's brave to be so blatant about making up imaginary dialogue that is so obviously black Ebonic-style dialect."

The cake is funny - and I know there are all sorts of people of all races who just aren't smart enough to interpret things like this by using their common senese. And I'm sure a lot of them work at Wal-Mart.

But the OP's made up conversation struck me as blatant and obvious.

 

[DVCLiz]

You know I have to say it because in a twisted way I find it ironically amusing. The only person here who could be considered logically, racist is yourself. See, no one else put a specific race to that speech pattern, but your mind automatically drew a paralell between it and a specific race.

The only person assuming that there is any parallel between a given race and this speech - would be you.

Then you'll have to add me to your list. Because when I read that I immediately thought it was a take-off on black speech patterns. That's not the way any other race talks where I live. And actually, it's not really the way black people talk, either, but it sure sounds like the way a white person would make up a black person's speech.

 

[momof3disneyholics]

I'll have to say, when I read the OP my first thought was, "Gee, she's brave to be so blatant about making up imaginary dialogue that is so obviously black Ebonic-style dialect."

The cake is funny - and I know there are all sorts of people of all races who just aren't smart enough to interpret things like this by using their common senese. And I'm sure a lot of them work at Wal-Mart.

But the OP's made up conversation struck me as blatant and obvious.

I didn't make it up, I copy/pasted from an email I got. I already said that. I guess everyone interprets things differently. I imagined a white "redneck" working at Walmart. Not a person of a different race. I got a laugh out of it and so did alot of other people. I guess if you are looking for it to be racist, it is. That didn't cross my mind when I posted it.

 

[MUFFYCAT]

If someone finds any of this racist, they should step away from public boards.
Can't one post something funny anymore with the race crap coming up?
Lighten and relax.

I love all these cakes, they are hysterical.

 

[DVCLiz]

I didn't make it up, I copy/pasted from an email I got. I already said that. I guess everyone interprets things differently. I imagined a white "redneck" working at Walmart. Not a person of a different race. I got a laugh out of it and so did alot of other people. I guess if you are looking for it to be racist, it is. That didn't cross my mind when I posted it.

Oh, I'm sorry - I thought you had copied the picture from an email but made up the conversation yourself. I'm really sorry to have misinterpreted that!!!

But, c'mon, "dis be Wlamarts" is pretty clear to me. That's not something Jeff Foxworthy ever used in his comedy - it's the way people write and mock when they want to sound like an uneducated black person.

There's no "looking for it to be racist" at all - it just is.

 

[bubie2.5]

I'll have to say, when I read the OP my first thought was, "Gee, she's brave to be so blatant about making up imaginary dialogue that is so obviously black Ebonic-style dialect."

The cake is funny - and I know there are all sorts of people of all races who just aren't smart enough to interpret things like this by using their common senese. And I'm sure a lot of them work at Wal-Mart.

But the OP's made up conversation struck me as blatant and obvious.

Let me interpret THIS. Are you saying that those who saw no racism are stupid?

 

[DVCLiz]

Let me interpret THIS. Are you saying that those who saw no racism are stupid?

Well, the part you bolded when you quoted my post was a reference to the employess at Wal -Mart, many of whom I'm sure aren't smart enough to hear the instructions "Underneath that" and think to themselves, "Hey, she doesn't mean to write out those words, she means to move the icing down one line and then say something else."

But sure, I also think there are plenty of people, who wouldn't think that kind of speech was racist - lots of them have responded on this thread. But it's not "stupid" in the sense of not being intelligent - it's just a complete and utter lack of awareness that there could be an undertone of racism in that speech. I don't know exactly what I would call that - certainly not stupid, but maybe ignorant.

 

[golfgal]

My sister got flowers from her DH once, the card read:

Happy Anniversary

Love,

Math


His name is Matt. Still not sure how she got Math out of that--oh, and for your sensitive types, it was a white person that worked at the floral shop.

 

[bubie2.5]

I don't know exactly what I would call that - certainly not stupid, but maybe ignorant.

Thanks, ignorant is always better than stupid.