Internet backs woman who refused to pay for her gender reveal cupcakes
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: A soon-to-be-mother shared her story online, which showed her excitement for her baby’s gender reveal party. The woman posted on Reddit, “AITA for refusing to pay for my gender reveal cupcakes?”
She continued, “I(F22) found out last week my first baby’s gender, and it’s a little girl. My family is excited that I decided to do a small gender reveal over the Easter weekend. I had this planned for Saturday, so a few days before, I asked a small local business if she could please make 12 cupcakes with pink and blue icing on top, and pink icing in the middle. She agreed and said they would be ready to collect Friday evening.”
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‘I didn't want to do a large gender reveal’
“The plan was to pick the cakes up Friday, invite friends and family over Saturday, and give some guests a cupcake which would reveal the gender. I only invited a few guests as my apartment is fairly small, and I didn't want to do a large gender reveal anyway, just something cute and fun, plus, everyone loves cupcakes,” the woman shared.
She further explained, “So Friday evening came, the small business owner (Claire) gave me her address to collect the cakes from, said they would cost £25 and they are ready to collect whenever. I drove to her apartment and knocked on the door. She greeted me there with the box of cupcakes and they looked amazing.
‘The icing had smashed all over the box’
“They were exactly how I imagined them and thanked her for them. She gave me the box, but just as she did, her large pet dog came running up to me, barking, and jumped at me, knocking the box of cupcakes all over the floor. Claire apologized and shut the dog inside he was still barking and jumping at the door. She said it’s because he gets excited when people come and visit, but he wouldn’t have hurt me as he’s friendly.”
The woman said that soon after having a not-so-pleasant experience with the dog, she had no idea “the damage to the cupcakes as the box landed upside down, I picked it up and the cakes were ruined. the icing had smashed all over the box and some cakes had spilled out onto the ground.”
‘It was her fault’
“Claire looked horrified as I understand she spent a few hours making them for me, she apologized and said she could remake them for free, but they wouldn’t be ready until Sunday. I said, unfortunately, I’m expecting my guests tomorrow and Sunday is no good, as I already had other plans. I explained I wouldn’t be paying for these cupcakes as they were inedible and ruined by her dog. We agreed on payment upon receiving the goods, and since I never received them, I wouldn’t be paying,” she revealed.
The woman disclosed that she and the cupcake maker had a few disagreements over the payment before she “left without the cupcakes." She stated, “I still had guests attend on Saturday, I announced the gender in person, rather than with some cupcakes but it was still nice spending time with my friends and family. my family was all happy, but my sister-in-law said I should have still paid for the cupcakes as she accepted it was her fault, and offered to remake them for me.”
“I personally don’t think I should have had to pay for them, but now I’m feeling slightly guilty as I understand it’s a small business and a loss of profit would affect her a lot harder than a larger business. AITA?” the woman concluded.
‘That is the cupcake lady's fault’
People in the comment section made the woman realize that she was not at fault. A user wrote, “NTA why on earth would you need to pay for something you didn’t receive? I know it would be nice to help out Claire a little bit if you guys were friends but if this is just some lady then no.”
The second one commented, “Agreed! NTA! The lady clearly made a series of unfortunate mistakes, but it was her mistakes not OP's. She can write it off as a business expense.” “I have a 100lb dog that can NOT control himself when new people come over, which is why we have 3 dog gates through the house. OP definitely NTA. That is the cupcake lady's fault all day and honestly, you handled it really well for having a strange dog jump on you, while you’re pregnant,” the third one added.
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