How Honest Would You Be?

Business By PieceofCakeAZ Updated 29 Apr 2007 , 7:20am by PieceofCakeAZ

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porcelindoll Posted 29 Apr 2007 , 5:31am
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We have worked 90 out of the last 91 days, between 7-14 hours each day. Our bank account in no way reflects it. We were here last night until 9PM and if we are lucky we will finish tonight by 10 I was here baking at 7AM this morning. I haven't seen any of my friends in 2007 and I will have exactly 2 weekends off this entire year. Since we opened our shop we work almost twice as much as we did at our previous jobs, yet we make $50,000 a year less than we used to. We aren't having children yet because kids need parents to be a around every once in a while and we aren't there just yet"





When I read this post I started to feel really bad that I just hired you to do my wedding cake it June icon_smile.gif I feel like you guys need a few months off to relax and get some sleep before the October wedding season starts. But in reality, I'm SOOO excited about you making my cake, I just can't bring myself to cancel the order. I was literally bouncing up and down when I left your shop I was so thrilled! icon_biggrin.gif Does it make you feel better to know how much you are appreciated and respected for the amazing work you do? I can't wait to see how my cake turns out! Makes me wish the wedding was sooner.

Marie

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PieceofCakeAZ Posted 29 Apr 2007 , 7:20am
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We have worked 90 out of the last 91 days, between 7-14 hours each day. Our bank account in no way reflects it. We were here last night until 9PM and if we are lucky we will finish tonight by 10 I was here baking at 7AM this morning. I haven't seen any of my friends in 2007 and I will have exactly 2 weekends off this entire year. Since we opened our shop we work almost twice as much as we did at our previous jobs, yet we make $50,000 a year less than we used to. We aren't having children yet because kids need parents to be a around every once in a while and we aren't there just yet"




When I read this post I started to feel really bad that I just hired you to do my wedding cake it June icon_smile.gif I feel like you guys need a few months off to relax and get some sleep before the October wedding season starts. But in reality, I'm SOOO excited about you making my cake, I just can't bring myself to cancel the order. I was literally bouncing up and down when I left your shop I was so thrilled! icon_biggrin.gif Does it make you feel better to know how much you are appreciated and respected for the amazing work you do? I can't wait to see how my cake turns out! Makes me wish the wedding was sooner.

Marie




Yeah but you have to read this part too. icon_wink.gif

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"Specializing in wedding cakes is an amazing business. You get to work with 2 people that are in the happiest times of their lives and they have chosen you to be a part of it. You get the opportunity to make what is in their heads a reality on their wedding day. There are few things in life that feel as good as setting up an amazing wedding cake and puffing up your chest while onlookers gush about how amazing the cake looks. When you are really on, The florist, caterer, and coordinator chase you down just to make certain that you know just how much you rock. When you hop back in the van, you can pop in the Geto Boys CD and rock "Damn it feels good to be a Gangsta" because at that moment, absolutely nothing feels better. And the best part is, you get to do that multiple times a week."




If it makes you feel any better , 4 days before your wedding I will be at Disneyland. icon_biggrin.gif

Thanks for your kind words Marie! As you know, we chose you for our "special offer" specifically so we could get back to doing the "fun" stuff. {note for everyone else... we charged Marie a ridiculously low rate for her cake... I mean lower than we charge for our own family members. In return, she has absolutely no say in the design. It may be the simple elegant cake she mentioned to me at the tasting, it may be completely over the top, or it may be somewhere in between... as long as it has black & red on it and it feeds 140... anything goes} icon_biggrin.gif

We have been working on sketches.... but you can't see em. icon_wink.gificon_biggrin.gif

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