Who else has stories that might help someone else from making the same mistake?
Use white dish towel to dry hands when kneading white fondant! Ugh.. I dried my hands after washing them when they got too sticky as I was kneading and I used a Fourth of July decorative towel -- I ended up with tiny red fuzzies in my white fondant! Since it was hardly noticeable I just colored it dark blue to hide it! 
My Tip: Always make sure the cake table is set up and in place before you bring a wedding cake in
My story: I was delivering a large 3 tier wedding cake. I sent my husband in to see where the table was and he came back saying they didn't have it ready yet but had another table to put my cake on temporarily. I stupidly brought it in and put it on the table. Well, they were bringing the real cake table in and decided the other table needed to be moved, and did so with my cake on it. It was a folding table and they hadn't snapped the legs in correctly so when the table moved half of it collapsed. I happened to be close enough to run and catch my cake. Thats right I caught my cake in a bear hug fashion! Some how, I got very lucky and the damage was mainly in the back where my hands had gone into the cake. I was able to fix it with my trusty cake delivery repair kit, and no one noticed. If you look at my photos it is the one with the pink roses/fondant ribbons/ and monogram. If you look closely you will notice that all the cakes shifted slightly too. Ah, lesson learned.
1) Spell everything relating to the cake out in the contract, then there are fewer surprises pulled on you! And, your customers can't use the excuse that "you never told them..."..
2) Plan that the worst IS going to happen yet expect the best. Always have the backup ready to go
3) Never ever EVER listen to anyone who tells you that "we've got everything at the site".. Or that you'll have a prep surface to finish anything at the site. Take everything along with you!
4) If you're traveling a great distance with a cake, plan that it's going to be 95 degrees and the holding place you're spending the night at doesn't have AC nor refrigerator space for the cake..
5) Never ever let brides think that all cakes are as flawless as what they see on TV or the tables of cake dummies in the entry way. Or that "Faux Fondant" looks like real fondant.. Fondant is the only thing that looks like fondant. In the real world there are imperfections in the cake. The baker's skill is determined by who is best at hiding them.
6) Never overpromise and underdeliver, always underpromise and overdeliver. If you need to adjust something in size, they will never come back and complain if they're given more for their money.
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