Here is the setting. Very small rural town, MOB hires person in same town to do her daughters wedding cake, because she wanted to help support the town. This is cake decorater A, and is not a professional, but has done some cakes that she did pretty good on. MOB thought that she would do OK on the wedding cake. OK, "A" desides that she will be going out of town and cannot do the cake after saying she would, so she calls Decorator"B" in same town and asks her to do the cake, "B" being a true beginner, and never has done a wedding, and unfortunately is still in need of more practice. So now "B" walks into the place of work of the MOB and says I am doing your daughters wedding cake! Now MOB, gulped and said you are???? Now in comes a friend who is helping with the wedding, the coordinator. Now she is livid! So, she calls Decorator"C" and is very familar with her reputation and work. "C" has a wedding already on that day, but agreed to help if she could deliver early. The coordinator has Bride to call "C" to talk about her cake. "C" gets the call, and an appt is made. Now MOB is trying to figure out what to do. They all live in the same town, except "C".. As you can guess I am "C". My first reaction, was that "A" should have contacted the MOB and let her know she could not do the cake, then MOB would have persued another avenue. "A" could have suggested "B" as an alternative, but the final decision was the MOB.
What would you suggest to MOB to do?
I don't think you should have to get involved with them canceling with "B". What would have happened if they had just called and booked with you and you knew nothing about their circumstances? So not your problem!
Okay, "A" should not have taken it upon herself to find them another decorator. I agree with you that she should have just made a recommendation. And I think the MOB has every right to tactfully explain to "B" that she has already contracted someone else who has more experience since her agreement was with "A". Hopefully "B" will understand.
I would also think that the wedding coordinator could handle this for her but I'm not sure if that's in the scope of her responsiblities.
I sincerely hope things work out well for all involved.
Yvette
I completely agree with you. "A" should have called MOB and let her know that she wasn't able to do the cake. It's not "A's" decision to decide who is making the cake so she should have NEVER contacted "B". It wasn't her place. The ultimate decision is who the MOB feels most comfortable with. MOB has NO obligation to "B" and "A" broke the contract. So.... I guess what I am saying is that MOB should go with "her" next choice which is "C" (you).
Lazy_Susan
Yep...all the MOB needs to do is tell B that she has already hired someone else and that she is sorry that A had called her but that she had no right to do that. She needs no other explanation period.
You should not feel bad about doing the cake since you are a professional an the mob hired you and you have already talked with the bride. Don't let anyone make you feel out of place or in the wrong....Si...for C
If I were B, and saw how disorganized, and how "too many chiefs" this wedding was, I wouldn't want to do the cake anyway.
Theresa
Wow, that's a lot of stuff going on in a small town. I know how that can be, because I live in a very small town to. I really can't offer any suggestion. I just had to tell you, reading this post, all that came in my mine was alphabet soup, with all those A's and B's and C's. Sorry it just struck me funny. I do hope everything gets worked out.
I think the MOB should kindly say to decorator "B" something along the lines of "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but when I originally planned for decorator "A" to assist, she didn't let me know that it conflicted w/ her schedule, and so once I found out, I went ahead and contracted with another decorator. I'm sorry for the inconvenience this has caused both of us, I hope you understand".
I think it was responsible of A to try and find another decorator - BUT she should have just given her name to MOB as an alternative decorator. Then MOB could go see that person's work, etc. and see if she wanted her to do the cake or if she wanted to find someone else on her own.
BTW, Where's the Bride??? I don't understand this at all - when I was the bride I was definitely in on all decisions! On the day of the wedding I kind of turned things over to my mom to handle little details - but I picked out the flowers, I picked out the cake - heck my GROOM even came to see the cake too b/c I wanted him to pick a flavor HE liked (we didn't do a grooms cake). I just don't understand these people that are getting married but seem to have nothing to do with their own weddings.... heck if you are going to designate tasks to someone - HIRE a wedding planner - someone who has contacts and is familiar w/ weddings ..... sometimes I wish I had hired a coordinator -just b/c I think she would have seen things we didn't or notice little things that didn't turn out right and she might have been able to fix them....
Anyway - good luck C! I don't think you really need to get involved at all - just make sure that a contract is signed and you have some money before you start decorating!
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