This Lady Is Hoot!!! Omg, What Am I Going To Say?
Decorating By CakeDiva73 Updated 14 Jul 2008 , 10:13pm by kelsiedelizzle
So at this point...I'd start having some fun with it 
Call her back, and treat her like the request was a really good joke, haha, you got me...now what did you REALLY want? Because if she really DOES want you to do the cake, she needs to book now since you're getting booked up for that weekend. (And did you mention the 20% PITA surcharge?)
WHAT!!!!!!! 
Like you'd be making the biggest freakin' mistake in the world if you didn't do her cake. Like you would miss out on other clients and other opportunities to create grander cakes! The nerve of that woman! You should just return her call and tell her that you have other orders pending and you would like to know if SHE!!!!! would like YOU to do the cake. She keeps sitting on the fence! She either wants you to do it or not!!!! Is she waiting for you to bow down to her because HER order is going to make you FAMOUS?!?!?!? "Hello honey, I'm already famous!" (That's you speaking of course!) 
Amy
The only time I have done one cake "exclusively" will be for my friend's wedding in july. He did my web page for free and put alot of time and effort into it. So not only is it exclusive, it's free too!
Morselsbymark....I clicked on your web site....I couldn't get past the first page. I could've just licked the chocolate cascade right from the computer screen! That looked delicious!
Amy
See, now I'd be on the phone soliciting the woman who's cake she DIDN'T want you to do
I would probably even consider doing it for free just to be a witch.But then, I'm like that
HAHAHAHA!!!!! Gotta say, I just LUV you!!! 
I think your reply is right on... nip this one in the bud! Do you really want to be her exclusive cake decorator?! ...there's a lot more business out there! ....don't waste your time!
I thought the rules said NO foul language. I don't appreciate it at all. This is not the 1st time I've seen you say such things. See, now I'd be on the phone soliciting the woman who's cake she DIDN'T want you to do
I would probably even consider doing it for free just to be a witch.But then, I'm like that
HAHAHAHA!!!!! Gotta say, I just LUV you!!!
Yeah, can you tell I've spent ALOT of years working in the hospitality industry?
If folks are nice, I'll bend over backwards for them. If they're unreasonable, I'm all for "re-educating" them.
The "Golden Age of Servants" ended when Queen Victoria died, folks!
Aw kakeladi, you poor little thing. Bless your heart, I'll try to keep it squeaky clean from now on, just for you. It's just not right that you have to cover your eyes when you come to certain posts now, is it.
ROTFLMAO.......I wish you lived close to me ~ you sound like a whole lotta fun
ditto to the
aaaaaaaaaand... I'm glad that you aren't going to do this cake.. what a cow!!
I am, hunny, I am. Sigh.... some folks are jes' so dadburned unappreciative of humor.......
Oy..... sorry. I didn't mean to write dadburned seein' as it is so foul an' all. I'll have to check my thesaurus an' git back wit' you later.
I did go back and check all my posts (all 79 of them), and found that I did actually write @$$ (just like that, too, an asperand and two dollar signs) in two other postings so I guess that it is true, after all. I am guilty of having a potty-mouth.
I visited my 93 year old Grandma for Easter and she introduced me to the phrase 'Go sh*t in your hat', which apparently means go to he!!.
I love my Gram! She is a riot.
OMG talk about peeing in your pants....THat is too funny, gotta start using that...especially since DH wears lots of hats... HA HA HA HA HA HA
I am not a professional baker I just do it for fun at home, but for those of you that are professional bakers, who really is dying to do a cake? Yeah its work and its income, but comon....that's a little off the chart..tell her to have the other baker do the cake..you are doing another sweet 16 cake.and that person is willing to pay double of what she is paying....ha ha ha ha ha h
turn the card on her....!
Somewhat O.T. but I am reading a book from the 1880's and was taken aback when I saw that Liar and Slob were considered foul language, lol.......
She called again - left more or less the same message. I really keep thinking someone is setting me up because she is too over-the-top to be real. I will have to call her back tomorrow - just didn't feel like dealing with her BS (bogus shennanigans ) and didn't know exactly what to say.
lol, no sh...... I mean, yeah...you're right She is getting panicky and of course, she is a loon, so instead of being a human being and honest, which I respond to rather well, she lays on the hard-sell routine about the 'other' decorator.
pfft!
It's an easy solution really.
Tell her that you promise you won't take on any more orders for that week but you do have 1 cake besides hers that you are making for a family member... your husband. Hopefully that should get her to place the order with you.
Now... if your husband decides to sell his cake to her friend... that's really none of your concern, it's his cake and he can do what he wants with it.
Somewhat O.T. but I am reading a book from the 1880's and was taken aback when I saw that Liar and Slob were considered foul language, lol.......
My (now 83 year old) MIL got really ticked off at my FIL one day when he was telling a story about ".....when she was younger, she ran with these kids from the next town..." Well, she just flew mad!!! Seems in her day, if you described a person as "running with" someone, that meant she was a big floozy!! Couldn't convince her it just meant "was friends with" or "hung out with".
This thread is hilarious on so many levels!
The topic has lead me to give serious thought as to how I would handle such a situation.
On one hand, working for oneself as a sideline allows the luxury of turning away customers who rub the wrong way. Not only is that woman condescending but she will likely be very demanding when it comes to the actual cake. So my knee-jerk reaction would be to run far away from her.
BUT my last paying job was training customer service reps for a retailer that was famous for outstanding customer service. The customer was always right and we smiled and said thank you for any and all shenanigans (heh), never wanting to lose a customer.
So if I swallowed my pride, I would wonder, could this crazy lady be a good customer? If you make her a great cake, will she bring you more business and tell all her friends? She's probably full of self-important baloney, as most braggarts are. But I'm in the same position of wanting to make contacts, so I would worry a little that I needed to suck it up and get thicker skin.
I'm NOT saying that's what OP should do, just putting myself in the situation!
UPDATE:
You will not believe this!! The woman is the Sister-in-Law of my friend who ordered the Sweet 16 cake. She is NOT a mother from the school - she doesn't even live in the same town as I do. She has been to several parties of my friend where I provided cake and liked it - I guess she likes to try and 'show up' my friend so she figured out who I was and was trying to get me to lock in for her daughters cake!!
Can you believe this crapolla? I am dying laughing - what a hag. (I'm sorry - I know name calling is bad and all but c'mon!) The 16 year olds are cousins born a week apart and there has been huge competition for years among these two.
I finally told my friend about the lady, not naming any names and she figured it out. OMG, she was so pi$$ed!!!! So I am thinking about what to say when I call her. Pretty much tell her that I have a cake booked that weekend - someone who locked in before she did and I really want to make it the best cake I can so it's probably not a good idea to do her cake, lol..... j/k - not sure how I am going to handle this but this woman is going to hit the roof when she sees me deliver the cake for her neices party since, of course, she is invited.
* Thank GOD my inlaws live in Arizona
(And on a totally different subject, I was visiting my Gram one other time and one of the kids made fun of me so I took my thumb and pressed to to my forehead and waved my fingers at them - well I thought Gram was going to have a cow! I thought that meant "Nanner, Nanner, Nanner" but she said back in her day, it meant a-hole, or something like that.)
See, I have been closely watching this thread because it became highly addictive. Like a soap opera! It's been the last thing I check before I o to bed and the first when I wake up. It was worth it! This has been the most entertaining thread ever! I was just going to keep quiet and just watch the soap, but that ending was like out of this world! I was speechless! I think name-calling is like totally acceptable in this case! I'm still speechless! Yup, no words!!!!!!!! Crazy people!!!!!!!!!Crazy I tell you!
I cannot wait to hear what she says when you get back to her! LOL
Well now this has been an entertaing read! LOL! I can't believe this is for real! LOL! Talk about a reality show in the making! People will never cease to amaze me! Can we all just be flies on the wall when you talk to her?! Put her on speaker phone too! Hee Hee!
Well now this has been an entertaing read! LOL! I can't believe this is for real! LOL! Talk about a reality show in the making!
People will never cease to amaze me! Can we all just be flies on the wall when you talk to her?! Put her on speaker phone too! Hee Hee!
I had trouble believing it too - I would have sworn it was a huge practical joke by my husband......busy with yardwork today so I am not calling her yet, lol.....still laughing!!!
I'm scared for you being caught in the middle of this!
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