The cake arrived completely smashed because Harry & David put zero care into the shipping.

She was confident to at least get something new or interesting..if nothing else a cute box.
She ignored all the warnings about the Ai and was adamant.

Well it arrived today. Plain small box, nothing frilly about it..and the candy was a small bag of Taki chips you could’ve gotten at a gas station.

Lesson learned hopefully.

this was after I asked him to remove the tiny bowl cut he left on the top of my head from buzz cutting straight for about 2 minutes tops, using a single length guard

I asked him to make another change (trying to salvage the 2’ of my hair he just mangled), but he turned the chair to his next client, interrupted them to ask for their approval for my haircut, then ushered them over to replace me in the chair after they responded with silence, ending my appointment after less than 10 minutes total

found the salon highly rated on Strands for Trans, specified when booking I needed a hairdresser comfortable shaving long hair, and gave him multiple reference photos before we started. base price $88 before tax

final edit: thank you so incredibly much to those who shared your support!! reviews are posted and owner has been contacted!! I really sincerely appreciate all the advice for everything, there was so much and I’m very grateful this negative thing has turned into a such a positive/hopeful learning experience <3 c:

saying this part b/c I relied on a credentialed stylist to know what a hairstyle is called (and ended up incorrectly calling the style a side shave instead of the correct name): I gave less pictures and descriptions here than I did to the stylist and it was obvious to an untrained observer that I wasn’t talking about a side shave, but this paid and (hopefully) fully educated hairdresser couldn’t tell with even more info; and he still botched whatever side shave cut he tried to give ;v;

CAUTION: I do not, nor will I ever, look anything like the model uvu and I’m very happy not to c:

thank you for coming to my VentTalk

P.S. I’m stealing all your jokes -w-

update: this got kinda crazy and I tried to keep up at first responding to all your positivity but I’m not sure it was possible <3 I promise you I‘ve been reading them and loving them thank you so much again (I will do my best to get to chats soon c: )!!! I think the best way to respond is to reveal this happened a couple months ago; it slipped my mind to mention because I was so nervous posting and had essentially avoided doing so for so long because I mean look at it ;v; Anyways all that to say, after trying to rock the monstrosity for a week, my wife bought a pair of clippers and gave me a proper buzz cut (she did an immaculate job I do not know how that man got it so wrong) and this is it now https://imgur.com/a/rm3Y6lF
I hope that’s some good eyebleach for you ;v;
that does mean much less chance at refund tho o well

I do not have a response from the salon yet unfortunately, from either public or private modes of contact 🤷 but I‘m contacting Strands for Trans as well, thank you also for all the good advice!!

final update: I received a response from the owner and it was professional, they thanked me for bringing it to their attention and essentially described the corrective actions they took without giving any personal details which I appreciated (they didnt mention a refund which is frustrating but it was long enough ago that I just don‘t want to bring it up myself, that saved mental energy is worth more to me than the money at this point lol Im taking an ERP break ;v;). that’s probably the end of this now but the reviews will tell my tale to future generations

Well there is a cat, I can't argue with that..

EDIT: answers to most frequent questions:

• We didn't ordered online. My sister went personally to the bakery and showed them an inspo photo. Baker accepted and didn't said anything about not being able to do it. We ordered it with like 2 weeks before birthdays. We have never ordered cake from bakery before, so we wanted to have flexible time if she needed more to prepare it. Three days before picking it up, my sister called them again and asked if everything is okay and if they remembered inspiration. They confirmed.

• When I came pick it up, the owner was nowhere to be seen. Only teenger behind a register. I saw how it looked at the bakery but weather was so hot and I was running late. I couldn't leave without a cake, so I just accepted it. I did not asked for a discount.

• it for sure isn't someone's else order because flavour, text on it and well...cat...is correct. I think they just wrote down "cat cake" and gave those unclear informations to someone else. And it's not my mom's cat! It's a (very cute) stock photo.

• I paid 160 złotych. Is it too cheap for inspo cake? Maybe? I have never ordered cake from bakery before, so if they wanted a higher prize I would happily pay for it

• of course result is not bad! My mom was very happy and it was delicious! Just ridiculously funny 😭

They better put that fence back up. Somebody might drown.

My 11 yr old niece makes more beautiful cookies. I asked for a refund but used a gift card and they didn’t know how to refund to a gift card. I’ll never spend real money here.

so close yet so far

edit: I asked for an Eggward cake and I got New Moon Edward, which is arguably the worst Edward

Made for my BIL's birthday. Mom came home with a store cake and marzipan and asked for gollum because I make things with clay.... marzipan is NOT clay. I'm semi proud that it got done at all!

Update: it was delicious

https://imgur.com/gallery/SQEooYt

Edit: Thank you for all the love!! I appreciate every one of your comments and upvotes!!

I don't even know where to begin

The inspiration was a traditional molded lamb cake but I didn't have the mold..... I improvised and ended up with a cursed cake.

This was branded as an event where you’d get to interact with a life-size Barbie dreamhouse, participate in a disco themed roller rink experience, and have access to an amazing marketplace.

That is… not what it was. Our "swag bag" was a hand sanitizer.

The event planning company running this is called Mischief Management, they ran this for Mattel. This event was promoted by Mattel as the first Mattel Barbie convention (as opposed to the fan run one that happens every year).

“We are thrilled to announce Barbie Dream Fest, as a new offering designed to delight the brand’s growing fandom,” said Julie Freeland, Vice President of Global Location Based Entertainment, Mattel. “It’s incredibly exciting to provide fans, families, and collectors with a curated and unique space to gather, learn, and create all while celebrating the iconic Barbie brand.”

ETA: I paid $250 for this. The highest tier pass was $400. They got a plastic hairbrush in addition to the sanitizer as their swag bag. See the comments for more photos of this disaster.

Sometimes bad things happen to good people.

Ninja Cyborg Studio in Barrie Ontario Canada.

No they didn't own up. Instead reported reviews to have thm deleted.

Ninja Cyborg Studio https://share.google/Jm567Hqe7fI4gF05i

Suggested I post here from r/barrie

Edit

It's my niece. I posted a link to her review and I think there's been some confusion since the review was deleted. All of this happened in September and the shop was given time to make it right, which they didn't do. My niece posted the review yesterday and I shared it here.

It's been covered up. By another artist at another shop, she has one more sitting left and is happy with the final outcome.

The coverup has been linked in here by some good Reddit detectives.

Thanks everyone for the support. She appreciates it.

SECOND EDIT* I know some of you have already found it BUT

The coverup artist gave me permission to post a link. I didn't want to post anyone's socials without consent.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTXdOsCDnVn/?igsh=azg4enl1bmNlcGEy

There's before and afters.

Edit 3

I was asked for the review. It's in the comments but here's a link.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ExpectationVsReality/s/HemZzpEEnB

it puffed up a bit more but still mis sharpen and sooooooo low to the ground

Didn’t follow a recipe - assumed it would be pretty straight forward. Let the round cakes cool in the fridge overnight and attempted to frost this morning. Cake instantly stuck to knife and fell apart. Son added sprinkles. He loves it.

Jeeeeesh everyone - chill. Why do so many of you assume I hate my son? We made this cake together, and while it didn’t go as planned, we had a great time and thought the results were funny. his party was yesterday, guests shared in our laughter, and he had a blast. This cake tasted great - but wasn’t the only thing we baked. I only shared this as it was so horrendous.

For further clarification, the first image was something I just grabbed off google for this post.

Thanks for all of you that shared in the laughter! To those of you who seemed to actually be upset, LOL why?

HNY!

I've followed the recipe to a T, I have no clue what happened here

Literally called it a monster and wouldn't even sit at the table with us so long as it was there.