The proof is in the illegible icing…
Lisa Sarber Aldrich, of Grand Rapids, MI, was in a better mood than the average party host when she picked up a cake from her local grocery store over the weekend. She had ordered a cake that said “Happy Birthday Mandy,” and while she certainly got what she had been looking for, the handwriting wasn’t exactly legible.
This is what the cake looked like when she picked it up from the baked good department:
Aldrich must have been having a terrific weekend because rather than demanding it be fixed, she simply shrugged it off and went to pay for the cake. She later wrote on Facebook, “After looking, I nervously laughed and headed to check out — it didn’t really matter to me that it looked so bad — I thought people would think it was funny.”
However, Aldrich’s kindness went farther than expected. It turned out that the woman who had scrawled the icing on the cake was autistic. “Thank you for smiling and thanking her — even though she’s not supposed to write on cakes, you probably made her day,” the cashier had told Aldrich.
Aldrich went on to share the image on Facebook, which then was repeatedly shared over 105,000 times. While the customer could have thrown a fit and demanded a new cake, she made light of the situation and decided to simply roll with the punches.
After going viral, Aldrich said her intentions weren’t to gain internet fame. “I never asked for all this publicity, I just wanted people to consider being nice to each other.”
We could all take a lesson from this kind woman. Patience and kindness go pretty far, and you never know when it’s going to uplift someone’s spirit.
[Featured Image Credit: Fox 26 Houston]