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A netizen in the State of Massachusetts, United States, uploaded a spelling error in his wife's birthday cake on the online forum Reddit. His upload went viral because it was hilarious and was then covered by Today.com media on Thursday's edition (18/4/2024).
It is said that John Ellis ordered a cake for his wife, Chanda's, 30th birthday. At the cake shop, Ellis filled out a form containing a list of requests, for example the color of the cake, the decorations desired, and if the customer wanted special writing on the cake. Ellis filled in thirty (English for thirty) in the writing request column.
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On Chanda's birthday, Ellis took the birthday cake from the shop and immediately put it in the refrigerator without first looking at the contents. When the candle blowing event arrived, he and the guests were surprised when they took the cake out of the box. Instead, it says thirty, but there is the word Hinty. This word means nothing in English.
He called the cake shop to complain. However, the cake shop immediately sent a photo of the form filled out by Ellis. They insisted that Ellis fill in the word Hinty in the writing request column.
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Apparently, Ellis' connected handwriting indeed appears to combine the small letters t and h into an H. Ellis and Chanda were annoyed, but also found it funny. They then uploaded the story, a photo of the cake, and the order form to Reddit.
"Ouch, your writing is like chicken scratch. No wonder the baker read it wrong," commented one netizen.
Other netizens suggest not using cursive or rough handwriting when filling out any form. One netizen recounted their story when they were in elementary school and the pastry chef misread their name, Zachary. So, on their birthday cake, it was written as Zachairy.
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"Until high school, my friends teased me as Zac Hairy because of that cake," he wrote.
There are also internet users who suggest that it's better to come directly to the cake shop instead of ordering a cake with a written message. The grandmother once ordered a birthday cake for her cousin named Olga over the phone.
"The cake that arrived actually said 'Happy Birthday, Old Guy'," he said.
