A mum-to-be was left stunned after being expected to pay for cupcakes she ordered for her gender reveal party - despite the baker's dog knocking them out of her hands and ruining them.
The pregnant 22-year-old recently found out she is expecting a girl and decided to organise a party to share the happy news with her close family and friends, according to the Mirror. A days before the gender reveal, she contacted a local baker, Claire, to make 12 cupcakes "with pink and blue icing on top, and pink icing in the middle".
However, when she went to collect her order on the evening before the party, disaster struck. Posting to Reddit, the woman explained: "I drove to her apartment and knocked on the door. She greeted me there with the box of cupcakes and they looked amazing.
"They were exactly how I imagined them and I thanked her for them. She gave me the box, but just as she did, her large pet dog came running up to me, barking, and jumped at me, knocking the box of cupcakes all over the floor."
Claire apologised before taking the dog back into the house, explaining that the pet didn't mean any harm and just gets overexcited when he hears people at the door. After picking up the cupcake box - which had landed upside down - the two woman realised that the "the icing had smashed all over the box" and some had even ended up on the floor.
She continued: "Claire looked horrified as I understand she spent a few hours making them for me. She apologised and said she could remake them for free, but they wouldn't be ready until Sunday.
"I said, unfortunately, I'm expecting my guests tomorrow and Sunday is no good, as I already had other plans. I explained I wouldn't be paying for these cupcakes as they were inedible and ruined by her dog. We agreed payment upon receiving the goods, and since I never received them, I wouldn't be paying."
However, Claire still demanded payment from the mum-to-be, arguing that she'd been left out of pocket after buying the ingredients. and spending time making the cupcakes. The woman still refused and left without her order, but has now been left wondering if she done the right thing in the situation.
After sharing her story, other Reddit users quickly came to her support, with one person writing: "Why on earth would you need to pay for something you didn't receive? I know it would be nice to help out Claire a little bit if you guys were friends but if this is just some lady then no."
Another added: "She is a business owner. She needs to act like a professional. Having a wild, uncontrollable dog jumping all over your customers and knocking your product out of their hands as they're trying to pick it up is not acting like a professional.
"This has nothing to do with the cost of eggs. She knows her dog doesn't behave and therefore should crate it or lock it in another room when she is meeting customers."
