AIBU to not pay for the slice of cake?

[bananafish]

This isn't a big deal, really, but I'm somewhat bemused, so here goes.

So, we had a bake sale at work to raise money for a local charity before Christmas.

I baked a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. New recipe, newish oven. It looked good when I put it out, but I was a wee bit nervous it might taste horrible, so I cut a small slice to test it.

The woman who organised the bake sale smiled at me and said: "That will be £1.50, please."

I smiled back and said nothing, as I assumed she was joking. She wasn't; she asked for the money again.

I said that I was just making sure it was OK and I didn't think I needed to pay for the slice of cake? She tutted that it was "bad form", and walked away with her nose in the air.

I appreciate we were raising funds but that's a bit weird, isn't it? Or should I have coughed up?

We're now on page 5 of Cakegate!

I am enjoying this thread just a bit too much. Cake clearly brings out the worst in everyone.

Agree, bear - it's one of these touchstone issues.

I had to donate a cake to the school's fundraising bake off. I had to buy the stuff, make the cake, pay 50p for my daughter to enter it into the competition then buy a piece back.

We didn't even win! Bastids.

I haven't been on here all weekend and was amazed to see this on page one (and to still be finding it so interesting )

But then, I'm always surprised at the innocuous sounding posts that run for pages and pages, while other more promising sounding ones peeter out after a few posts.

Has someone already said 'Well, OP, you can't have your cake and eat it' followed by gleeful laughter and cackles?

''cakegate'

Sorry, toffeeboffin, pipped to the post by liz70 Sat 05-Dec-15 23:52:05!