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Original poster

To think this was completely out of order

35 replies

2quidfalafels · 30/08/2018 14:25

We're having our own version of GBBO at work, with me and three other colleagues baking cookies yesterday evening for a small panel judges (fellow colleagues). We agreed to meet at 1:30 with our cookies plated - but one of the contestants (let's call them Tupperware) was 15 minutes late.

Tupperware turned up with shop bought cookies from the very posh deli/cafe owned by an internationally famous chef down the round. Me and the other two who baked from scratch at home immediately protested, saying that she shouldn't be in the competition. Everyone else made out that we were making a huge fuss and hers were placed in the competition anyway.

Tupperware's cookies came first, with me and another chap tying for joint second and the other guy coming last. Our homemade cookies were all genuinely delicious and in my opinion tastier than the shop bought ones - but that doesn't matter, it's the principle of her being in the competition at all that really bugs me. AIBU to think she shouldn't have been allowed to enter?! Hmm

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Returnofthesmileybar · 30/08/2018 14:28

Yanbu, that's the end of it surely? I mean who is going to bother putting effort in next time? I assume nobody so letting her in will have just ruined it. Did she turn up with them in the packaging or Tupperware trying to pass then off as her own?

Baumederose · 30/08/2018 14:29

Oh Jesus

Find something real to get annoyed about

I'm glad tupperware won. They probably did it just to fuck you off

MissusGeneHunt · 30/08/2018 14:31

YANBU and its bloody unfair, but hey, hopefully Tupperware will end up looking the pillock and not you! There's always one.....

serbska · 30/08/2018 14:34

We had an enforced fun cake baking comp a few years ago at work. Actually more like 8 years ago. I was very junior and was made to do it on the rotation. . We were working out of the house 7am to 10.30pm. Eating 3 meals a day at work. Tired. I don't bake at the best of times!

I bought supermarket cakes, decanted into Tupperware and presented those.

I didn't win, but I didn't come last.

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2quidfalafels · 30/08/2018 14:42

Just to point out:

  1. I'm not really livid about this, just having a moan because it's a bit crap.
  1. Nobody was forced into the competition, the company is about 50 people and only 4 volunteered to bake things.

Cheers for the sympathy, it's good to know I'm not being a grumpy bugger for no reason haha Grin

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2cats2many · 30/08/2018 14:44

YANBU. That's totally crap and pointless.

RaptorInaPorkPieHat · 30/08/2018 14:46

YANBU

I'd be calling the incident "The Great British Buy Off"

implantsandaDyson · 30/08/2018 14:48

Why are you having your own version of GBBO at work? If it's for charity - why does it matter where the cookies came from? - surely the end result was the same. Was it for fun? - hmmm bit of a fail there but again why does it matter? Surely it was just a bit of a laugh?
Because no grown ups would carry on like an eejit about the fairness of a baking competition in work.

PrincessWire · 30/08/2018 14:49

YANBU and I wouldn't be taking part again.

businessModel · 30/08/2018 14:49

It sounds like your baking isn't as good as you think.

Suck it up buttercup.

SleepFreeZone · 30/08/2018 14:55

I’m intrigued about Tupperware. Did they say the cookies were bought? Do they have previous form for being a bit of an arsehole? I just wonder what type of person would do that?

Twotailed · 30/08/2018 14:56

YANBU, that’s a bit of a scam! It’s a competition, not a bake sale. I would have been annoyed too.

Did the judges know they were shop bought?

DisgustedofSouthend · 30/08/2018 14:59

that is ridiculous

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2quidfalafels · 30/08/2018 15:00

The judges knew they were shop bought beforehand and decided they didn't see a reason why she shouldn't still be in the competition.

Tupperware has no previous history of being an arsehole, but she's also very confident and outgoing, so not the sort of person who would feel uncomfortable bowing out of a competition if she realised she didn't have time to bake. No idea why she thought that was a good idea.

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DisgustedofSouthend · 30/08/2018 15:04

more fool the judges, that is very wrong op.

actualpuffins · 30/08/2018 15:06

YANBU, how stupid. It's not a bake off if the competitor hasn't baked the biscuits!

HellonHeels · 30/08/2018 15:06

Protest by smashing the baked goods!

actualpuffins · 30/08/2018 15:07

I'd bring some Mr Kipling French Fancies next time, and enter them. Still in the box.

ReanimatedSGB · 30/08/2018 15:10

I can sort of see your point, and wonder what Tupperware was thinking, but I wouldn't be getting excited about it.

Mind you, if any outfit I was involved in tried to pressure me to participate in a fucking cookery contest, of course I would bring in whatever I could get that was on the reduced shelf on the day. I don't do baking.

DianaPrincessOfThemyscira · 30/08/2018 15:15

It’s one of those “what is the actual point then?” isn’t it?

I wouldn’t do it again because something that’s supposed to be a bit of office fun has been made into a popularity contest really.

actualpuffins · 30/08/2018 15:16

But no-one was forced to bake here or bring cakes in.

HPFA · 30/08/2018 15:17

I would be annoyed about this too. Sure, it's just a fun competition but I imagine those of you who baked your own did your best to make them look and taste good. It's a bit of a letdown when someone waltzes in with ones they bought and then wins.

MirriVan · 30/08/2018 15:20

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Jaxhog · 30/08/2018 15:28

YANBU. That's totally crap and pointless.

But I bet this reflects your company culture.

DontCallMeCharlotte · 30/08/2018 15:39

For some reason the name Tupperware really makes me laugh.

Anyway, I'm with you OP. And I feel the same about losing out to bought or hired fancy dress costumes when I've made my own.

And let's not even start on Easter Bonnets with parental assistance... (45 years on and it still irks).