To think that bringing cakes into work is a bit try hard

[Cateyes113]

Fair enough if it's for an special event or something. It's a nice gesture, but I think bringing in cakes for everyone 'just because' is people trying to be liked and win people over. Maybe I'm just miserable.

Yanbu

I think YABU, I love to bake and eat cakes, sometimes I bake but I’m on a diet, so I take the cakes into work. That’s not me being an arse kisser, that’s me trying to fatten them up, whilst slimming myself

I bring in home baked stuff for my colleagues. I do it because they like it . I’m not trying to win anyone over. Daft assumption to make.

Sometimes it's just a nice thing to do. There doesn't have to be an ulterior motive. I cant bake but I have bought cakes for my colleagues because I appreciate them and all the support we offer each other.

Some people just like to bake. I worked with a lovely lady who just really enjoyed baking but lived alone, so it gave her pleasure to bring stuff in to work and we all enjoyed it too. Don't think she was 'tryhard' in any way, she just wanted her bakes to go to a good home 🤷‍♀️

Noooooo , love the people who bring cake.
They love the adulation of their hobby , we get to eat the cake . Everyone’s a winner.

@Itsvalentino secret feeder

Hell no!
Work in a small office and my manager brings in a small cake/biscuit/treat for us each week.
She loves doing it and it makes us feel good so YABU

With talk like this, I'll never get cake at work again so for that YABVU! NHS runs on cake.

I take it someone you don't like does this?

My kids love the process of baking but don't actually like to eat much so my wife very often takes baking into her work

Yep.....agreed, you're just being miserable

You are miserable. I like cake.

Yes you are being miserable 😉. Some of us like to bake and eat cake. Normal at both mine and DH work. I love it when someone else makes some thing new. The company bought birthday cakes are appreciated but disappointing compared to homemade. Gosh I don’t think I can tell you how much I love actual homemade cakes not the commercially made ones which are made to stay fresh for a week.

God, I do this all the time. Mainly because I like cake so want an excuse to it eat.

Cake makes afternoons with deadlines manageable. YABU.

there was a woman in my office who loved baking, found it really relaxing and enjoyable but lived alone so wouldn’t eat half of it. Do you think she should have thrown it in the bin or what?

Even if people are just trying to be liked, does it matter? Trying too hard to be liked is hardly an horrendous character trait. Eat the cake, maybe it'll sweeten you up a bit....

I think YABU and I don’t even like cake & always politely decline.

People like to bake for other people. Can’t get worked up about that.

Yabvu. You are miserable, yes.

Sometimes people just like being kind and generous, without an ulterior motive. So I think YABU (I had to look up what that means first!).

Mind you, you never know. Some people might well be trying to curry favour. Or should I say, cake favour? Sorry, that was bad!

So being nice is a bad thing now? Well, that's good for you then.

@Coughee

Even if people are just trying to be liked, does it matter? Trying too hard to be liked is hardly an horrendous character trait. Eat the cake, maybe it'll sweeten you up a bit....

This. You sound very miserable OP!

This is so miserable. YABU.

Do you think trying to be liked is a bad thing? I don’t really understand your issue with it?