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Parents elbowing small children out of the way to buy stuff at the school bake-sale today.

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Bubble99 · 27/04/2007 21:01

And these are the parents who would have been horrified to hear the swearing child on the other thread.

So, I s'pose it's OK to act like a total 'see you next Tuesday' but to also be offended at a small child using similar words.

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Bubble99 · 27/04/2007 21:08

Oh, come on! Have you never been a witness of 'cake-rage?'

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foxinsocks · 27/04/2007 21:12

was it for particularly delicious looking chocolate brownies? I can sort of see why that might happen .

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Bubble99 · 27/04/2007 21:21

Yes, brownies. Very delicious looking they were, too.

What p'd me off was that there was nothing left for my boys to buy when they came out of class. I could have joined the scrum beforehand but I thought the whole point was to let the children go and buy a cake themselves?

I saw three reception littlies being pushed out of the way by a braying 'Jocasta just loves these,' mother.

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pointydog · 27/04/2007 21:22

totally par for the course.

Nothing brings out the competitive spirit as much as the whiff of a homebaking stall

pointydog · 27/04/2007 21:23

It is absolutely nothing about letting the little children buy and watching their happy faces.

No.

It is about, I want the caramel shortcake and some loser can get the chocolate crispies

foxinsocks · 27/04/2007 21:26

lol

bubble, you must get Neals Yard Bakeries to come to the school - they are local, in Twickenham, and bake the most delicious stuff. They come to ours every Friday (my poor waistline).

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Bubble99 · 27/04/2007 21:29

That's a really good idea, foxy.

Do they give a cut of profits to the school?

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Bubble99 · 27/04/2007 21:30

pointy. Ultimate caking?

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pointydog · 27/04/2007 21:31

There is a very real cake hierarchy

Blu · 27/04/2007 21:36

DS was almost crushed at the last but one cake sale. I had busted a gut to make some top fairy cakes (organic to boot) and had not held any back. DS was extremely keen to buy a cake he had iced, and patiently queued, clutching his 20p. The crowd at the back just pushed and leaned over the heads of the little ones, and DS was wedged with his neck against the table with a look of anguish on his face. I rescued him (from under the table ) just as the last cake disappeared over his head in a bag of 10 to an adult with a £5. DS was distraught, and the school caretaker who had seen what had happened went into the staff room and got him a piece of someone's b'day cake!

The next cake sale was ferociously policed...AND I held cakes back for DS and his friends.

foxinsocks · 27/04/2007 21:43

I don't know bubble. They do a roaring trade though.

Our school has cottoned on and the cake sales happen during school break time so that parents can't attend (unless they are at fairs and the like)

marthamoo · 27/04/2007 21:45

We had one woman kicking off at our last one because we didn't provide free cake boxes. Do we look like fracking Greggs?

hattie2 · 27/04/2007 22:07

Think I may have been at the same cake sale as you bubble! Poor dd (nursery age) was terrified and got pushed around by both parents and older kids.

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Lovecat · 29/04/2007 13:59

I've just come back from manning the stall at our CHURCH cake sale today and... omg, you do not want to get between pensioners and their bit of cake!!

Elbowing, shouting over people's heads, shoving in - my co-stallee's back went about 10 minutes into the melee so I was on my own while she went for a lie down - in the end I had to say (in my best 'supernanny' voice) 'PLEASE can you form an orderly queue or I won't be serving ANY of you!'

And this from a bunch of aged Christians...

And notwithstanding the fact it's to raise funds for church repairs, they still expect to be able to buy my home-made entirely organic victoria sponge for £1 (when it's only going for £2 in the first place)! We've had the 'oh, don't you do cakeboxes?' comment too...

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