Life in Thailand can be full of lost in translation moments but on Mother’s Day – celebrated in Thailand yesterday – a translation was lost between a cake order and the inscription on the cake. A Thai woman’s attempt to surprise her mother with a cake went awry when the bakery, instead of just scribing the single line, “Love you, Mum” as instructed, wrote the entire order message.

 

The full order included the woman’s comments in the request indicating the bakery should feel no obligation to fulfil the request if it was not possible. She shared her experience with her Twitter followers, hinting both at the hilarity and the mildly disappointing note.

 

“I had read about others having such stories, never thought I’d have one. Wanted to be a nice daughter and surprise my mother with a cake for Mother’s Day but the surprise I received was stronger. Guess I messed up my request or the bakery was too honest.”

She further posted an image of the cake ordered via an app where she had indicated to the bakery, “Write ‘love mum.’ If you can’t, that’s fine.” Instead of going with a simple “Love you, Mum,” the bakery replicated her entire request on the cake.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Photo courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thai-womans-hilarious-cake-miscommunication-goes-viral-after-mothers-day

 

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The cake decorator definitely has skills but seems lacking of some common sense.

1 minute ago, edwinchester said:

The cake decorator definitely has skills but seems lacking of some common sense.

Or has a sense of humour.????

20 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Or has a sense of humour.????

Or charges by the word. 555

4 hours ago, webfact said:

She further posted an image of the cake ordered via an app where she had indicated to the bakery, “Write ‘love mum.’ If you can’t, that’s fine.” Instead of going with a simple “Love you, Mum,” the bakery replicated her entire request on the cake.

Like it.

1 hour ago, edwinchester said:

The cake decorator definitely has skills but seems lacking of some common sense.

Or a great sense of humour.

Just wondering why the word 'birthday' is on the cake in English...

I'm guessing they just removed the extra words before using it.

Likely an illiterate worker