Imagine this: you’re a student who bakes wedding cakes on the side to make some extra income. You’ve just finished a beautiful cake meant for 50 guests when you leave your apartment for a few hours. Upon returning, you find that your roommate has eaten the entire cake! Now, you’re left with a dilemma: should your roommate pay the full price of the cake, or just the cost of your time and ingredients? This is the story of two roommates trying to settle a $1000 cake dispute.
The Cake-Making Student
A Cake for 50 Guests
The Cake Devourer Strikes!
Eating Disorder History ️
A Guilty Roommate
The Cake Re-Maker ✨
Time and Effort Lost ⏰
The $1000 Dilemma
Roommate’s Counteroffer
Principle vs. Reality ️
Seeking a Consensus ️
The Great Cake Debate
So, here’s the situation: a student bakes a $1000 wedding cake, only for her roommate to eat the entire thing in one sitting. The baker wants her roommate to pay the full price of the cake, while the roommate thinks she should only pay for the time and ingredients needed to remake it. Is it fair to charge the full price, or should the roommate get a break? Let’s dive into the internet’s top responses to this delicious dilemma!
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NTA. Roommate ate $1000 wedding cake. Fair compensation is debated.
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NTA. Roommate owes $1000 for devouring wedding cake
NTA, but consider a compromise to avoid an awkward living situation.
NTA – Roommate owes for cake, time, stress, and anxiety.
Roommate devours $1000 wedding cake, refuses to pay. Small claims?
Roommate devours $1000 wedding cake! Charge her for the damage. NTA
NTA. Friend’s eating disorder not an excuse for stealing $1000 cake
NTA with ED seeks help, inspiring comment receives award!
Roommate devours $1000 wedding cake, ruins day, and refuses to pay. NTA.
NTA, but recovery time costs more than $20/hr.
NTA. Protect your business and set boundaries with your roommate!
“NTA. She destroyed your item, she should pay for it.”
NTA. Roommate ate wedding cake, risking OP’s business and couple’s special day.
Roommate devours wedding cake, OP suggests $800 ‘express delivery’ fee.
NTA: Charge her for the cake, consequences on her.
NTA. Hold her accountable for the $1000 cake she devoured!
“NTA. Time is money, honey.” – A deliciously justified response.
NTA: Roommate devours $1000 wedding cake, should pay for it!
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Baker’s nightmare! Roommate devours wedding cake before it’s finished!
NTA. Roommate should pay for cake and apologize for stress.
Roommate devours $1000 wedding cake! Who should pay? NTA.
