Get Baked’s chief baker and #sprinklegate instigator has called out a Welsh copycat for ‘stealing’ his Facebook posts in a hilarious social media rant.
The popular cake shop and bakery, which is known for its giant ‘Bruce’ cakes and viral sprinkles (amongst other things), shared a post to its social media channels last night taking aim at the Welsh wannabes in the most amusing and light-hearted fashion.
In a post shared to the bakery’s Instagram, the owner started by explaining that he’d been sent ‘quite a few messages’ about the copycats, a dessert place in Wales, and laid out that they had been ‘stealing’ his Facebook statuses for use on their own page.
Jokingly sharing the concern that the person responsible “might hurt me and/or turn me into a lampshade”, he went on to say, “part of me is disgusted, another part of me is ever so slightly turned on.”
“Not horny, just like vaguely aware of the sensation.”
Calling the whole situation a “cake-derived version of inception”, he then goes down a ‘pie dealership’ rabbit hole before concluding “it’s f****** madness, all this.”
The full post shared to Get Baked’s Instagram page read:
“So I’ve been sent quite a few messages about this dessert place in Wales, that has started stealing our Facebook statuses, and using them on their page.
“Sometimes it’s just ending things with stuff like “hope you fail,” and sometimes it’s word for word, with the occasional word change, which incidentally, and unfortunately for them, removes the humour from the whole situation.
“Anyway, it’s a strange one, I’m flattered but also slightly concerned that the person might hurt me, and/or turn me into a lampshade.
“I think this is what it’s like for people when they find out someone is using their photo for a fake Tinder profile.
“Part of me is disgusted, another part of me is ever so slightly turned on.
“Not horny, just like vaguely aware of the sensation.
“They’re probably going to talk about this status on their page, which is like a cake-derived version of inception, where one pie dealership talks about another pie dealership, in a manner that suggests that they are that pie dealership, even though they’re not, and the other pie dealership knows it’s going on, and they know that the other pie dealership know’s what’s going on.
“It’s f****** madness all this.”
Shared with the caption ‘A short tale’, the bakery later added in the comments that they wouldn’t be naming and shaming the culprits – although it appears that post has now disappeared from the page.
Comparing the copycat to someone who feeds their dog chocolate, the owner said he wasn’t upset or annoyed – rather that he found the whole thing funny.
Whilst copycats have become an increasing problem for independent small businesses thanks to social media, we have to say Get Baked has handled it with more humour than most.
That said, we think the top comment award has to go to The Wee Bakery, who wrote: “Please PLEASE tell me their version of Bruce is Bryn.”
Feature image – Get Baked
