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Tales From A Bakery
As some of you may or may not know I operate a small bakery here in Ballarat.
As anyone who deals in customer service can tell you some times you get to deal with strange people.
Customers
I am a pie connoisseur.
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I judge a bakery by their pies/pasties/vanilla slices, if they cannot do that right then I don’t go back
(I am proud of the product I make, but you sir are a wanker)
Do you use real icing?
??WTF?? What is real icing? All icings I know are made from different combinations of sugar, water and margarine, if one is real and others aren’t than I don’t understand your question.
Can I keep this creamed sponge in the refrigerator over night and take it to Melbourne with me tomorrow?
You buy my cakes because I use fresh cream, fresh cream does not retain its integrity sitting on a fridge overnight or by being bounced around in a hot car for two hours.
I am moving to Ballarat soon and the real-estate agent has suggested a house in Sebastopol, will I like it there?
What would my boyfriend/girlfriend like?
Why aren’t you open on Sundays?
I think I deserve one day off a week.
I thought bakers liked working long hours.
Tourists
My bakery is situated across the road from one of Victoria’s main tourist attractions.
Most people when going on holiday leave their brains at home.
Can I have my pie on a plate with a knife and fork?
No, that is not how a pie is eaten, you eat it from the bag
How do I get to Bathurst?
Bathurst is about 800Km’s away, just go north
How do I get to the historical park?
(This place takes up 80% of the land over the road from the shop, there are signs everywhere, it is kinda hard to miss.)
Go back down the road to the roundabout (50m) and turn left.
And then where?
It is there.
Where?
Why don’t you make the same stuff that my local baker makes?
I want scrambled eggs and bacon, why can’t you make that for me?
Cause you are American and this is not a diner.
Where is the Ned Kelly museum?
That would be in Glenrowan, 250Km’s away, nothing to do with Ballarat.
As some of you may or may not know I operate a small bakery here in Ballarat.
As anyone who deals in customer service can tell you some times you get to deal with strange people.
Customers
I am a pie connoisseur.
&
I judge a bakery by their pies/pasties/vanilla slices, if they cannot do that right then I don’t go back
(I am proud of the product I make, but you sir are a wanker)
Do you use real icing?
??WTF?? What is real icing? All icings I know are made from different combinations of sugar, water and margarine, if one is real and others aren’t than I don’t understand your question.
Can I keep this creamed sponge in the refrigerator over night and take it to Melbourne with me tomorrow?
You buy my cakes because I use fresh cream, fresh cream does not retain its integrity sitting on a fridge overnight or by being bounced around in a hot car for two hours.
I am moving to Ballarat soon and the real-estate agent has suggested a house in Sebastopol, will I like it there?
What would my boyfriend/girlfriend like?
Why aren’t you open on Sundays?
I think I deserve one day off a week.
I thought bakers liked working long hours.
Tourists
My bakery is situated across the road from one of Victoria’s main tourist attractions.
Most people when going on holiday leave their brains at home.
Can I have my pie on a plate with a knife and fork?
No, that is not how a pie is eaten, you eat it from the bag
How do I get to Bathurst?
Bathurst is about 800Km’s away, just go north
How do I get to the historical park?
(This place takes up 80% of the land over the road from the shop, there are signs everywhere, it is kinda hard to miss.)
Go back down the road to the roundabout (50m) and turn left.
And then where?
It is there.
Where?
Why don’t you make the same stuff that my local baker makes?
I want scrambled eggs and bacon, why can’t you make that for me?
Cause you are American and this is not a diner.
Where is the Ned Kelly museum?
That would be in Glenrowan, 250Km’s away, nothing to do with Ballarat.