#the coworker who was talking about how I shouldnt have won is the homophobe btw. in case it matters (it does)

[shishiikura]

My work sometimes has baking competitions and we had one for Halloween a few days ago so I entered as I always do. I made a Battenberg cake, but I did orange and purple checkerboard to be festive. The competition was really me vs one specific coworker who always wins both categories (taste and presentation) because he makes cakes that look and taste so perfect he has to provide photographic evidence that he made it himself and didn't buy it. This time it was a white vanilla cake with white whipped vanilla icing and strawberry compote on top. It was beautiful, it tasted store-bought (a little boring to me tbh) and ofc the entire office was gushing over how perfect this cake was. I was so fucking sure I was gonna lose again BUT I won for Best Presentation, and I won by SEVERAL votes!! (my coworker got best tasting, fair enough the masses love vanilla).

BUT ofc one of my coworkers (who's a bit of a dunce) was telling me how this other coworkers cake was just so perfect and so professional and she couldn't believe people didn't give him Best Presentation because they didn't think he made it himself and how unfair it was to him and I was like first of all, fuck off I won fair and square. Second, everyone KNOWS he made it and it WAS a gorgeous cake, but mine won probably because it was more interesting. Yeah it looked a little wonky and homemade but yknow what looking perfect and shiny and flawless isn't always what makes something good idk! Sometimes things that are a little less 'professional' really speak to people! Something 2 think about!

#liv rants #its kinda like that comic about the two cakes and this time its literally about cake #the coworker who was talking about how I shouldnt have won is the homophobe btw. in case it matters (it does) #it really was a battle of Mass Appeal Perfect vs Diy Weirdo and somehow the weirdo won smth #something something art doesnt have to be perfect to have meaning. or in this case a cake doesnt have to be perfect to be art