A hotel manager’s amusing reaction to a customer query about breaking down the cost of a custom cake has gone viral, leaving social-media users hysterical.
Richard Logins (@Richardlogins), 38, head of operations for a hotel, was making an extra effort to help a guest, Lucy, who had requested a cake costing £280. The guest’s request for a breakdown of the price led Logins to respond in a TikTok video, which has garnered almost 9,000 likes and more than 528,000 views.
“Cost to DO cake £280. Cost NOT to DO cake £0,” Logins replied via email.
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Logins, from London, in the U.K., told Newsweek: “We are not in the cake business, and if anyone asks for a cake, we usually direct them to other businesses who deal with cakes. But this guest insisted that we organize her a cake, two-tier, this-that-and-what-not. Guests, as much as we …