The Cupcake

So, I decorated cupcakes.  When they don't know what to have me do, sometimes they just send me off to the other room to box some cakes or to clean some tables, or in this instance, to decorate some cupcakes.  Which, mind you, are not even cupcakes.  They're just ice cream frozen in layers..but that's besides the point.

Some of the people that I work with are truly gems.  But, they definitely proved it to me after I decorated these cupcakes.  The girl who sent me back told me that I could put on the cupcakes whatever I pleased.  Since they were up front serving customers and doing their typical shenanigans I decided to be artistic and take my time on the decorations.  Some of them had flowers on them, some were just plaid, some were covered in sprinkles, and when I decided to be particularly elaborate, one of them said Dairy Queen.

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't it make sense to have your cupcakes from Dairy Queen say Dairy Queen on them?  I didn't think it was that far-fetched.

So I took the cupcakes out to the front when I finished them to put the lids on them, and two of the girls are goggling at them to see what different designs I put on them.  I move away to retrieve more lids, and I hear the one girl point to the written-on cupcake and say to the other one "What does that say?"

Now pause.  The workers at DQ do this thing frequently where they don't want to hurt my feelings, so they will talk to each other about things to see if they're okay, rather than just flat-out telling me that I'm doing something wrong.  This was kind of one of those moments.  They talk as if I'm not there.  And so, this girl asks the other girl what the cupcake says.  I thought this was a little odd, I mean, WHAT ELSE WOULD THE CUPCAKE SAY? But, I figured maybe she was just having trouble reading it, and so I didn't think much of it. Until..

The other one responded: "I think it says Dairy Queen.."
There is an awkward pause, and then..."Um. Dairy what?"

WHAT. ELSE. KIND OF DAIRY SOMETHING WOULD IT SAY?! I honestly just cannot understand how you could not know what it would say after someone says "Dairy.." We work at Dairy Queen!  It was just one of those moments where I honestly just had no idea what to respond or what to do.  I felt so incredibly intelligent and so confused about society.

I just continued to put lids on my cupcakes and moved on.