A Texas Bakery Loses A Large Order After Posting About Their Pride Month Cookies And People Come In Crowds To Support Them
Pride month is celebrated every year in June to commemorate the Stonewall riots that took place at the end of June in 1969 in the United States. Now June is recognized as Pride month in many countries all over the world, bringing attention to the impact the LGBTQ+ community has and is dedicated to further fighting for equal rights.
A well-known LGBTQ+ symbol is a flag with rainbow-colored stripes and a lot of people, businesses, and organizations express their support to the community by using this symbol. A bakery in Texas baked some heart-shaped cookies with the pride flag on them and actually lost some customers. After the internet found out about this, the business was flooded with support.
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A bakery in Texas wanted to show their support to the LGBTQ+ community by baking rainbow cookies and then posted the result on Facebook
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The Confections bakery in Lufkin, Texas, USA posted a picture of delicious-looking heart-shaped cookies with colorful icing that imitates a rainbow, which is the LGBTQ+ flag’s colors. The bakery wanted to express their support towards the community and spread the message of love.
They captioned the photo, “More LOVE. Less hate. Happy Pride to all our LGBTQ friends! All lovers of cookies and happiness are welcome here🌈✨”
However, the post initially received some hateful reactions and a customer cancelled a large order, which was quite a loss for a small bakery
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However, it seems that a simple post like that cost the small bakery quite a bit of followers and a customer ended up cancelling a big order even though it was already made.
The owners went to Facebook once again demonstrating their disbelief in what happened and hoping that people would come to their bakery to buy those unwanted cookies so they wouldn’t go to waste.
But then the internet did its thing and the bakery owners received so much support that they sold out completely
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People were also donating money without buying anything, but the owners then encouraged them to donate to animal shelters
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The owners didn’t know what was coming for them, because people were overwhelmingly supportive and generous not only with likes on the post.
On their Facebook page, Confections reported that people were donating money and were coming in to buy their sweets. The bakery managed to sell every cookie from the cancelled order and even more.
The owners came to Facebook to say that this was a unique experience and they feel very grateful for the support that outweighed the initial backlash
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What at first seemed like the beginning of the end of a struggling business turned out to be a success story.
The owners are very grateful for all the love people have been sending and showing. They encourage all the donators to donate to animal shelters instead. So on top of being LGBTQ+ supporters, they also seem to be generous people themselves.
The internet’s reaction was very positive and the story just sounds like something from a fairytale where at the end, those who have been wronged come out as winners.
The internet’s reaction was mostly positive and people were happy that the bakery was introduced to so many new customers
People who whine about "cancel culture" are actually the ones who invented it. They've cancelled truth, love, honesty, compassion, and caring about your community. I don't know why ANYONE would choose to steep themselves in such bitter toxicity; you notice how these people are always full of hate and rage and victimhood? Enough. Don't be right wing; it slowly kills you (and people around you) and it sure as hell isn't loving, kind, or uplifting.
I'll never understand why some people cant live and let live. It's not as if how other people live really affects their day to day life. Plus the cookies look delicious. (_8(|) mmmm cookies
My thoughts exactly. People that feel it's their place to decide what's right for others IMO have something wrong in their own lives. Cookies rock!
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Seriously it's just cookies!!! All it matters is to be tasty!!! I'm glad they got all this support!!
I emailed BoredPanda the profile of "Amelija Janavičius" and demanded that they delete this person. "Amelija Janavičius" has been posting garbage for at least 6 months and nothing has been done. Step up, Bored Panda.
I also sent a removal request to BoredPanda. They honestly need to have a better moderation team or way to block user. It is getting to the point where they are going to lose a lot of readers and users due to targeted harassment and hate-speech.
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Its ironic that the same hyper-patriotic Americans who yell about how America is the free-est country ever, are trying to tell people how they can and can't live and who they can and can't love.
Imagine being that filled with hatred and self-loathing that you get triggered by a delicious and lovingly made cookie celebrating love in all forms.
I don't know but don't mind this Amelia troll. Love is love and positive attitude piss the hater off
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Texas is an awful state. I feel bad for the kind excepting open minded people of Texas as well as the people that are the targets of hatred. This is what the conservatives cry about when they whine about cancel culture. They also think cancel culture is when people face consequences for their hateful actions. The irony and projection is totally lost on them. Stay strong the good people of Texas and happy pride month!
If all you have is hearted in your heart, how can you ever give and receive love.
i think that it's rude that one person said it was a baker "making money off a trend" because the lgbtq+ community isn't a trend. it is something many people struggled with and were abused because of, and it is unkind to blow it off as a "trend"
Not only do the heart shape cookies support a good cause, the icing on them is incredibly well done. They have a talented person/people working there.
If rainbow cookies offend you that much just don’t buy them! Get over yourselves. It’s 2021 and I hate to break it to you, but gay people exist! You showing your bigotry doesn’t make them go away! Love is love.
This is so lovely, it bought a tear to my eye. This is why I like this site, never underestimate the power of an uplifting story! Not that it’s about me, I have a chronic illness, and in more than a usual amount of pain, the kindness of all these people made me feel better if only for a little while, so thank you 😊
I actually look for pride flags in windows and on web-sites and will purposely shop in those spots. Same with black-owned businesses/restaurants. In fact, it's black restaurant week in case you didn't know!
Same here! I’m going to make myself some rainbow cupcakes and post pics everywhere to share the love
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I saw the first one a while ago and it warms my heart that people did help them out.
These look amazing i want to bake some!! 😍 how did they get the icing so perfect?!
Hate is such a waste of time. energy, thought and soul. What the living hell is wrong with people. I am pretty glad to be in the skin I am in today.
People who whine about "cancel culture" are actually the ones who invented it. They've cancelled truth, love, honesty, compassion, and caring about your community. I don't know why ANYONE would choose to steep themselves in such bitter toxicity; you notice how these people are always full of hate and rage and victimhood? Enough. Don't be right wing; it slowly kills you (and people around you) and it sure as hell isn't loving, kind, or uplifting.
I'll never understand why some people cant live and let live. It's not as if how other people live really affects their day to day life. Plus the cookies look delicious. (_8(|) mmmm cookies
My thoughts exactly. People that feel it's their place to decide what's right for others IMO have something wrong in their own lives. Cookies rock!
Load More Replies... Seriously it's just cookies!!! All it matters is to be tasty!!! I'm glad they got all this support!!
I emailed BoredPanda the profile of "Amelija Janavičius" and demanded that they delete this person. "Amelija Janavičius" has been posting garbage for at least 6 months and nothing has been done. Step up, Bored Panda.
I also sent a removal request to BoredPanda. They honestly need to have a better moderation team or way to block user. It is getting to the point where they are going to lose a lot of readers and users due to targeted harassment and hate-speech.
Load More Replies... Its ironic that the same hyper-patriotic Americans who yell about how America is the free-est country ever, are trying to tell people how they can and can't live and who they can and can't love.
Imagine being that filled with hatred and self-loathing that you get triggered by a delicious and lovingly made cookie celebrating love in all forms.
I don't know but don't mind this Amelia troll. Love is love and positive attitude piss the hater off
Load More Replies... Texas is an awful state. I feel bad for the kind excepting open minded people of Texas as well as the people that are the targets of hatred. This is what the conservatives cry about when they whine about cancel culture. They also think cancel culture is when people face consequences for their hateful actions. The irony and projection is totally lost on them. Stay strong the good people of Texas and happy pride month!
If all you have is hearted in your heart, how can you ever give and receive love.
i think that it's rude that one person said it was a baker "making money off a trend" because the lgbtq+ community isn't a trend. it is something many people struggled with and were abused because of, and it is unkind to blow it off as a "trend"
Not only do the heart shape cookies support a good cause, the icing on them is incredibly well done. They have a talented person/people working there.
If rainbow cookies offend you that much just don’t buy them! Get over yourselves. It’s 2021 and I hate to break it to you, but gay people exist! You showing your bigotry doesn’t make them go away! Love is love.
This is so lovely, it bought a tear to my eye. This is why I like this site, never underestimate the power of an uplifting story! Not that it’s about me, I have a chronic illness, and in more than a usual amount of pain, the kindness of all these people made me feel better if only for a little while, so thank you 😊
I actually look for pride flags in windows and on web-sites and will purposely shop in those spots. Same with black-owned businesses/restaurants. In fact, it's black restaurant week in case you didn't know!
Same here! I’m going to make myself some rainbow cupcakes and post pics everywhere to share the love
Load More Replies... I saw the first one a while ago and it warms my heart that people did help them out.
These look amazing i want to bake some!! 😍 how did they get the icing so perfect?!
Hate is such a waste of time. energy, thought and soul. What the living hell is wrong with people. I am pretty glad to be in the skin I am in today.
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