not so strange, but funny. We are in a very affluent part of town.
At least once a week we'll have a customer request that :the brownies not all be cut the same size: Please break a few of the cookies: can you scrap off all of the fancy decorations on that cake and make it uneven: if I let those chocolate dipped strawberries sit in the car a while, will they look like the ones you do at home?
The funny part is watching them in the car transfering the items onto their own serving plates. I had one just last week tell me, hey I'm really getting the hang of baking, I learned it's best to let the cake sit awhile, then it slides off the cardbord thing much easier and only messes up the cake a little.
I have one customer who brings in her own serving trays for her annual
holiday party for 400, 200 each night. Nothing yellow, everyone knows she hates yellow. I basically throw the items on the plates. I arrive early, she and I have coffee while she sends the house person to retrieve the shaker we purchased together at the restaurant supply house. We fill the shaker with powdered sugar and she practices shaking and dusting in the sink with my guidance. She will do this just after her guest arrive, she is actually well known for her
holiday treats! This year she has requested nothing that is done in the bakery, she recognizes my things at all her social functions and does not want to be exposed.
I can't tell you my compensation for this, she calls it a little something for my 10 yr old sons education. Hey! I'm not proud, it pays for half a yrs. tuition! :lips:
