Dairy Queen employee fired after mistaking 'Moana' for 'marijuana' on birthday cake

[Suburban_Guy]

So Moana sounds like marijuana? Sounds like a bit of a stretch to me.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...-for-marijuana

A Dairy Queen employee was fired this week after mistakenly hearing “marijuana” instead of “Moana” when she took an order for a themed birthday cake.

Cassandra Walker, an employee at the fast-food chain, said her manager misheard a request from a customer who wanted a movie-themed cake to celebrate her daughter’s 25th birthday.

The customer, the mother of Kensli Daivs, called the local branch of the restaurant to request a “Moana”-themed birthday cake — a reference to her daughter’s favorite Disney movie — but the employee heard “marijuana” instead, CNN reported.

[Jowel]

Oh wow, that cake!!! No words!!!

As far as the misunderstanding, in certain parts of Georgia where the story took place, it's not that much of a stretch with some of those accents!

She was initially fired, then another manager offered to reinstate her but she declined, citing the way she was treated over the situation. I hope it works out for her.

I wonder what the mom's expression was when she first saw it. Kensli (the cake recipient) seemed to have a good sense of humor about it.

[Sarahsez]

The words sound enough alike that I could see it happening especially with someone especially someone tuned into that culture.

That theme should have been rejected based on Dairy Queen being a family place. I don't think she should have been fired if the manager approved it.

[Javacoffee]

Does nobody ever forgive and forget these days? People mumble. People have accents. People get sued for refusing to decorate cakes.

This was a stupid, but honest mistake. It makes me queasy that someone was fired. We all make mistakes from time to time.

[Jowel]

Originally Posted by Javacoffee

Does nobody ever forgive and forget these days? People mumble. People have accents. People get sued for refusing to decorate cakes.

This was a stupid, but honest mistake. It makes me queasy that someone was fired. We all make mistakes from time to time.

Agreed. They did offer her job back after realizing firing her was an overkill, but apparently she was upset enough over the way this was handled that she rejected their offer. I hope she can move on to better things.

[ABQConvict]

Originally Posted by Javacoffee

Does nobody ever forgive and forget these days? People mumble. People have accents. People get sued for refusing to decorate cakes.

This was a stupid, but honest mistake. It makes me queasy that someone was fired. We all make mistakes from time to time.

Outrage culture shall not suffer a witch to live.

[ClaraC]

Moana, the disney character, isn't pronounced Mona.

Depending on how it's actually pronounced, and was pronounced by this cake orderer, I could see the mistake.

Partly due to me having no friggin idea who Moana is.

[Sockeye66]

The picture of that cake is hilarious.

As poster above said, I don't know Moana either, and a southern accent over a garbled phone line could easily see the mistake made.

[theatergypsy]

I must say, the employee did a nice decorating job. If the order had really been for a "marijuana" themed cake, it fit the bill.

It wouldn't surprise me if that Dairy Queen has a run on orders for that cake.

[RJ312]

Moana can sound like marijuana. The cake was well decorated.