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| - The cupcakes were pretty, they were delicious, they were fun. They were special and they were made for me by someone I didn't even get to properly thank. They were made for me so that I could sleep in on a Sunday morning rather than bake them myself for a family get-together. That, alone, is worth five stars.
So, thank you, Vanilla Pastry Studio.
Also, while I'm yelping, I feel compelled to comment on the 1-star yelp review here. Yelp can be silly, but finding a 1-star review for an independently owned, nice little cupcake shop that does good work, simply because the cake seemed dry / bland (and I'm assuming that this person only ate one cupcake, right?) is so sad it makes me fall into a deep, existential spiral.
There is a world beyond you, extreme cupcake critic. In this world outside of you exists other human beings. Many of those human beings don't know when or where their next meal is coming from. If you are old enough to use a computer, you are far too old to stomp your feet and throw single star ratings at innocent cupcake shops. Perhaps over your next indulgent and completely unnecessary food purchase you could contemplate how fortunate you are to have the ability to put food into your face and comment on it in any way.
Please, yelpers. Please... if you don't like something about your experience in a restaurant, cafe, shop, bar... tell the person who's waiting on you. Tell a manager. Tell someone, then and there. Let them try to make it better. Maybe they will, maybe they won't... but try. It helps to make our local businesses better, rather than diminishing them by giving low ratings. Yelp should be a place for honest and open reviews, but it shouldn't be the one and only outlet for entitled and extremely passive aggressive people to let off some steam.
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