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'You're dead to us...' | 'Petty' cake sent to quitting employee in comical farewell gesture

'Petty' cake sent to quitting employee in comical farewell gesture

Most of us would have experienced the sadness of having to say goodbye to a work bestie.

Now more than ever, workers value the people they speak to every day at work over the work itself or pay. So, it makes sense that a well-valued colleague might be at risk of receiving a sassy departing gift, or does it?

A video has gone viral on TikTok of a ‘petty’ cake that was sent from an employee to their colleague as a comical farewell present. The well designed, cutely embellished, rainbow cake sports the slogan ‘you’re dead to us...goodbye forever QUITTER.’

The baker says to viewers in the video: "Whoever ordered this cake is the level of petty I aspire to be, this may seem like a typical cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone will eat it and be happy, but someone is salty.

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