# We had 9/11 cake at work today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174 "2008-09-11T22:53:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/21 "2008-09-12T00:18:13Z")
i’m gonna figure on a well meaning person, going a bit astray. a moment or 2 of silence is about as far as i would go in the workplace. ---
**Author:** ![hekk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@hekk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hekk)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/22 "2008-09-12T00:18:19Z")
This sounds like something Michael from “The Office” would do. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/23 "2008-09-12T00:20:27Z")
You should have thrown a fit and said your uncle was killed. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/24 "2008-09-12T02:15:11Z")
Well, it could have been worse. It could have had smoking debris on top of the cake. Hey, hold that bus! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/25 "2008-09-12T03:30:55Z")
Good thing it wasn’t a souffle, you know how easily those fall. We’re going to need a bigger bus. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/26 "2008-09-12T03:54:47Z")
I don’t understand the outrage. Sure, it’s a bit dumb, but it doesn’t strike me as something to get pissed over. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/27 "2008-09-12T04:22:36Z")
Good grief. What next… Katrina Brownies? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/28 "2008-09-12T04:42:10Z")
[Obligatory Onion link](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28148) ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/29 "2008-09-12T04:59:21Z")
I really wish I could say I was at all surprised. But my dorm sophomore year definitely had a 9/11 cake. They also served All-American foods like burgers, hot dogs, and apple pie. With balloons and streamers everywhere. … Needless to say, we were all more than a little creeped out. ETA: Hell yes, still a Charter Member. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/30 "2008-09-12T05:06:11Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Good grief. What next… Katrina Brownies? Wouldn’t they be too soggy? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/31 "2008-09-12T05:07:33Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Wouldn’t they be too soggy? Yeah, it should be Katrina Taffy. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/32 "2008-09-12T05:13:43Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Yeah, it should be Katrina Taffy. Saltwater, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/33 "2008-09-12T10:36:13Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Good grief. Not really. 😛 It’s definitely very tacky and more people would be made uncomfortable than “helped.” Still, the people who ate that cake probably enjoyed it more than I enjoyed watching all that archival footage on the History Channel. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/34 "2008-09-12T10:53:34Z")
I have to admit I’m amazed that we didn’t have a pause at work for a moment of silence or something, especially since we’re gov’t employees. Come to think of it, the only announcements were regarding the front lobby being closed so the tiles could be resealed. At the risk of souding like a heartless commie terrorist sympathizer, I wish people would quit rending their garments over 9/11 and expecting the world to join in. Yes, it was tragic and a life-altering event. But life still goes on. I don’t need to see videos of the flaming towers crashing over and over again - seeing them that day was quite enough. I heard on the news about firefighters in (?) Colorado, I think, who don all of their gear and climb the equivalent of the height of the towers. I understand that it’s supposed to be a tribute, but I don’t get it. I doubt that those who died are looking down from their heavenly clouds and smiling, and I’m not sure, had I lost someone that day, that I’d care about such a tribute. Maybe I’m just a cynical old grouch. And yeah, the cakes are pretty tacky. But I suppose people deal in their own ways. My sister has several strings of red, white and blue Christmas lights hung in her basement - she told me it was in honor of 9/11. I guess it makes her feel connected or something. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/35 "2008-09-12T13:08:54Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > Re the OP, I’m of two minds on this. One the one hand, is this the best way to recognize the day? Myself, I favor observing the day as little as possible… why give the 2001 attacks or those who perpetrated them any more acknowledgment than necessary? Mine seems to be a minority opinion, though, and I certainly respect those who mark the day with solemnity and reflection. Regardless, I don’t think this served either approach very well. > > On the other hand: cake. I love cake. Indeed. [Let’s see…](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_12)hey, what say we have some cake for the Indonesian earthquake of '79? ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/36 "2008-09-12T13:30:49Z")
… You work at J. Peterman, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/37 "2008-09-12T13:35:41Z")
I don’t see what’s so bad about it. It’s like when I celebrated April 20th with a cake. German chocolate, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/38 "2008-09-12T13:43:04Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Worst I’ve ever seen was a St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Sale. I doubt 9/11 sales will happen within our lifetimes due to the amount of people who would go to the store just to give them what-for. It’d be a nice test of how far “any press is good press” goes . . . I was shopping at Penney’s once and they were having a Father’s Day contest . . . they were giving prizes to the oldest father _and the youngest father_. I spoke to the manager about it. They withdrew the youngest-father part of the contest. I can see giving some 105-year-old dude in a nursing home a gift certificate, but rewarding Little Tommy because he knocked up his girlfriend? Sometimes NOT any press is good press, **Cisco** , and I was working at the newspaper at the time (though I was careful not to intimate that to the manager, I would have told my editor had they failed to to pull the contest). ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/39 "2008-09-12T13:43:27Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > [Obligatory Onion link](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28148) Dammit - beat me to it!:smack: Thought I was the only one who remembered that! ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174/40 "2008-09-12T13:52:09Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I don’t see what’s so bad about it. It’s like when I celebrated April 20th with a cake. German chocolate, of course. That’s odd, we always had brownies that day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-had-9-11-cake-at-work-today/463174.md?page=3)