Naturally, the man and his family were horrified that such a mistake could be made, and immediately reported the issue to the Walmart store that had made it.
Walmart's reaction: immediately ban the use of knives in all of its bakeries, nationwide!
From an article (bolding added):
Nathan Bibeau says as the family was slicing into the Elmo birthday cake bought at the Auburn Walmart someone spotted a small metal paring knife.
Bibeau tells WGME-TV he was "pretty disappointed," and called Walmart immediately.
Walmart apologized and offered a refund. A corporate spokeswoman said the knife incident "should not have happened," and the retailer was eliminating use of the knives at store bakeries nationwide.
How do you run a bakery without knives? While I'm glad Walmart is concerned and has taken (over-reactive) steps to address the issue, I'm perplexed.
As I have chronicled here at Walmart Shootings, Walmart averaged more than one shooting a week in 2012, and that doesn't even account for gun crimes (stolen guns, armed robberies, etc) which did not involve shots fired. In just the first two months of 2013, there have been 11 shootings -- more than one a week (here's a running list).
So Walmart will ban all knives in their bakeries after a single, non-injury incident, but will gladly continue selling guns and ammo, including five different assault rifles, despite weekly carnage on their properties?
Walmart. Save money. Die faster.
