03/03/2026
This new generation will NEVER understand the stress of running a full bakery at 9 years old ðŸ˜
Purple Place had us clocked in after school.
Stacking cake layers like our life depended on it.
Pink top. Red jelly. White cream. Yellow sponge.
And if you put ONE layer in the wrong order?
Whole thing in the trash.
No checkpoints.
No mercy.
Just conveyor belt pressure.
You’d stare at that tiny reference picture in the corner like it was the SAT.
Sweating over a heart-shaped cake like rent was due.
Modern kids got sandbox games.
We had frosting anxiety.
That heart cake wasn’t just dessert.
It was childhood corporate training.
