'No good deed goes unpunished': Concerned mother confronts neighbor about leaving out free cookies

Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor

Apr 4, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

This baker loves making cookies and other sweets, but they can't eat all of the goodies alone. As you'll know if you've ever lived with an avid baker, the extras get distributed to everyone around them.

Everyone has a different part of the baking process that they love most: the delicious smells, the arm workout of kneading bread dough, or decorating cookies with sprinkles and icing. For a lot of bakers, though, the fun is in making that food. And especially if they make the same recipes over and over to perfect them, eating them isn't always the most fun part of that.

This person is just like that: they love to bake as their hobby, but they don't want to be eating cakes and cookies 24/7. So they've started sharing the extras with their neighbors---they can avoid wasting food and make people smile at the same time. Most of us would be thrilled if our neighbors started leaving fresh baked goods in the common areas. But one mother confronted the baker, u/MaybeBadCupcake, over their choice, making them think twice about who they're really baking for.

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