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Publix wouldn't write Summa Cum Laude on graduation cake due to profanity, SC family says
abcnews4.com ^ | Monday, May 21st 2018 | by Bill Burr, WCIV

Posted on 05/22/2018 11:13:09 AM PDT by Red Badger

WEST ASHLEY, S.C. (WCIV) — The signs of a graduation party are still left around the house of the Koscinski family.

Jacob graduated Saturday with the highest honors from a Christian-based home-schooling program. So, his mom ordered a cake.

"He did not know we were getting a cake because he's not a big cake eater. So we were all standing there waiting to see it and when we opened it, it was a huge shock to all of us," said Cara Koscinski.

She explained how she ordered the 3/4 inch sheet cake online through Publix.

But when she requested the bakery include Jacob's honor, she was alerted that profane or special characters weren't allowed. Cara clarified her request with special instructions.

"The website had censored me and this is a website that you can refer to for the Latin term for Summa Cum Laude which means highest honors," she said.

Cara said when her husband picked up the cake from Publix on Savannah Highway and Main Road, he didn't know the bakery omitted the middle Latin word. It was replaced with hyphens.

"The cake experience was kind of frustrating and humiliating because I had to explain to my friends and family like what that meant. And they were giggling uncontrollably. At least my friends were," said Jacob Koscinski.

The Koscinskis said a manager from Publix apologized and offered a refund. For now, they're nibbling on the leftover dessert, and looking forward to Jacob's freshman year at Wingate University.

"It's fine for us to be compensated for the cake. We're just happy that our son graduated school and has a bright future," said Cara Koscinski.

Jacob's grade point average is an impressive 4.89. He plans to major in pre-med.

ABC News 4 reached out to Publix to find out why the website confuses this honor with a profanity. But corporate officials didn’t respond to our question.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Food; Society
KEYWORDS: cake; grad; publix; summacumlaude
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To: Red Badger

Baked with Brawndo.


61 posted on 05/22/2018 12:27:59 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: lastchance

A reasonably well-educated person (high school or college) with some common sense would know that summa cum laude is the phrase that should be on the cake despite what the online ordering system told them.


62 posted on 05/22/2018 12:38:30 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Yaelle

Thank you. These gave me a chuckle. I do not chuckle often.


63 posted on 05/22/2018 12:39:20 PM PDT by Blennos
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To: Red Badger

Looks like Publix got the censor from a public school.


64 posted on 05/22/2018 12:40:08 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Red Badger


Who done it better?
65 posted on 05/22/2018 12:46:11 PM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: bgill

“Probably not one GED in the entire staff.”

You can’t be sure about that.

This is South Carolina. At least one of the guys may’ve been named Gedidiah.


66 posted on 05/22/2018 12:52:35 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Red Badger
Jacob's grade point average is an impressive 4.89. He plans to major in pre-med.

The Publix employee has an impressive IQ of 4.89. She plans to work at Publix the rest of her life.

67 posted on 05/22/2018 1:04:05 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Skywise

You were bashing public schools, and those who attend them in general.

I see they don’t teach humility in private school.


68 posted on 05/22/2018 1:22:52 PM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: Red Badger

Everything works better on the internet. /s


69 posted on 05/22/2018 1:31:43 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Red Badger

Do NOT lick the dashes!


70 posted on 05/22/2018 1:39:30 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Red Badger

Are we supposed to be surprised that a professional cake decorator, lol, didn’t know what that meant? Have you seen people working in grocery stores today?


71 posted on 05/22/2018 1:43:38 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: Cecily

They are most likely instructed not to make any changes from the on-line order. As they are not supposed to second guess the customer’s order. The person who ordered the cake should have gone to the bakery in person to place the order. After all she was the one that o.k’d the online order before sending it.

And when ordering in person make sure the clerk has neat writing. My daughter got a pink house on her cake instead of a pink horse.


72 posted on 05/22/2018 1:45:56 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: USMCPOP

I never lick the dashes.

Maybe the occasional sun visor or rear view mirror, but never the dashes................


73 posted on 05/22/2018 1:46:14 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Skywise

Apparently, employment in the Publix bakery department requires only a room-temperature IQ.


74 posted on 05/22/2018 1:46:37 PM PDT by ExNewsExSpook
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To: Charles Henrickson
I read that Tom Hanks' wife Rita Wilson wanted to gift her husband with a signet ring, as he never completed college.

The inscription reads: "Summa cum loudly".

Obviously an inside joke between the two.

You can see that he wears the ring in several of his movies.

75 posted on 05/22/2018 1:58:08 PM PDT by boop ("I said give me the brandy!")
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To: Red Badger

May we use the example of the bakery and the alternative lifestyle couple as an example and ask for Publix to close their doors. Why, hell Noooooooo.


76 posted on 05/22/2018 1:58:08 PM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: Red Badger

Some people are to the left on the bell curve. Apparently, they work at Publix.


77 posted on 05/22/2018 2:00:26 PM PDT by sitetest (No longer mostly dead.)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Maybe they took the bottom 1-1/4 inches off!

:)


78 posted on 05/22/2018 2:19:47 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: DannyTN

If that’s the case, there must be a lot of lonesome guys in Intercourse, PA! ;)


79 posted on 05/22/2018 2:54:04 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Frank_2001

ROFLMAO!!! Probably so!!!


80 posted on 05/22/2018 3:18:03 PM PDT by DannyTN
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