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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/sergemeister on 2025-03-29 22:44:46+00:00.

Son has birthday and asks everyone to respect his wishes that he’s too old now to have cake. Says it’s a kid thing. Its his birthday, it’s Saturday we go out to dinner to a restaurant he likes. I go the maitre de and ask if they could please help us sing happy birthday to our son. They say sure and that they have a personal cake just for these types of occasions free of charge. I tell them no cake he’s too old for it, but you can bring the candle out so he can have something to blow out. The maitre de walks off and I sit down with the rest of the group to order and eat. About halfway through the meal the loudspeaker goes off to the tune of happy birthday and the staff comes out with a plate. On the plate a solitary green candle standing perfectly in the center! You should have seen his face! Anyhow he sat the rest of the night pouting and on his phone. Bet he rethinks his phrasing next birthday.