Anywho, kudos to the “let them eat cake” resignation… Love it!

LOL, speak for yourself. I’d probably eat the whole damn cake if I didn’t have to share ;-)

If you’re looking for a job Neil please come to Chicago, we like character here!

Good on him for leaving his job on good terms. You can’t burn bridges with cake and icing!

Personally, I think the guy is way less attention-starved than you. Why, look at all the attention you’ve received! And yet, none of it was as positive as the attention the cake bearer in question has received.

Then again, anytime I see someone use the phrases “attention whore” and “douche” in the same sentence, I immediately think of the Internets and its droves of transparently envious (and usually pseudonymous) imbeciles. You’re 15, right? This ain’t MySpace, douche.

Bravo to the eccentric cake bearer!

It is? Maybe if I were on stage, yeah, but in ordinary life I try to be more selective about whose attention I want to attract. If I do want to attract someone’s attention, I’ll call their name or wave or something. My dictum for dressing is more like trying to find a happy medium between comfort and “Well, if someone happens to be looking at me, I’d prefer not to look like a slob.”

M.Whittier@41 It’s cute as hell, and clever. My only reservation (in theory) is the notion of eating food inscribed with the words “health issues’ in aqua icing.

Good point! I hadn’t even considered that aspect of it when I sent the link to Cake Wrecks.

Personally, I do believe that he is someone who seeks attention: so what? Isn’t there a bit of attention seeking into the act of commenting here too, for example?

I hope I don’t sound bitter.

That’s been laced with laxatives. (Begin manical cackle)

Just sayin’.

C’mon, lighten up. The whole point of BoingBoing is to be a directory of stuff that’s out of the ordinary and makes us smile. “Guy wears colours and acts unusually/kindly” qualifies.

The photo was taken on Friday, March 13th.

Which happens to coincide with Pink Friday ’09 – to support the thousands of teachers across the state of California who were handed pink slips on Friday.

http://www.pinkfriday09.org/

I don’t know about you guys, but given the mutual pissed-off ranking achieved before I resigned my last job, I think I’d rather resign wearing a hot-pink shirt and carrying a cake.

Good luck in the future, Neil — you’ll obviously bring a different outlook and a great sense of humor (and style) anywhere you go.

Rexall Wodehouse
(my new nom de plum, courtesy of ReCaptcha!)

And why not try to be creative in all aspects of your life? Being creative does not necessarily connote attention-seeking. It does, however, demonstrate intelligence and the ability to think outside the box.

And, really, we should all start respecting ourselves enough to dress properly for when we venture into the outside world, just like Neil here. Dammit, our grandparents would never have been caught dead wearing pajama pants or T shirts outside the house.

-carrie

i guess me and #6 are both guilty of making judgments based on appearance, but at least if w. neil berrett reads my opinion, he won’t feel bad on the inside.

if neil checks his flickr comments, he knows he’s been bb-ed, and will probably read the comments here as well. personally, i’d rather make a stranger feel good than bad.

He’s cute and he shows us his underwear; that’s all I need to know. Cake-making skills are a plus.

The snazzy dress is part of Formal Friday. Since the dress code at our project is casual/construction, I decided to dress up every Friday to help break the monotony of an office job.

Before Formal Friday, there was Cake Friday. I used to bring in cakes from outstanding local bakeries / patisseries like Tartine or Citizen Cake. However, I grew tired of cake, so Cake Friday was replaced by Morning Bun Wednesdays, in which I would bring in a dozen morning buns. However the lack of alliteration and the dwindling donations towards pastries provided the collapse of Morning Bun Wednesday.

These theme days provided the foundation for Formal Resignation Cake Friday. The cake was delicious and yes, I did submit a resignation letter on paper.

Thank you guys for all the support and I hope you got a good laugh out of it.