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cheap moncler coats The grad’s mom,Cara Koscinski, said she ordered a cake online from her local Publix for a graduation party for her 18 year old son, Jacob. The store allows customers to customize cake orders with a personalized inscription. cheap moncler coats
buy moncler jackets The Washington Post, whichdid a deeper dive on the Publix website, reported that the online moncler outlet sale box where customers enter cake inscriptions is extremely temperamental, and filters”profane/special characters.” “Cum,” despite its use as a preposition meaning “with” in the Latin phrase summa cum laude “with the https://www.moncleroutletsite.com moncler outlet highest distinction” was rendered profane. buy moncler jackets
cheap moncler Koscinski told the newspaper that she “explained that Summa Cum Laude was a Latin term for high academic honor and was not profane” in the “special instructions” box on the Publix website, and moncler outlet uk included a link that defined the phrase. cheap moncler
moncler sale She said she was busy with party preparations and didn’t notice the cake’s messed up message until it was time for dessert. The dashed out message, she said, was humiliating for her teenage son. moncler sale
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moncler outlet store Publix offered to make another cake, but Koscinski said she declined because Jacob would “only graduate once.” She said the store refunded $70 for the cake and gave her a store gift card. moncler outlet store
Koscinski told HuffPost that she and her son “think it’s overwhelming and crazy.”
moncler outlet online “But we are laughing about it,” she said, adding that she’ll “probably avoid” Publix “for now.” moncler outlet online
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