Complaints Cake​
Food for thought
Feelings
Inequality
Not enough hours in a day
All of Sofia’s post its
Vegans
Climate change
Why does chocolate make you fat?
Too little movement
When you write on the wrong side
Also when you spell wrong wrong
Not knowing
Rain
I have no issues life is great
Andy’s posh bloody shoes
Wanting to drink but also wanting to work
Terrible jokes
Why is sex so tiring
I burnt my finger on Marvin’s pan, then went to wash it under cold water and slipped
That it’s socially frowned upon to wear a blanket to lectures
Not getting enough sleep
Passive aggressive post its
All of the jigsaws have been broken up
Giulia’s lying about gluten
The fucking weather
The camera doesn’t capture all the colours of the sunset
Why the fuck did I ever meet Aymen
Andy complains too much
The goddamn Lancaster weather
That I cant have all the energy all the time
Weed
Andy
Andy’s sass
Being violated by flat mate
Too little singing
I don’t like Sammy
People who talk when I’m on the phone
Too little dancing
Creasing the post its
Too mellow
Work
Sexism in the club both ways
Being 20 years old and still being afraid of facing people saying what you really think
Too little love
People not showing me what they wrote
No respect for Mary Berry
Stop doing normal
We began by making a box to put on the table inviting people to leave sticky notes with their complaints on inside.
Once these were collected we baked a cake and iced the complaints on the top.
Then we invited everyone who contributed to come and eat the cake and (literally) digest each others problems.
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Perhaps a kind of therapy, as we were both talking about our problems and also comfort eating an indulgent chocolate cake.
The history of coming together to have tea and cake and gossip is well acknowledged, as sharing problems can bring us closer and give us relief. And of course the chocolate will make us happy!
