LEWISTON — A Lewiston man says he’s considering legal action after finding a knife in the store-bought cake he bought for his son’s 2nd birthday party.
Maybe.
Nathan Bibeau says as the family was slicing into the Elmo birthday cake bought at the Auburn Walmart, someone spotted a small metal paring knife.
Bibeau said he was “pretty disappointed,” and called Walmart immediately.
Walmart apologized and offered a refund, Bibeau said. A corporate spokeswoman said the knife incident “should not have happened,” and the retailer was eliminating use of the knives at store bakeries nationwide.
But Bibeau says the damage was done: His son’s birthday party was ruined.
Meanwhile, the court of public opinion on Friday was hard at work. On Facebook, several people lambasted Bibeau for considering legal action.
“Society,” wrote a Livermore Falls woman, “is so incredibly sue happy in today’s world.”
But Bibeau quickly pointed out that a lawsuit was not his first priority.
“Sue happy and money hungry?” he said on Friday. “I think not. Upset the fact it happened? Of course. No knife should be in a child’s cake whether someone got hurt or not. This is a child’s cake we are speaking of. Not an adult’s.”
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