NO BARE BUMS ON OUR CAKES
A mother who wanted to give a birthday cake to her son featuring a photo of him as a baby was forced to have it censored because it showed his bottom.
Gail Jordan, 41, had gone to an Asda store in Liscard, the Wirral, Merseyside, on June 13 with the photo of her son David taken when he was five-months-old.
But staff at the supermarket initially refused to scan the picture on to a cake because it featured nudity.
They eventually put a star over the offending part of the photo which was scanned on to the cake.
The cake was to be a surprise for David’s 21st birthday on June 18.
Ms Jordan, who lives in Rock Ferry, the Wirral, said: “I took the photo of my son to the store in Liscard and they said we can’t do that - it’s nudity.
“It was a photo of my son at five-months-old. I could not believe it.
“Eventually another member of staff cut a star out and put it on his bottom on the cake.
“I just wanted a picture on his cake. Staff said it was deemed as pornographic.
“I don’t normally shop there, but it would not stop me going back.”
Speaking about her son’s reaction to what had happened, Ms Jordan said: “To be honest he was a bit embarrassed by it all. He liked the cake in the end.”
A spokesman for Asda said: “We did not say it was pornographic. It is policy across the board that we don’t do nudity of any sort at any age. It is nothing new.
“They (the staff) made a couple of suggestions - enlarge it so you take the bottom out of it, make the border different and another suggestion was putting a star on the offending area.”
(Liverpool Echo)
28/06/08 @ 14:15