According to his relatives, Marjorie Cantillo Romerowho was dedicated to confectionery, died on Monday, August 29 due to health complications derived from a fall he suffered in the middle of Holy Week, when one of his clients was claiming him for an outstanding balance of 10 thousand pesos for a cake that she had prepared for him in the shape of Mickey Mouse.
For that same ponqué, the pastry chef by profession had to put up with constant attacks from bullying and a sharp drop in sales, because the form of the well-known cartoon was not what was expected by the client and much less by herself. In fact, she suffered two falls, because the one presented when the claim for the money arose caused several consequences in his health, and as the weeks passed the ailments worsened.
According to her relatives, she was going to be operated on last weekend, but she died before entering the operating room. In addition to that, the entrepreneur received ridicule, criticism and harassment both on social networks and by telephone until the last day of her life. In this regard, one of her daughters revealed to local media that, “My mom fell down some stairs on that occasion. After being teased, she suffered from stress and depression. She lasted 20 days hospitalized and passed away yesterday ”referring to Sunday, August 28.
The client who received the curious “Mickey Mouse” cake shared it on his social networks as a mockery and criticism, generating a snowball effect, making that preparation the subject of memes in various parts of the world. In Colombiain the meantime, Cantillo Romero received mocking and teasing calls and messagesand in parallel, her clientele was reduced, but despite the situation, she went out to clarify what happened with that cake.
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We have ordered this very nice pudding to be made and look at the vulgarity that they have just delivered to us. Citizen complaint. Look at this vulgarity, what a horrible pudding, “said the client following receiving the cake of the famous Disney character.
Through a video, he explained that his daughter, inexperienced in baking, had helped him finish the pudding when he saw that his mother had to do other errands: “In his innocence he helped me when he saw that I was taking a long time and when I arrived he had already covered the pudding”, clarified the barranquillera. She later returned the money to the client but he had already done irreparable damage to the entrepreneur, subjecting her to collective ridicule. He even received threats.
His daughter explained following his death to another local media that depression overwhelmed her to the point of not feeling like continuing with her business.
“She made a video before she died and told me: ‘Publish it so they can help me because I don’t sell anything. I live from this, but I don’t want to sell any more puddings. I have all these conversations and I don’t want to do anything anymore because they make me sad’”and added that the bullying knocked on the doors of the hospital where she was referred, because the mocking calls followed her there.
After that fact, several citizens and well-known figures such as the actor Rafael Caparroso They offered to help her to lift her spirits and, incidentally, her business. In fact, following learning of her death, the singer also regretted what had happened through his account. Instagram.
“Rest in peace, it hurts a lot. I know the desire you had to get ahead, your struggles. I cant believe it yet”Caparroso lamented in a publication accompanied by a photo where Cantillo Romero did what he liked best before the ordeal generated by the bullying.
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