Individuals are baffled by the way you really order a cake at Costco with some joking the old-school system is from the 1800s

• Over the weekend, one Twitter person’s viral put up drew consideration to Costco’s cake-ordering system.
• You’ll be able to’t order a cake on-line. You will need to write your request on a bit of paper and put it in a field.
• The person, Lucy Huber, wrote that Costco advised her: “in case you put it within the field, will probably be there.”

You’ll be able to’t order a cake from Costco on-line, nor are you able to name Costco to order a cake.

As a substitute, it’s essential to write your request on a bit of paper, bodily drop it right into a field on the Costco bakery, and hope your order is there on time and as requested. It is a system that author and editor Lucy Huber pointed out in a tweet on Thursday and one which’s mystified individuals within the days that adopted. 

“Ordered a cake from Costco and their system is from the 1800s,” Huber wrote within the Might 11 tweet. “You write what you need on a bit of paper & put it in a field then no one follows up and also you simply present up and hope they made it?”

—Lucy Huber (@clhubes) May 11, 2023

As of Monday, the tweet had 19.5 million views and 237,000 likes.

In keeping with Huber, she tried calling Costco to substantiate the method, to which she mentioned they responded: “When you put it within the field, will probably be there.”

Certainly, in line with Costco’s web site, you can’t order a cake on-line. (You may be capable to fax a request to your native Costco bakery, however they’d must let you know whether or not they settle for faxes, Costco’s web site says). Costco didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark.

—Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) May 11, 2023

Costco’s “mysterious cake field” baffled some Twitter customers over the weekend, whereas others appeared to know the drill, assuring Huber that the cake might be there when she requested it.

Huber didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark, however in a follow-up tweet two days after she positioned the order, Huber mentioned the cake arrived as ordered.

—Lucy Huber (@clhubes) May 13, 2023

Huber wrote that she adorned the sheet cake herself to fulfill her 3-year-old’s request: “a cake with an entire metropolis on it.”