Vendor in Tears as Customer Changes Pickup Date After She Made 200 Snacks, Shares Story: "Help Me"
- A Nigerian vendor who runs a cake and small chops business shared an emotional video online after spending long hours making 200 sausages, 200 meat pies, and 200 doughnuts for a customer who later changed the pickup date
- The woman stated that she had poured in all her savings to meet the customer’s request, working overnight without sleep, only to be told later that the order wasn’t due until another day
- In tears, the vendor turned to social media to seek help from kind-hearted Nigerians, explaining that each pack was worth ₦2,500 and that buying from her would not only clear the snacks but also help her recover
A Nigerian businesswoman who runs a cake and small chops business broke down in tears after a painful experience with a customer.
She had spent several hours making 200 sausages, 200 meat pies, and 200 doughnuts for an order, only for the customer to later claim the collection date was different.
Source: TikTok
Vendor laments as customer changes pickup date
The vendor explained that the customer had asked her to make the order ready for Monday, but after completing everything, the customer insisted she meant Wednesday instead.
Visibly heartbroken, the businesswoman took to TikTok to share her ordeal and plead for help from well-meaning Nigerians. In tears, she said that each pack containing a sausage, meat pie, and doughnut costs ₦2,500, and she now faced debt because of the mix-up.
Her emotional video quickly went viral as she begged people to patronise her to avoid a major loss.
According to a post shared on her TikTok page, @queenzy_yummies_treat, she said:
"Help me, I'm in debt. A customer ordered goods and said she'll collect it on Monday. I've not slept since yesterday, I've been working, but she said it's not today she's collecting it but on the 8th.
"Where do I take all these goods to? She was supposed to come and pick up by 10am and now that it’s on Wednesday, where do I go to? Please buy from me even if it's one or two.”
Source: TikTok
She also showed the massive order she had already completed while crying uncontrollably.
In her caption, she wrote:
“I’ve never been this down before. I worked all night, poured everything I have into this, only for the customer I made these for to say it’s supposed to be for Wednesday.
"Now I’m sitting here with 200 sausages, 200 meat pies, and 200 doughnuts staring back at me.
"Instead of breaking down, I’m begging for your support. A pack (sausage + meat pie + doughnut) is ₦2,500. Your purchase today won’t just clear snacks, it’ll lift a huge weight off my shoulders. Please, if you can buy a pack, tell a friend, help me not to waste this hard work .”
Her touching appeal has since drawn sympathy from social media users, with many offering words of encouragement and pledging support for her business.
Reactions as snack vendor seeks help
ØLAMIDE FX added:
"Shey he no pay before you start work?"
tyffe02 wrote:
"Go share am come send aza I go pay."
Avalon noted:
"I don't understand how will make snacks without collecting your pay."
okadigbo said:
"Why someone will other without you collecting advance from them hisss."
Blisschops25 shared:
"Wait o, who did mistake coz, is not your fault."
kALIA stated:
"Help her pack am out for frezzer when she read you help her warm am."
Kingsley kay furnitures rote:
"If she don pay u and u have evience of agreed date go deliver am case dismissed."
Christabel Stitches shared:
"Why will you make all this without collecting 80percent."
Goodness_ibk stated
"You for collect 80% first na chai sorry about that."
sugargurl888 stressed:
"Be professional at ur business.....if she don pay u before service cos naso he suppose be....it's not ur fault,no refund."
Descent Debola No Nonsense said:
"No d customer didn't pay.na content she dey do."
IamChefdavid123 wrote:
"Who's fault???????"
BURGER/SMALLCHOPS EGBEDA LAGOS shared:
"Jesus how am I just seeing this."
Caro|clinicalresearch nurse🔬 stated:
"Without paying a dime ahead ?"
Bosslady wrote:
"Put it inside freezer bring it early in d morning and put it on a low heat what's d total."
Adeola Baruwa added:
"Refrigerate for the person and prewarm on Wednesday for the person."
user7474341534360 said:
"You still want to make money from it. Focus on making what you put in. What’s the cost price I will buy plenty for sharing because I’m in the uk not there."
JB wrote:
"What I’ve learned in business deals, no matter how excite deal is “ NO DOWN PAYMENT ALL THE TALK IS ABOUT YOU EMPTY."
Best Lady (YAM SELLER) added
"Hmmm o yemi o GBA ldaji owo lowo e ki oto bere lse bi Nigeria seri bayi olohun adasi fun e lre Loma jasi amin."
Tabitha stressed:
"So u no collect money before baking even after she told u the date?"
Princess Funmi Ariyike noted:
"Did you say you didn't know how to contact the person? how did she/he contacted you? answer this before I say wetin dey my mind."
ANKARA | KAMPALA | ARENA shared:
"This should be at the expense of the customer not yours because he or she need to have informed you much earlier about the change on the delivery date."
Vir.gin boy said:
"Why in first place will you do all this without collecting payment Abi kini mo fe se bayi"
Legit.ng reached out to the woman in the viral video to learn more about her story and how she has been coping since the incident that stirred sympathy online.
Speaking during the chat, the vendor revealed that she started her baking and small chops business during her industrial training in 2018, noting that she has been consistent for about seven to eight years.
When asked if she had ever faced a similar experience before, she said it was the first time such a situation had happened in her career.
On how she felt when the customer changed the pickup date after she had already completed all the snacks, she took a deep breath before recounting the moment in detail.
She said:
"I felt like what the, How? Where? How do I get over this?"
"I've never experienced this in my entire life, and I was asking myself why it had to happen now. I worked tirelessly because I wanted to deliver perfectly. She was very persistent that she wanted everything ready by 10 a.m. on Monday, so I did not sleep."
"I thought it was my breakthrough order. I had even planned how I would post it and get reviews, only for her to suddenly say she meant Wednesday instead. Where do I go from there?"
"People online were telling me to store the snacks in a freezer, but they did not even know if I had one that could take such a quantity. The emotion you saw in that video was real. I was scared and broken."
The small business owner also shared that this experience came at a time when she was still recovering from several setbacks that almost made her quit.
She said:
"I had an accident where a pressure pot exploded on my face, and people started saying I bleached my skin. While I was recovering, thieves broke into my shop and stole my equipment. I was just trying to rebuild myself and move on when this order came, so I thought it was a new beginning. But this happened again. It was heartbreaking."
She noted that after her story went viral, she received mixed reactions from people, including unexpected support and encouragement from some online users.
She explained:
"I went to stay with my sister for two days because I couldn’t face the pressure. By the time I returned, I found out my oven and some other items had been taken. But I chose not to give up because I believe in what I do."
Reflecting on the experience, she said she has learned valuable lessons that will guide how she handles future orders.
She stated:
"If something like this happens again, God forbid, I will not make the same mistake. People have advised me to always have a delivery note and make sure everything is documented and acknowledged. You grow every day and learn from your mistakes. I have learned my lesson."
When asked for her advice to other small business owners, she gave a clear response:
She said:
"Communicate clearly. Always state, reconfirm, and make sure every piece of information is acknowledged before you start any work."
Skincare vendor exposes ₦35k fake transfer
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a Nigerian skincare vendor went viral after exposing a customer who attempted to scam her with a fake ₦35,000 transfer. The customer claimed she urgently needed the skincare set for her birthday, but the vendor noticed the payment was fake.
In a clever response, the vendor shared a video revealing the scam and warned others, highlighting the importance of verifying payments before sending products. The incident sparked widespread reactions on social media, with many praising the vendor’s vigilance and resourcefulness.
Proofreading by Funmilayo Aremu, copy editor at Legit.ng.
Source: Legit.ng
