A bakery owner in Canada was “abandoned” after watching surveillance footage of a well-meaning intruder breaking into her store.
When Emma Irvine, owner of Sweet Something in Vancouver, found the door of her small business shattered Friday morning, she looked at the surveillance footage to find out what had happened.
Video of the break-in showed the thief breaking in before sweeping the floor, taking selfies on the company phone, then fleeing with only the loot of six chocolate champagne cupcakes.
Irvine found the situation so hilarious that she decided to share the video on TikTok, which has since been liked more than 234,000 times and has more than a million views.
The baker explained that Vancouver police had “a lot of laughs with her” about the unusual crime and she filed a report, but the suspect has not yet been found.
The burglary took place in the early hours of Friday morning when the suspect kicked in the front door window and carefully scrambled in from the street.
Emma Irvine, owner of Sweet Something Bakery in Vancouver, found the door of her business broken into Friday morning
Security footage shows the unknown suspect smashing the glass before entering
The burglar took a series of selfies on the company’s mobile phone
The dark-haired man, dressed in a black top and beige trousers, then sits quietly on a stool for fifteen minutes, as if waiting to be served.
After going to the toilet, he finds a mop and bucket and decides to clean up the mess he made by smashing the door.
In another strange twist, the thief then takes a series of selfie photos while wearing orange sunglasses on the company’s cell phone.
After an hour and 15 minutes in the shop, the mysterious burglar completed his patisserie robbery with six chocolate champagne cupcakes in a takeout box.
After her first video went viral, Irvine posted another to the platform on Sunday to update viewers on the situation.
The new video included a photo of the bakery’s boarded-up pink front door and revealed that Sweet Something has created a new cupcake, “The Crime of Passion,” to commemorate the incident and raise money for a replacement.
The ‘Crime of Passion’ treat features the same chocolate champagne base that so delighted the thief, but is topped off by a sugar cookie shaped like the man’s orange sunglasses. Six of the cakes can be picked up in store for $45.
After entering the store, the man sits on a stool for fifteen minutes as if waiting to be served
The pastry thief grabs a mop and bucket to clean up the broken glass from the door
After more than an hour, the thief leaves with six chocolate champagne cupcakes
Sweet Nothing made a new cupcake, with the man’s orange accessories, to raise money to replace the broken door
Irvine said Vancouver police had a good laugh about the incident before filing a report
In a new video, Irvine informed viewers of the situation and showed the boarded up door
Despite seeing the funny side, Irvine thanked those who watched and shared her videos by saying “we all know it’s been a tough time for small businesses in the food industry.”
“It was really nice to see the community come together and get behind us, so I want to thank you all.”
“Initially, I lost heart,” Irvine later said told Insider. “It’s hard as a small business – especially coming out of COVID – to survive right now, and one more expense won’t make it any easier.”
However, she said the circumstances caused her “mindset to change quickly.” It was hilarious – I was cracking up watching (the footage),’ Irvine said.
Eventually, she discovered that she “can’t be too mad at this guy.”
Of the attention the video has garnered, the business owner said, “I thought no one would see it (except) my friends. I didn’t think we would get the traction that we did. The media coverage of the company is much more than I could have ever imagined.’
“Small businesses can’t afford not to continue after something like this, so we’re making the best of it,” Irvine said.
The Vancouver Police Department did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.
