A small bakery in San Jose, California, had a problem when a big company, Tesla, owned by a man named Elon Musk, canceled a big order. The bakery lost $2,000 because of this. But when the bakery's owner talked about the problem on the internet, Elon Musk said he would pay the money back. Even though the bakery got so much support from people that they couldn't make a new big order for Tesla, the owner was still very thankful for everyone's help.

The lady who owns the bakery, Voahangy Rasetarinera, was very happy and surprised by how kind people were, including Elon Musk. She was thankful for all the support and the money Musk offered to give. But because so many people wanted to buy her bakery's pies, she couldn't make enough pies for a new big order from Tesla. The mayor of San Jose also said nice things about how the community helped the bakery and was happy that Musk paid for the pies.

This story shows how talking about problems on the internet can really help small businesses. The bakery got a lot of support and even got more attention because of what happened. It also shows that even very successful people like Elon Musk can make mistakes. But what's important is how they fix those mistakes.

Original news source: Elon Musk eats humble pie over unpaid bakery bill (BBC)

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1. What is a bakery?
2. How do you think the bakery owner felt when the big order was canceled?
3. How would you feel if you lost $2,000 because of a canceled order?
4. Do you think it was nice of Elon Musk to offer to pay the money back? Why or why not?
5. Why do you think the bakery owner was thankful for everyone's help?
6. How do you think the bakery owner felt when so many people wanted to buy her pies?
7. Do you like pies? Why or why not?
8. How do you think the mayor of San Jose felt about the community helping the bakery?
9. What do you think the bakery owner learned from this experience?
10. How do you think talking about problems on the internet can help small businesses?
11. Do you think it's important for successful people to fix their mistakes? Why or why not?
12. Have you ever had a problem that you talked about on the internet? What happened?

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