Oh.....don't get me started.
Nope, too late!
Why I like funerals better than weddings......
You know I don't really do weddings, and I had a bride in September remind me DAILY for several months why I don't!
1. The star of the show does not care if the shade EXACTLY matches.
2. They seldom want to "borrow" vases to save money.
3. They don't change their minds a hundred million times before the event.
4. There is little or no dickering on price for each and every piece.
That isn't really the end of the story but after six weeks I'm still not over that frickin' wedding. The final piece was when I got to the ceremony and the bride had forgotten to tell me she had added TWO MORE flower girls!
5. There is NEVER and extra deceased to scramble for extra flowers.
Not so fast Linda.....JUST Today!
Lady walks in and wants EIGHTEEN (18) of those beautiful yellow long stem roses for a committal at the graveyard....
"hello I'd like to buy 18 of those yellow roses for a graveyard committal..how much are they??"...." we charge $54.95 per dozen for our premium long roses, but, since you want 18, and we don't have to do them up as a hand tied presentation with fancy greens,and beautiful accent flowers, I will give you 18 for the price of a dozen and in a pail if you wish, to keep them fresh!!"....
"OK, I'll take the 18 in a pail, and could you please cut them all down evenly to about 6-8 inches stem length,and I'll be back in about 20 minutes!"...."sure' I'll have them ready for you"..............DONE
"I'm back to pick up my 18 roses"....."yes ma'am, here they are, that will be $54.95 plus tax, how would you like to pay for them??"
"WHAT...you're going to charge me FULL PRICE for those roses even though they are short??!!"...I'm not going to pay that!! (just as another customer walks in,and is clearly puzzled & perplexed)
"YOU may as well charge me less now,because they are SHORT"......"ahhhhhhhhhhh", next customer says "how many are there?"......I say "EIGHTEEN".....he says "HOW MUCH??"......I say $"54.95".....he says "I'LL take those!"....I turn to HIM, take his credit card, ring them through, HE LEAVES and this crazy @@@@@ is going ballistic now!
"DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE"?........."I have 7 left"...she stormed out, thought she would bust the door.
Had nothing to do with weddings...just a stupid ignorant @@@@@.....had NOTHING to do with frickin' dickering...just ignorant!