How to Make Your Florist Hate You?

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If I was a bride this would totally turn me off. I wonder if that's just me. I'd say this is a perfect example of how *not* to write a professional blog.

It's truly a strange blog, at first glance I thought it was written by a bride but after a further look it seems she's a florist.

The 4th of July, (incidentally also my birthday, so I was doubly unhappy about working thereon) I spent the entire day building a garland, twenty centerpieces, alter pieces, and 49 million personal flowers for every single relative. Plus some. Just because you’re not getting married on the holiday doesn’t mean that your florist won’t still be cussing your holiday wedding because we’re going to try and get as much done as possible ahead of time.
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I'm all for a little tongue and cheek humor but, I think a bride would steer clear of anyone who will be "cussing their wedding".

I don’t have a case full of random flowers all the time. We have the flowers that we use all the time, and a few oddball extras, for fun. If you want a bouquet for tomorrow made with selina mini callas, light milva roses, birds of paradise, pincushions, and crack cocaine, I am going to have to have some lead time to track down the pieces.
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There is also a fair amount of bargaining that goes on. Just because we’re a small business, I can’t cut you a deal. Our power was out yesterday and the phones the day before that…We’re always broke.
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Copy and paste the link to read more:

sleepingcats.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/how-to-make-your-florist-hate-you

ADDED: Warning! There is some pretty harsh language in there too.
 
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The 'About Us' page has yet to be filled in. Can't find a shop called Sleppingcats or Sleeping Cats

Wonder if it's a test because I can't imagine ranting about customers would make much sense for any real business.

Added: Ooops, no. There are other posts mentioning "Blush Floral Company" with absentee owner Shane. Says they deliver to a 'Wellsville" in a different post. Looks like the writer is actually a real employee in a Utah store. :eek:

OK - does anyone have an employee manual section addressing personal blogging that disparages the business and customers?
 
I read some excerpts from some of the other blogs...downright nasty towards florists. If she is an actual employee, she'd be out real soon.
Tongue and cheek be darned....The other blogs lean the same way (the ones that I checked)..
 
It was just poorly written. I have difficulty maintaining interest when someone doesn't have a clear idea of language skills or proper punctuation.

Whoever this individual is certainly has issues. I wouldn't want them working with me... on any level.

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The scary thing is...

She's like a "manager".

I seriously over-ordered for mother’s day. By a couple grand. Now I just have several thousand dollars worth of flowers dying slowly in my cooler. Everyone was really nice about it because we just didn’t have any idea how much to go about getting: I called all our vendors to see if they had last year’s order on file, I searched all of our files and then all over the computer to see if there was a record of it, and just finally gave in and ballparked the order into overkill. But I could tell Shane was a little stressed about it. We broke even, is all. I feel guilty, but it was a learning experience. It was Shane who hired a 21 year old with no floral experience to oversee his shop and the weddings and do all the ordering, and I kept thinking to myself what a bad business decision this may have turned out for him. Or maybe not? In any case, at least now I know I’ll never have to order that much for anything again. (It’s a little behind me now, but i lost some serious sleep over this, in complete anxiety.)
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Emphasis mine :eek:
 
I went and took a peek everyone seems quite angry. Must just be an angy blog...I so hope that is not a crazy employee at a flower shop owned by people who are good intentioned. That blog will crush them.
 
I followed all the links, several end p at sites like DIYbride.com and weddinghydrangia.com

Appears her name is Jessica Roy (?)...

Perhas a disgruntled bride working in a flower shop :rolleyes:
 
well, Jessica Roy just ruined her rep...

She needs to shut up, learn from mistakes, weather they be hers or her bosses, and truly grow from them.
 
WOW!!!! I guess this reiterates the case for watching what you write in your public blog?!?!??!

She is like one of those dumbasses, back in the day, who blogged all over the internet about their bosses and then were shocked to be fired over their tirades..hmmmm.
 
I hate to say this, yeah it is harsh in my standards, but I bet you this woman is swamped in weddings, because I find girls like honest and not sugar coated things..
 
Gotta agree with CHR....what part of this paragraph would make a bride feel warm and fuzzy about using this florist?

Phone rings...It’s Blush Floral, and they’re offering me a job. But not just any job. The wedding consultant and events coordinator job. Yeah. Ordering linens, flowers, props, consulting brides, making arrangements including all the corsages, wedding bouquets, everything. An incredible job that I am completely under qualified for, but I wanted the way you only want things you can’t have and are impossible...Everyone there has asked me what kind of experience I have, which is none, and how old I am, which is too young for that kind of responsibility without any previous training. And then given me blank, unbelieving expressions. Is the owner crazy? Possibly. But that doesn’t change that I’m going to work my ass off to get as good as possible in as short a time as possible. They had me make three arrangements yesterday, and sold one minutes after it went out...All I know is, come monday morning, I am responsible for crap I know nearly nothing about.
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Why?? Why is this way under qualified person offered a job like this? I don't get it.

Maybe that's the question...
 
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I hate to say this, yeah it is harsh in my standards, but I bet you this woman is swamped in weddings, because I find girls like honest and not sugar coated things..
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Sorry Queen, we differ on this one.
This is someone in the wrong business.

If she is savy enough to write the blog, she knows it is being read by others. My bet is on her attitude showing through to customers as well.

Negativity breeds negativity. All around bad karma here.
 
shannonlovesflowers said:
Why?? Why is this way under qualified person offered a job like this? I don't get it.

Maybe that's the question...
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Shannon, that is most definitely the question of the day. When I read her blog that was the first thought that came to me... who on earth hired this individual and why?

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Craziness. I read a lot of her posts and she is not a bad writer but needs a serious attitude adjustment! Eek. If I was the boss I'd be pretty upset.
 
maybe she's trying to be funny. But if you don't know her she just comes off as well, lousy, period.
 
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