These beautiful roses came on Saturday for my Birthday. Unfortunately, my birthday was not this past weekend, it is next weekend.
When G went to order the roses, he told them the date and was informed that they aren't open on Sunday so they would deliver them on Saturday. He said that was fine.
This past weekend the phone rang and someone said she needed to speak to G, it was important, and she couldn't tell me what it was about. From his end of the phone conversation, and the subsequent arrival of a delivery person at our front door, it quickly became evident what had occurred.
G had told the florist that my birthday was the 5th. He was told they would deliver the previous day. Apparently no one thought to mention that they would not be open on the 4th, as it is a holiday.
When they called, they told him that since they weren't open on the 4th, they thought they would deliver the roses this past Saturday instead. He said it was okay. I might not have been so generous.
Now I think there was a double mistake here. If the florist was going to be closed on Saturday the 4th, they could deliver the flowers on Friday the 3rd, and that would have been acceptable. Having a birthday next to a major holiday, I have long since learned to accept these minor inconveniences. But I think someone messed up again, and ordered the roses early. If they weren't able to order the flowers for the proper time, they should have told him before they placed the order. Since they had the flowers in the store, and they obviously could not hold them another week, they tried to cover-up their mistake and deliver them early.
What if I needed flowers for a party, getting them a week early would not be acceptable.I used to love this particular florist, until the proprietor decided to retire and sold the shop to one of her employees. Since then this kind of mistake has become far too common. G thinks he will have to be finding another florist.
But I love having the flowers anyway, they are large and glorious and fill my office/sewing room with their perfume.
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3 responses to “Yellow Roses for My Birthday”
Those are glorious roses, which you deserve, but I do think you have a point about the florist — G was obviously careful to arrange them as a timely surprise, and his efforts weren’t as well rewarded as he was led to expect.
That said, may I wish you an early start to a Happy Birthday? In fact, why not take advantage of an early announcement to the festivities and try for a Happy Birth Week?!
Happy birthday week! I am sorry your flowers came early. But why not use that as an excuse to celebrate early?
He has to ditch the florist. But I LOVE those roses. V. beautiful. I can smell them from here. And thanks so much for your email. Will respond soon…