I had this idea on my way home from getting some flowers for grace's grandmother's birthday: Wouldn't it be nice to have a tailored florist, you go in, tell them what you need the flowers for, and a little bit about the person, and they whip up a batch of flowers for you right there on the spot? Once upon a time this was actually standard practice, believe it or not. Now a days, it's just 'pick your pre-designed standard bouquet from one of a variety of buckets.' They don't even label the buckets to help you, either. I mean, I'm looking for something that clearly says "these flowers are NOT because I've been cheating on you with Helen in Accounting, they're just because you're special" and all i can find are either "Get well soon/sorry your rabbit died" flowers or "Generic pink and white #2" as it's for a grandmother's birthday, i skipped the adultery and sympathy flowers and went straight for the generic ones.
Yeah, that's what's called old-fashioned salesmanship. Otherwise known as taking pride in what you do for a living. It's a dying art. So who's this Helen in Accounting and what did you do to my rabbit ?
Our florist in Bentheim still does that. Third generation flower shop, that kind of thing. They are more expensive though than the standard flower shop, and that accounts for the other traditional salesmen as well - bakers who still bake themselves instead of putting the prepared stuff from a big chain bakery in the oven (if that much), small book shops, the tiny grocery store... People just stopped going there for the extra dimes it cost them. Amazon and a bagel-a-dime is so much easier.
Since Garner made this post, the concept of 'florists' has been explained to him. This is far from a dying art, it's standard if you aren't buying your flowers from a supermarket. Just as Hsing describes.
Of course they still exist, but even "florists" outside supermarkets are becoming chains, or are simplifying their offer, I know that in Toulouse, it's pretty hard to find a florist that will really bother to make you a hand-crafted bouquet unless it's for a wedding or you give them a weeks warning... Or they'll charge you extra and you'll end up paying 100€ for a small assortment* of flowers. *Shut up Garner.
So why did you leave buying flowers for your grandmother to Garner? It seems obvious that he can't find a quality florist even if there are 10 of them beating an assortment* of flowers over his head to chose from? Don't know what the florists are like here. I don't buy flowers... *huh correct usage!
I only made this post so i could make my joke about the special "I'm not banging Debbie in Payroll" bouquet. LAMJ you bastards.
Oh so you dumped Helen in Accounting ? Or are you banging both ? Grace is so gonna whip your cheating ass, dude ! (although what donkeys have to do with this I don't know...)
I shouldn't be laughing at that. I know I shouldn't ! Reg says I'm quite wrong, and although they don't advertise the fact, most florists, even chain ones, will make you a tailored bouquet, you just have to ask. I will bow to his superior knowledge, he is, I must admit, good at buying flowers. Reeeeeg ? Who's this Helen in Accounting ??
If I hadn't been working all day, I would have done, as usual, but this time he was the one lazing around at home!
