As I may have mentioned yesterday, I am not a big fan of Valentine's Day. Come to think of it, I was not explicit in saying I hate it but I gave plenty of hints.
Well, being the caring and kind guy I am, without any fanfare at all, I ordered flowers for both the lovely Mrs. Sneed and Daughter Sneed for Valentine's Day and arranged for the flowers to be delivered to their respective homes. This is an important point, flowers ought never to be delievered to the receipients place of business, uless that place of business also happens to be home, sweet home. Just my opinion.
Then I anxiously waited all day for the happy receipents to call and profess their delight. I got no calls.
Your are probably saying to yourself, "Those ungrateful (bleeps), how could they snub poor Merle Sneed like that? Afterall, he is kind and caring. Good question, but hold your indignation and prepare to redirect it.
I ordered the flowers from ProFlowers.com (a.k.a. NoFlowers.com), who you may have heard of on the radio. They promise fresh cut flowers directly from the grower, at a resonable price. Normally, I like to buy from the local people when I can, but our neighborhood florist is a raving lunatic, whom I refuse to trade with.
NoFlowers.com seized on the holiday rush to stick it to the consumer by charging extra for delivery on Valentine's Day itself. Not because it costs them more, but because they can get away with it. So, I ponied up an extra $20 or so to get the deliveries today.
This evening when I came home and there were no flowers I was miffed. I checked NoFlowers.com's website and saw that certain parts of the country were experiencing bad weather and some deliveries were delayed. The site gave a tracking number for the package and instructions to check the UPS website for a delivery status. When I checked with UPS I found that they couldn't deliver them, because the morons at NoFlowers.com never had them picked up.
I was finally able to get someone at NoFlowers.com who apologized for not sending out my shipments and promised to do so tomorrow, which you may already know, isn't Valentine's Day. She did agree to refund all the delivery charges, although that seems like an inadequate gesture to me.
What really ticks me off about these guys is that in the days since I ordered these flowers, I have received several emails from them, status reports, exciting offers, etc. But they couldn't be bothered to tell me that the flowers weren't coming. The representtive said that they would send them as soon as they could. Jackasses.
In other news Randall Bing reapppeared this afternoon, so I expect tommorow will be the big evaluation day. I can't wait.
Merle.
Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgemental and cranky
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2 comments:
Sue the bastards at Proflowers! Not just for the money you spent, but for the mental anguish they caused you and your loved ones.
What a coincidence. There are many people in my neighborhood whom I refuse to trade with. I have to move every few years just so i can get a fresh street of stores to deal with.
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