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#1 Feb 14 2006 at 4:25 PM Rating: Good
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It's simple really. Here's a quick walkthrough.

1. Be a flower shop.

2. Take an order for over 400 dollars in flowers, chocolates, teddy bears, and candles from a guy for his sweeheart 3 weeks before Valentine's Day to be delivered to said sweetheart's workplace.

3. On V-Day, instead of using the number the guy gave you to call for any problems, look up the work number for the recepient's work.

4. Call my wife to inform her that because of an accident, they wouldn't be able to deliver her gifts until tomorrow, effectively ruining both the suprise and the wonderful feeling she would have gotten upon receipt of such lavish gifts, and also destroying her chance to bask in the jealous glares of her co-workers who only got a dozen roses.

At least I won't have to suffer through that disgusting look of love and adoration she'd have probably had when I pick her up from work. Smiley: oyvey
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#3 Feb 14 2006 at 4:32 PM Rating: Excellent
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Yeah, that's when you call the shop, cancel the order, demand a refund, and file a complaint. Then you take your wife somewhere nice for dinner, and then stay in a hotel if possible. One with massages for couples. Then send her flowers to work every day for the rest of the week, but not from that shop. This should still cost less than $400.

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#4 Feb 14 2006 at 4:37 PM Rating: Good
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Nexa wrote:
Yeah, that's when you call the shop, cancel the order, demand a refund, and file a complaint. Then you take your wife somewhere nice for dinner, and then stay in a hotel if possible. One with massages for couples. Then send her flowers to work every day for the rest of the week, but not from that shop. This should still cost less than $400.


Believe me, after she called I went into serious damage control mode. She took it pretty well to be honest, and said she's looking forward to being the only girl in the office whose desk is littered with gifts the day after.

As far as the flower shop goes, they're still making the delivery tomorrow, but with half the money refunded to me. They seemed at first to be under the impression that because of the car accident, they shouldn't be held liable. And to be honest I would have been willing to accept that had they called me instead of her.
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#5 Feb 14 2006 at 4:37 PM Rating: Default
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Damn, Allenjj, sorry to hear that. Of all days to fu[b][/b]ck up an order too.
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#6 Feb 14 2006 at 4:54 PM Rating: Good
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What Really Happened

1. Allenj forgot it was Valentines and raced over to closest flower shop . The resulting conversation ensued:

Allenj: I can't believe you are charging that much for roses!!
Florist: Sorry sir that is the prices,
/Allenj looks at into his empty wallet
Allenj: well what are the cheapest flowers you have??
Florists: Well we have some perennials that sell for X$, of course starting tomorrow is the end of our peak season so all flowers will be half off. Day after valentines and all demand is down.
Allenj: Half off you say?
Florist: Yes half off and with free delivery.
Allenj : Ummmmmm... Can I borrow your phone for a second?
Florist: Of course.
/florist hands Allenj the phone
A couple rings later
Allenj with muffled voice:Hello Mrs. Allenj I regret to inform you that we had an incident delivering flowers.......
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#7 Feb 14 2006 at 4:55 PM Rating: Good
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You know there's going to be one snide coworker who's going to say that you faked the flower order and car accident to get you off the hook for not having a timely Valentine's present. And the huge present the day after is only to make up for missing Valentine's Day.

Edit: Smiley: lol Bodhi beat me to it! Smiley: laughSmiley: laughSmiley: laughSmiley: laugh

Edited, Tue Feb 14 16:57:34 2006 by Thumbelyna
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#8 Feb 14 2006 at 4:57 PM Rating: Good
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There's cheaper ways to get a *******...$400, good lord.


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#9 Feb 14 2006 at 5:54 PM Rating: Decent
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trickybeck wrote:

There's cheaper ways to get a *******...$400, good lord.




Are you offering?
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#10 Feb 14 2006 at 6:16 PM Rating: Good
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allenjj wrote:
How to ruin a suprise

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Here you go love. Here's 50 cents. Buy yourself a Valentine's Card and keep the change. Do I have wait till you get back for the blow-job?
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#11 Feb 14 2006 at 8:02 PM Rating: Good
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Some right, some wrong.

bodhi wrote:
What Really Happened

1. Allenj forgot it was Valentines and raced over to closest flower shop . False: I remembered The resulting conversation ensued:

Allenj: I can't believe you are charging that much for roses!!
True: Although I ordered online and screamed it at the computer screen.
Florist: Sorry sir that is the prices,
True, insomuch as the internet didn't react at all to my screaming.
/Allenj looks at into his empty wallet
True and False: Visa Gold ftw!
Allenj: well what are the cheapest flowers you have??
False: The cheap flowers were still over 50 bucks for each arrangement, so I figured I might as well step up for the red roses.

As for the rest....good stuff bodhi. False, but good. Smiley: lol

Florists: Well we have some perennials that sell for X$, of course starting tomorrow is the end of our peak season so all flowers will be half off. Day after valentines and all demand is down.
Allenj: Half off you say?
Florist: Yes half off and with free delivery.
Allenj : Ummmmmm... Can I borrow your phone for a second?
Florist: Of course.
/florist hands Allenj the phone
A couple rings later
Allenj with muffled voice:Hello Mrs. Allenj I regret to inform you that we had an incident delivering flowers.......


As it turns out at least one of the deliveries was made to her work today. When we got home there was a message from one of her co-workers saying she had beautiful flowers sitting on her desk. Delivered after I'd already picked her up of course.

Damn you Valentine's Day spirits.....damn you to hell.

Edit: Because when you type false so many times it starts coming out as flase.


Edited, Tue Feb 14 20:04:54 2006 by allenjj
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