EarlyBird
12-14-2008, 10:25 PM
So my mom is an airhead. i adore the women, but lets say i inherited my dads sense of organization and memory.. my father brother and i are used to her unorganized way of living, have been for years and we embrace it. when i got engaged almost 2 years ago, she vowed to be more organized, begging us to let her be fully involved in everything wedding. so it began, she was making the appointments talking to the vendors and doing wonderful.. i will admit, my father would go make copies of her 'files' (scrap pieces of paper thrown into a menilla envelope) and give them to me as well as keep a copy for himself. its not like we didnt have faith, but we have gone this route before, and god love her, she is just a mess. we shall call her a free spirit. last week she says " we have florist mock up on sat afternoon" i asked what time and she said "no set time, i told him i would call after work around 130pm" okee dokee.
sat came about, fh and i head down to dads to wait for my mom to get off of work. its 130pm and we are at my moms.. suddenly my dads phone rings.. he looks at me and walks away, phone in hand.. i hear "you tell her, im not" so she calls and proceeds to tell me that she messed up.. somehow she didnt realize the appt was FOR 130PM.. okay no problem mom,m we will head there now, its only 140.. she says no, the florist is mad, stark raving mad about it. so i tell her, when she gets home in 2 min we will call and offer to ppay for the mock up and see if he will help us out. I must admit, i yelled at her for a min. really upset she had screwed something up.. and when i got off the phone, poor dad and fh heard my bridezilla screaming, but when she got there, she had clearly been crying, so mortified to have messed up. i asked how it happened and she said "i dont know lil bit, i thought i wrote down CALL at 130.. must have been appt at 130, but i cant find that paper" so i asked her to call the florist back.. after ONE MINUTE on the phone my mom bawled.. was hysterical and put him on speaker..
this is how the convo went
mom: im so sorry, i went to a funeral right after work at 1pm and im just getting home, i really didnt even realize that the appointment was at 130 im so so sorry, listen, i will pay you the mock up fee, can we just head there now, it will take 10 minutes to get there, this means so much to my daughter, i really hate to upset her"
florist: You have no respect for me or my time or my profession, obviously, your daughter should have realized that about you and not let you make any appointments.
mom: Im so sorry, i really am, but if there is any way, id really appreciate it, we could be there in 10 minutes, we will give you cash
Florist: I dont think you understand, This is not a good fit, you cant buy me after you disrespected me so much!
mom; i would never do this intentionally, i apologize again, it wasnt disresepect.. it was just a lapse of the brain, im so so sorry. please dont punish my daughter b/c of my mistake
florist: Ya, i dont think this is going to work out, this whole thing.. you should find another florist. if you daughter wants to use me, thats fine, but i will not deal with you again.
wow~! okay, so she messed up, thats agreed, but did she DESERVE THTA???! i dont think so.. needless to say, i calmed down before i called him and then flipped out. told him i felt he was the most unprofessional man and that i would let my aunt (he is her florist for all of her charity events) know that she is no longer using him at my request due to HIS disrespect to my mother.
anyway, point is.. i have no florist AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
luckily, my dad called his close friend who is our band and he called his florist and told him the story.. i have a meeting with his florist who said "how terrible, i will match the price" --- i had priced out with him before and he was WAAAAY higher, but due to this recent problem, he understands i just need a florist!
sat came about, fh and i head down to dads to wait for my mom to get off of work. its 130pm and we are at my moms.. suddenly my dads phone rings.. he looks at me and walks away, phone in hand.. i hear "you tell her, im not" so she calls and proceeds to tell me that she messed up.. somehow she didnt realize the appt was FOR 130PM.. okay no problem mom,m we will head there now, its only 140.. she says no, the florist is mad, stark raving mad about it. so i tell her, when she gets home in 2 min we will call and offer to ppay for the mock up and see if he will help us out. I must admit, i yelled at her for a min. really upset she had screwed something up.. and when i got off the phone, poor dad and fh heard my bridezilla screaming, but when she got there, she had clearly been crying, so mortified to have messed up. i asked how it happened and she said "i dont know lil bit, i thought i wrote down CALL at 130.. must have been appt at 130, but i cant find that paper" so i asked her to call the florist back.. after ONE MINUTE on the phone my mom bawled.. was hysterical and put him on speaker..
this is how the convo went
mom: im so sorry, i went to a funeral right after work at 1pm and im just getting home, i really didnt even realize that the appointment was at 130 im so so sorry, listen, i will pay you the mock up fee, can we just head there now, it will take 10 minutes to get there, this means so much to my daughter, i really hate to upset her"
florist: You have no respect for me or my time or my profession, obviously, your daughter should have realized that about you and not let you make any appointments.
mom: Im so sorry, i really am, but if there is any way, id really appreciate it, we could be there in 10 minutes, we will give you cash
Florist: I dont think you understand, This is not a good fit, you cant buy me after you disrespected me so much!
mom; i would never do this intentionally, i apologize again, it wasnt disresepect.. it was just a lapse of the brain, im so so sorry. please dont punish my daughter b/c of my mistake
florist: Ya, i dont think this is going to work out, this whole thing.. you should find another florist. if you daughter wants to use me, thats fine, but i will not deal with you again.
wow~! okay, so she messed up, thats agreed, but did she DESERVE THTA???! i dont think so.. needless to say, i calmed down before i called him and then flipped out. told him i felt he was the most unprofessional man and that i would let my aunt (he is her florist for all of her charity events) know that she is no longer using him at my request due to HIS disrespect to my mother.
anyway, point is.. i have no florist AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
luckily, my dad called his close friend who is our band and he called his florist and told him the story.. i have a meeting with his florist who said "how terrible, i will match the price" --- i had priced out with him before and he was WAAAAY higher, but due to this recent problem, he understands i just need a florist!