tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post7890867572809763016..comments2023-04-26T03:57:43.775+01:00Comments on The Magpie Files: A Customer Complaintalice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-54349679058934564022008-08-21T10:41:00.000+01:002008-08-21T10:41:00.000+01:00I think you should definately give the flower shop...I think you should definately give the flower shop in question a piece of your mind.............. especially as they ruined the moment of you receiving your husband's gift!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-53364295448220412062008-08-19T21:38:00.000+01:002008-08-19T21:38:00.000+01:00This makes me sad and angry - poor you, poor Mr M;...This makes me sad and angry - poor you, poor Mr M; rotten florist.<BR/>J<BR/>xJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576982065729973318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-33025884328849286512008-08-18T14:15:00.000+01:002008-08-18T14:15:00.000+01:00Photograph and shame...the old adage of it's the t...Photograph and shame...<BR/><BR/>the old adage of it's the thought that counts doesn't really apply when cash has been handed over!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-48185619543682129472008-08-18T13:59:00.000+01:002008-08-18T13:59:00.000+01:00Oh Dear! I would complain.MrM is very thoughtful a...Oh Dear! I would complain.<BR/><BR/>MrM is very thoughtful and got you flowers with out occation? How romantic! What a lucky girl you are! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-56195143873481238902008-08-18T13:31:00.000+01:002008-08-18T13:31:00.000+01:00I think that you should prepare a little map of th...I think that you should prepare a little map of the area, with good flower shops marked on it, and tape it to the outside of the window of the offending shop....<BR/>Help steer some other customers the right way.....<BR/><BR/>But how sweet that he wants to make you smile:-)<BR/>N.BreadBoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14551973313066578118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-1225038611997444252008-08-18T13:16:00.000+01:002008-08-18T13:16:00.000+01:00I'm feeling indignant for you, and they're not eve...I'm feeling indignant for you, and they're not even my flowers!<BR/><BR/>Bad flower shop! Bad, bad flower shop!<BR/><BR/>No matter how smelly or half-dead the flowers, MrM sounds like a very thoughtful husband...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-22939446994629024492008-08-18T13:03:00.000+01:002008-08-18T13:03:00.000+01:00Will promise to do better for September ...No poin...Will promise to do better for September ...<BR/><BR/>No point suffering in silence so I am glad that MrsM has piped or chirped up on this issue. Most men are not psychic so clear explanation is sometimes required.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-68420496167447715922008-08-18T11:25:00.000+01:002008-08-18T11:25:00.000+01:00has anyone noticed that MrsM has just surpassed la...has anyone noticed that MrsM has just surpassed last year's blog total ? 222 post v 221 for 2007 - is this a tipping point ?<BR/><BR/>MrM clearly is not up for ikebana it appearsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-7289835004251412122008-08-18T10:52:00.000+01:002008-08-18T10:52:00.000+01:00The wrong kind of smelly flowers. Naaaasty. Poor M...The wrong kind of smelly flowers. Naaaasty. Poor MrM.<BR/><BR/>But on telling the floral truth - I still can't break it to my husband that Freesias are not my favourite vase flower. Not at all. I don't really like them (though the smell is good). Sadly, he has convinced himself otherwise. Sigh - it's the thought that counts.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723377593068712400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-16674283352336148582008-08-18T09:20:00.000+01:002008-08-18T09:20:00.000+01:00What a shame. Can understand your dilemma at telli...What a shame. Can understand your dilemma at telling Mr M.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-63950906329711554882008-08-18T08:25:00.000+01:002008-08-18T08:25:00.000+01:00I hope you gave them what for. How disappointing f...I hope you gave them what for. How disappointing for you both.walter and mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654023053222721637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-120815898323146622008-08-18T08:18:00.000+01:002008-08-18T08:18:00.000+01:00Such an awful shame! Especially since they were bo...Such an awful shame! Especially since they were bought to make you cheerful. Poor Mr M. You certainly need a refund, at the very least.silverpebblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456289271322986540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-82925870353543102632008-08-18T08:17:00.000+01:002008-08-18T08:17:00.000+01:00I imagine that was some inner conversation! Tell h...I imagine that was some inner conversation! Tell him and cause him to be crestfallen and cross with the proprietor OR (to use my sister's phrase) suck it up and smile at the lovely thought.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Like you very sweetly and nicely I would have pointed out the <I>good</I> flower shops in town. Did you take them back and shake them under the nose of the florist so she could smell the stinky trashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623440501234583451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-25902707133668807502008-08-18T07:50:00.000+01:002008-08-18T07:50:00.000+01:00Oh no, how very sad!Hope you still managed to find...Oh no, how very sad!<BR/>Hope you still managed to find a way to smile through it, because the thought was there and I cannot remember the last time my husband had a similar thought, it was long ago. Now I'm trying not to be sad!<BR/>xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-44211852765240357832008-08-18T05:09:00.000+01:002008-08-18T05:09:00.000+01:00And the fact that there is not even photographic e...And the fact that there is not even photographic evidence is really telling!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-62148821823582971452008-08-18T03:18:00.000+01:002008-08-18T03:18:00.000+01:00Ooh, that makes my blood boil. Er, with all the q...Ooh, that makes my blood boil. Er, with all the qigong and meditating I've been doing, I'm so tranquil that I suppose really it just makes my blood simmer a bit. But still...Poor you! Poor MrM! You sock it to 'em!!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05932228002267520123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-7051783200645626402008-08-18T02:12:00.000+01:002008-08-18T02:12:00.000+01:00How *could* a flower shop do that? I hope you wil...How *could* a flower shop do that? I hope you will share the response of the proprietor, should there be a response.Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292701509476856967noreply@blogger.com