janinegirly
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I''m currently having major issues with my florist--so hoping you all don''t mind the vent.
So my mom selected the florist 6 months ago and booked her (put down a deposit) before I met her. The first time I met the florist..I didn''t really like her style/personality, but I rolled with it. Basically she talks non stop, didn''t take any notes and was just generally scattered. The meeting took about 1 hr longer than it had to because of her constant talking (I''m from NY so more to the point and efficient in my planning style). Oh I should preface this by saying the wedding (and therefore florist) are in NJ so I have to take an 1.5 hour train in for meetings. Meanwhile I have a full time job so usually weekends are the only real time I can set up wedding appointments which is why keeping them short but productive is kind of essential.
So over the past 3 months it''s been nearly impossible to arrange a meeting. And we have yet to have a meeting to discuss exactly what I would like for flowers..our first meeting was very scatterd and just an introductory one. Repeatedly this florst made comments like "you have plenty of time". When all the while I knew I didn''t since I only have wkends to meet her and the summer months are hectic.
So sure enough here we are in the summer and she has zero wkends free since she has booked so many weddings. To be honest she sounds really frazzled, stressed and overworked.
Last night it came to a head b/c i called to try to pinpint a date over next few months to finally meet (My wedding is in sept). Emails were becoming confusing so I figure jsut call. Well sure enough she started chatting and not letting me get a word in edgewise. Everytime I tried to talk she''d interupt and start rambling. She was going off and saying she has so many weddings, her family needs her attention too, she doesn''t have free time just like I don''t have much free time. She said I should priortize my wedding more and take days off and come into town for appointments. She started then going off on discussing how she has 10K weddings this weekend so she is very in demand. I was literally on the phone (at work no less) just saying "uh huh. uh huh. I understand. it must be tough" because that''s all I could fit in. Is it me, but isn''t this her job? She acts like I need understand her personal problems and put my job on the backburner to better accomodate her schedule. The difference is being a florist and accomdating customer IS her main job, not vice versa.
ARGH. I eventually just gave in and let her control the conversation. I''m scared that it''s too late to find anyone else since it''s a late stage and I don''t want to add drama since things are really going well otherwise w/planning. I think I might have to suck it up and coddle the florist but then not tip her or recommend her after everything is done. We also have a deposit down unfortunately. AM I being unreasonable or is this florist a little cooky?
tahnks for listeining and sorry it''s so long!
So my mom selected the florist 6 months ago and booked her (put down a deposit) before I met her. The first time I met the florist..I didn''t really like her style/personality, but I rolled with it. Basically she talks non stop, didn''t take any notes and was just generally scattered. The meeting took about 1 hr longer than it had to because of her constant talking (I''m from NY so more to the point and efficient in my planning style). Oh I should preface this by saying the wedding (and therefore florist) are in NJ so I have to take an 1.5 hour train in for meetings. Meanwhile I have a full time job so usually weekends are the only real time I can set up wedding appointments which is why keeping them short but productive is kind of essential.
So over the past 3 months it''s been nearly impossible to arrange a meeting. And we have yet to have a meeting to discuss exactly what I would like for flowers..our first meeting was very scatterd and just an introductory one. Repeatedly this florst made comments like "you have plenty of time". When all the while I knew I didn''t since I only have wkends to meet her and the summer months are hectic.
So sure enough here we are in the summer and she has zero wkends free since she has booked so many weddings. To be honest she sounds really frazzled, stressed and overworked.
Last night it came to a head b/c i called to try to pinpint a date over next few months to finally meet (My wedding is in sept). Emails were becoming confusing so I figure jsut call. Well sure enough she started chatting and not letting me get a word in edgewise. Everytime I tried to talk she''d interupt and start rambling. She was going off and saying she has so many weddings, her family needs her attention too, she doesn''t have free time just like I don''t have much free time. She said I should priortize my wedding more and take days off and come into town for appointments. She started then going off on discussing how she has 10K weddings this weekend so she is very in demand. I was literally on the phone (at work no less) just saying "uh huh. uh huh. I understand. it must be tough" because that''s all I could fit in. Is it me, but isn''t this her job? She acts like I need understand her personal problems and put my job on the backburner to better accomodate her schedule. The difference is being a florist and accomdating customer IS her main job, not vice versa.
ARGH. I eventually just gave in and let her control the conversation. I''m scared that it''s too late to find anyone else since it''s a late stage and I don''t want to add drama since things are really going well otherwise w/planning. I think I might have to suck it up and coddle the florist but then not tip her or recommend her after everything is done. We also have a deposit down unfortunately. AM I being unreasonable or is this florist a little cooky?
tahnks for listeining and sorry it''s so long!
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