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[mildrew]I ordered some Mother's Day flowers from Interflora recently. Here's what I ordered...



And here's what they delivered on Sunday...



Methinks someone is 'aving a tin barf.

The cheek of it. Not only are they the mankiest flowers I've ever seen, but they seem to have included a good dozen daffodils. And a few carnations. Oh, and a couple of other flowers that I don't recognise. Problem is, I didn't order a bunch of random mankiness thinly disguised as an "elegant and fresh" bunch of tulips. As is clearly evident in the first image, I ordered a bunch of tulips.

What is the world coming to when a florist can't even put a simple bunch of tulips together? Anyway, I complained to Interflora and they assured me the florist will get a right good spanking over it. And I got my money back. Damn right, too. Manky flowers.[/mildrew]

That's shocking! If you listen very carefully, you can hear the sound of lead on paper as people start crossing Interflora from their lists.

they are pretty horrible aren't they?!

I actually had a bad experience with them last year, too. Serves me right for giving them a second chance. I will not be using Interflora again. No, sirree.

In the 1980s, I used to work on my girlfriend's mum's flower stall. Oh the horror stories about Interflora! They simply pass your request on to a local florist who makes peanuts out of the deal.

Oh, and roses are expensive around Valentine's day because the wholesaler is a money-grubbing git, regardless of whether the florist is also one.

Very reminiscent of Michael Douglas in the film, 'Falling Down' where he points out the difference between the juicy freshly prepared perfect burger in the advertising poster compared to the pile of limp bread and soggy meat they actually provided. He drew their attention to these differences by waving a gun around so was perhaps a wee bit OTT!

They screwed up my mate's extradition, too.

Mandrake wrote:Very reminiscent of Michael Douglas in the film, 'Falling Down' where he points out the difference between the juicy freshly prepared perfect burger in the advertising poster compared to the pile of limp bread and soggy meat they actually provided. He drew their attention to these differences by waving a gun around so was perhaps a wee bit OTT!

An excellent film, nonetheless.

And why is it when you walk past a McDonald's drive-by (sorry, drive-in), you can smell lovely roast beef? The rubbish they serve tastes and smells absolutely nothing like that.

I think I read somewhere that McDonald's use beef fat to cook the fries.

You could have just found a florist local to your mother, telephoned them and asked them to deliver. That way you know who to send a gift-wrapped poo to when it goes pear shaped.

But then, who are we to complain about mis-advertised goods? According to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/consume ... 38311.html) , Magic Dealers are exempt from Sale of Goods Act 1979, Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994 and the Sale and Supply of Goods to Consumers Regulations 2002. Apparently Lord Justice Frogspawn said "well those magic wallas, serve's 'em right for believing the hype, innit, funny buggers need to get out more" in his judgement in that precedent-setting case Crown vs Reputation-Making-Magic-Self-Working-Powerful-Closer-Honest-Not-A-Rehash-Of-The-Last-Trick-We-Sold-You-Oops-While-We-Turn-The-Camera-Off-For-That-Bit-And-Edit-The-Multiple-Out.com

Mr_Grue wrote:They screwed up my mate's extradition, too.

Think that might be interpoll Grue

Finally someone bites!

That's pretty shocking (the flower thing). Carnations and daffodils... I could do better than that with a piece of newspaper and fifteen minutes unmonitored access to a council flowerbed!