Be nice.. Their costs quadruple for valentines, and they have a lot of stress to deal with and zero sleep for the past 3-4 days..

So be nice..


And also any other businesses who are specializing in valentines day stuff...

no one should ever be rude to retail employees, but this is a time for those businesses to make lots of money.
They are the ones who need to make sure they are "on point" for providing excellent service to the people who are trading their money for their products and services.

If Valentine's Day is too stressful for them, then maybe they should be in a different business. "Oh man, look at all these people wanting to purchase my products and make my business successful. I sure hope they know how much of a burden this is for me to take their money"

studioone said:

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and please don't give me that mess of 'oh, if they can't stand the mess, they should find another job'... that's easy to say coming from someone with a 8-5 cushy job who has a guaranteed salary even if he's sick and cant come to work..

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you do hear what you are saying right???

Are these florists being forced to be a florist?!?!?
I will reiterate. If they can't handle the stress of their BIGGEST holiday (maybe Mother's Day too), then maybe they shouldn't have decided to do all the following:
1. Think "Hey, I like flowers... i'll open a flower shop and run my own business."
2. Okay, i'm going to search out a location to open my flower shop.
3. Now I'm going to get loans/dip into savings/find investors so i can start my own flower shop.
4. Woohoo! I'm my own boss. I am the proud owner of a Flower shop.

If after they did all the above, and then they are surprised about the work involved or that Valentine's day sucks and they lose money on it, mayhaps, just mayhaps, they should have done a little more research into what they were getting into.

They weren't forced into being florists and that is the only thing they can do.
They chose that life.

So, yes, I can easily say: "If they can't stand the mess, they shouldn't have decided to be a florist"

I know when I went to HEB today, all the pre-built bouquets that are normally about $5-$8 were all a minimum of $20 to $40 today.

So, I'm pretty sure that dedicated florists stores do raise their prices on Valentine's.

I don't see anyone trolling. You should be nice to service people every day.

You know who you should be really nice to this time of year? Tax folks. Your refund or amount due isn't their fault but they sure take the brunt of the crappy behavior.