funerals, $20 tips, and future boyfriends...

sometimes i feel so intrusive when i'm helping a customer with an order. first off, you usually ask what occasion is the order for. then when filling out their order there's a section that ask for the card message and i have to type that out. i don't know, it's really weird when they're standing in front of you relaying their personal message. you have the standard "happy birtday/anniversary," "get well," and "congrats" messages. i've seen/hear some really sweet and cute ones. it's usually the "i'm sorry..." or "sympathy" messages that make me feel really intrusive.

today, i had some customers come in to order funeral flowers. that's not too unusual since funeral orders is a big part of the flower industry and i have taken a few orders in the past. however, the girl that came in was pretty young, around my age, and the flowers were for her boyfriend. i just try to be sensitive and friendly, wanting to make everything as easy as possible. it's a hard thing to go through. we ended up getting more orders for that same service throughout the day. he must have been really loved. everytime i do a funeral order i always remember the flowers at my dad's funeral. i remember how beautiful they were and was surprise to see so many from people.

anyway, i spent most of my time processing flowers. towards the end of the day this guy, fairly young and kind of cute, walks in and i go to help him since the other lady i work with was busy with another customer. he ends up placing an order for a $100 arrangement as well as buying another $45 arrangement. the $100 one was to bring to one of his client's party, which of course made me wonder what he does for a living being able to drop $100 on flowers. the second arrangement was for his mom, how cute it that. anyway, i gave him his total and he ask if he can leave a tip. he ends up leaving a $20 tip. getting tipped for pretty much doing nothing, that's pretty cool. my first ever tip. this guy is now my favorite customer...did i meantion the fact he had tattooed sleeves and i've always been a sucker for guys with tattoos, especially sleeves...though that's gotten me in some trouble in the past.

so after working at a flower shop, i now fear for my future boyfriend because now not only does he have to live up to mr. edward cullen's perfection which includes singing me to sleep, he also has to be artistic, funny, sweet...(the list goes on and on) and having tattooed sleeves is a plus..but now he also needs to buy me flowers every now and then. it's no wonder i'm alone, i'm way too picky, haha. and there's no guy in the world that fits my idea of perfection. really though, i just want a boy who's not a douchebag and will treat me well...though ngl, having him buy me flowers sometimes would be nice too.

till later.