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Image via WikipediaThis past Sunday was busy enough for us. We both had to work starting at noon. So knowing that we didn’t have much time to do stuff with families other than stop by and say hello, I ordered flowers online for Saturday delivery. I saw a really good deal online at slickdeals for only $20 you get lillies DELIVERED! I couldn’t believe that included delivery on a Saturday. Lilies are pretty nice also for Mother’s Day and included a free vase. How could I go wrong. Well a week went by and it looked like everything was good to go. My mother and Mandy’s mother should both get something with a little message from Us the day before Mother’s Day.

Of course it wasn’t that easy. The day BEFORE the flowers were to be delivered I got an email saying my mother’s order had been canceled as there was no available florist in the area on that day. Are you kidding me! Did you not know this when I was placing my ‘electronic’ order online?!?! So I replied to the email and expressed my extreme displeasure that it took them 6 days to inform me of this minor detail.

Saturday Phyllis did get her flowers and they looked really nice. The greeting was cut off, so it looked like they only came from me and not both of us. Oh well, she knew they did. My mother however got nothing from the order I placed. We had to rush to 2 different stores to find something, anything worthy of my mother. We did find a really cool plant after deciding that flowers just die and she might appreciate this more.

To give you an update, today I got an email with a $20 online gift card to apologize for canceling my Mother’s Day order. If they had not done this, I honestly would still hold a grudge against them. Instead I will have to remember stuff like this happens and online orders aren’t reliable even for Mother’s Day.