Name Flower

[threemonkeys]

Another day, another new experience. At work today I got given flowers today. More specifically, I was given a dozen red roses. Nobody has ever given me flowers before - except possibly ones made of sugar. Before you get any ideas, they were a delivery from the recruitment agency who placed me at my new job. It is common practice for them to send a card or the like, but flowers? To me? My co-workers were amused and bemused. I tried to give the bunch away, but didn't get any takers until we broke the bunch up and distributed the blooms individually. Most took one as a joke - a lot of clenching in teeth went on.

I've never really seen the appeal in bunches of flowers. OK, they look nice in a garden, but cut they are just dead things. The others around work were pretty ambivalent. I sort of expected it from the guys - expecting some sort of sex linked response thing. But the women were pretty much unimpressed too. General consensus was that a bottle of wine would have been a much better gift.

But somebody must like flowers or they wouldn't get sold. Perhaps it isn't the flowers as such but the symbolism involved. How about you? Do you like to give/receive flowers?

Comments

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

As in most things.

[catsparx.livejournal.com]

so true