Stranger trying to "prune" my orchid

[cb977]

Oh my! I can't even write here what i would do!!!

[Paul Mc]

WOW - sometimes I never cease to be amazed at the boldness and rudeness of others. At least ask first, and then take no as meaning no!

[TylerK]

Wow. Have to say, I got furious just reading that. I don't usually swear a lot, but she'd have gotten an earful of very loud profanity had she done that to one of my plants.

Tyler

[RosieC]

Wow, I would have been really mad at her as well.

If she HAD known what she was talking about then maybe a suggestion... but never grabbing the plant and trying to break it while the owner protests. That's just not on

[tim abbott]

She must have been dropped on her head as a kid.

Tim Abbott

[Wrebbitrocks]

this is a little different from your story but i too had an "incident" with a neighbor. she walks by and sometimes drops by for a cup of coffee with mother. so one day she went outside and eyed one of my vandas hanging from a tree and asks oh so cleverly "is that an orchid TOO" after seeing some of the lovely blooms inside. i uneasily replied yes and as she went up to it noticing that it wasnt attached to the branch but just hanging then petted it, examining it............i took it inside after she left. no way that old sack was gonna have a plant to, less she forks over $3o, then we MIGHT talk

[RJSquirrel]

they never a mean old "HIT" squirrel around when ya need one ....

I can be hired to make house calls on special occasions...

And thats just for nuts


I watered someones DEAD phal at work once. I felt so bad about it bec it wasnt mine #1 and #2 it was freekin dead. Made me think about how I would feel if someone took it on themselves to water my plant. I had to email her and apologize for trying to tend to her plant. I also promised I would never touch her plant again and if she wanted to kill it that was her business...Please forgive me...


She emailed me back totally confused ..It wasnt her plant..wrong person!!!

[CTB]

The Nerve, sounds like she wanted a start, and you wouldn't share, me either!!!!!!!!!!!!

[johnblagg]

Rude is the nicest thing I could say ...and stupid @%$ get away from that is the next nicest ....when you work in a service position and go into peoples homes it is not as a guest and you should not touch what your not specificly there to fix end of story.
I would have been pissed for sure ....I was leaving Houston when Katrina was heading that way in the mass evacuation they advised and while at a store in the 300 mile long traffic jam and someone reached into my vehicle through the open window and picked up my flat screen nmonitor while I was in the store paying ....I came out and had a few chioce words to say the man holding my monitor had the lame excuse I was just showing it to my friends ....LOL right, My first words were ...WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR ARE DOING!!!!! and I do not think they would have been out of line in your case either

[Jennyfleur]

Oh my, that is a definate Yikes!
So much so, I think we're all running out of different smilies to use!!