Ultimatum to Save Current Lobby Phal
 

Hi.

In my perfectly run, pretentious landmark building lobby.....it is huge, Jimmy who runs everything (lives in duplex on 14 & 15) always has a splendid, huge booming Phal on the table just across from the passenger elevator.

He has a deal with local florist whose phals sell for $100......for an infinite supply.

He knows full well (everyone does) I am orchid obsessed and grow them, but he never gives me any of these amazing creatures when they start to go. And the staff guys can't interfere with this. I think it's about money.

Right now, we have an especially amazing one....whose blooms are just starting to fade on one spike. I went to the office after sending THREE ominous emails, looked him in his green eyes and said, "God will punish you if you let this puppy go on suffering and then die rather than giving it to the Orchid Growing Diva/Goddess for saving!!!!! BAD KARMA!!!

At the very LEAST you could find someone out at yr pretentious beach house in South Hampton who grows them and give them to that person! But this time, if you don give this one to me, GOD WILL PUNISH YOU, and tho all steel and stone and brick the whole building will BURST INTO FLAMES."

I am only little....outside.

Here are two pics I made of this puppy.

Do you know for a fact he tosses them when they are done blooming? Maybe he has a little orchidarium like yours in his duplex!

Suzanne....I know Jimmy better than anyone in his life. I also have keys to his flat. Trust me babe,.....there is not one orchid in that place!:rofl:

Problem is.....he knows my sardonic humor and assumes I am kidding about everything.

I just texted him that God is watching.....and, next time he needs his computers fixed,unless he gives me the puppy, he should ask God to troubleshoot them and repair them, not ME.:D

I told the lobby guy, if he don give it to me, I will just steal it. Course, first, I will have to knock out the security camera....cause however discreet, I know where it is.:biggrin:

Is it possible that he has some kind of deal going with the florist that he doesn't want to give you the plant?

Or maybe its time to drop the sardonic humor and tell him that you want the plant straight out. You know, something like....when the plants' done blooming I wonder if you wouldn't mind giving it to me, I'd really like to have it, seriously!

No assumption with that!!

Judi

he probably doesn't get to own them, it sounds like a rent-an-orchid scheme.....a previous company I worked at had something similar in place. It ensured that there were blooming orchids all year round without the hassle of cultivation.

Maybe he doesn't like the nicknames you choose for yourself.
You really called yourself that? Ok, all hail the Orchid Goddess. :rofl:

Seriously though...
I second the idea that he's "renting" those orchids. It's a business concept that has become quite popular in recent years.

All this stuff is individual specific. Jimmy and I connect, we communicate on all the levels that matter, sometimes directly, sometimes in code. He does know I want this very special puppy to save....but he is a businessman and increasingly all about money before he is a friend. I am sure the going cost of the always a pretentiously presented, high end phal on that table can not be deducted. He knows the staff brings me eveything they find my neighbors pitch, but if he passed along all the expensive lobby Phals....well, I know him, I can see the calculator running in his head. Perhaps not pretty, but it's part of him.

This past winter, he was here and year saw my display of 25 of mine in bloom in the table, focused on one, saying, "That belongs in the lobby."

All we can do is make honest efforts, but my take is, this very special one will get pitched just like all that came before it.

---------- Post added at 01:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:38 PM ----------

Katrina, you are trivializing both me, my sardonic, sometimes self abrogating sense of humor and my connection with Jimmy, who is like the bother I never had.

Along with all the "assignments" he gives me to get what he calls special projects done in this building it's always my intense privilege to get done. They all involve intense research and unearthing solutions and very rare items, and craftspeople,etc.

No, We rent nothing. We buy....and, only the best of everything.

Well if all the ones that came before it got pitched, it stands to reason that this one will as well.
And if this one gets pitched, why not do what you've done before and rescue it from the dumpster?
Seems fairly simple to just wait until it is no longer in the designated spot across from the passenger elevator and go look for it where you know it will be.

And it doesn't sound like its all about money if all he's doing is purchasing an orchid for $100 and then throws it away when its done blooming.

Sorry that fact must have slipped by me when you said

Well if all the ones that came before it got pitched, it stands to reason that this one will as well.
And if this one gets pitched, why not do what you've done before and rescue it from the dumpster?
Seems fairly simple to just wait until it is no longer in the designated spot across from the passenger elevator and go look for it where you know it will be.

First, again, this building is run like the inside of a Patek. The porter who picks up the trash using the service elevator, even reports people who do not comport with our very strict recycling rules, and those people get calls and emails. We have no dumpsters. Staff puts trash not meant for recycling in giant heavy black plastic garbage bags, and those get put out for collection 3X a week. So, there is no way I can find it when it gets pitched.

Re those which come my way, either staff brings them to me when they come upon them, or, when I am home and I can, I run up and down the service stairs hunting.

This mini adventure will unfold organically, as is meant to! It is nuanced, complex and really, really interesting.

---------- Post added at 03:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:23 PM ----------

OMG! DENOUMENT! Just this second got email from Jimmy!!!!

You can have it, but I need the bowl

Sent from my iPhone

YAY!!!! Always remember, connecting with individual living beings is individual specific, and its richness is not in the lyrics, but in the nunaces of the MUSIC.

No way, knowing him as well as I do....would he ever rent.

U think it has a tag? NAH, right? I should look just in case. But, who cares? What a special Phal I think!!!

It's a JOURNEY! Color me THRILLED!:biggrin:

Trivialize? Really? I thought you were joking and I found it hilarious. Orchid Growing Goddess...I still...even hours later...find it entertaining.

Ohhh sorry to hear this as I saw an exact duplicate of this at a local big box store. Hope he didn't pay too much as I'm sure another could be easily obtained for less than $40. Maybe even less than $30.