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Re: Flowers received with no name attached - how to thank giver?
#12 - Mystery SOLVED!
By: NFPwife Date: November 18, 2020, 8:27 pm
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I find it mildly concerning that companies are screwing up one
of their basic job functions. They're causing some unnecessary
grief. I'll make sure to let people know that I'm sending
something (when I'm not trying to be anonymous).
#Post#: 60450--------------------------------------------------
Re: Flowers received with no name attached - how to thank giver?
By: Star Wars Fan Date: November 19, 2020, 2:51 am
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[quote author=gramma dishes link=topic=1916.msg60418#msg60418
date=1605731509]
[quote author=Star Wars Fan link=topic=1916.msg60402#msg60402
date=1605726448]
... Later that day he then gets a telephone call from his wife
and she asked if he'd gotten the flowers she'd sent him. Yeah
the flowers were from Richter's wife, and not Farrah Fawcett.
The confusion happened because his wife's name is Sarah and not
Farrah. Although how he could mistake Sarah for Farrah I'm not
sure. It must've been some really sloppy handwriting is all I
can figure! Since Sarah has only one R and the name Farrah has
two Rs in it and I don't know how you could mistake an S for an
F either.
Ed.
[/quote]
You're probably right, that makes sense. It's been years since I
heard him tell the story and that never even occurred to me.
Ed.
My guess is the florist who took the order misunderstood the
name on the phone and filled in what made sense to her/him if he
knew Andy Richter was working with Farrah Fawcett at the time.
[/quote]
#Post#: 60457--------------------------------------------------
Re: Flowers received with no name attached - how to thank giver?
By: Effie Date: November 19, 2020, 7:32 am
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[quote author=Star Wars Fan link=topic=1916.msg60402#msg60402
date=1605726448]
[quote author=jpcher link=topic=1916.msg60072#msg60072
date=1605211593]
Funny sidetrack -- Years ago my thenBoss received a delivery of
flowers to his office that had no note as to who they were from.
He was puzzled as to what to do. "Should I call my wife at thank
her?" We agreed that they probably are from his wife and he
should call.
He said "But what if they aren't from her? I thank her for
flowers and she didn't send them? Boy am I going to be up the
creek without a paddle!"
Granted, he was quite the good looking stud. He fooled around on
his ex-wife (hence the ex). He swore that he changed his ways
but he still had plenty of admirers.
The next day he came into the office and said "Boy, did I screw
up. I didn't say anything about the flowers until she asked me
if I got a delivery at work. I said 'Oh, yeah, I meant to call
you and thank you for the flowers, but things got really busy
and I forgot.'" Then he added "Yesterday was our six month
anniversary. I totally forgot that too."
Yeah, he was up the creek.
[/quote]
That reminds me of a story I heard Andy Richter tell on Conan
O'Brien's show. Richter being a sometimes actor and Conan's
"sidekick". He'd gotten a small role in the Richard Gere movie
Dr. T And The Women. He played the role of a good friend of
Richard Gere's character. It was also one of the last movies
actress Farrah Fawcett was in. A lot of the movie was shot on
location in Texas so Richter had to take time off from Conan
O'Brien's talk show for a few months. When he returned, he told
the story of one day getting some flowers delivered to him at
the hotel room he was staying in. I don't remember exactly but
he said the card had written on it some stuff like you're a
terrific man and you're great and so on, and he said it was
signed "Love Farrah". He was flattered but thought it was kind
of strange the actress would send him flowers with a note. Later
that day he then gets a telephone call from his wife and she
asked if he'd gotten the flowers she'd sent him. Yeah the
flowers were from Richter's wife, and not Farrah Fawcett. The
confusion happened because his wife's name is Sarah and not
Farrah. Although how he could mistake Sarah for Farrah I'm not
sure. It must've been some really sloppy handwriting is all I
can figure! Since Sarah has only one R and the name Farrah has
two Rs in it and I don't know how you could mistake an S for an
F either.
Ed.
[/quote]
Over the phone, 'F' and 'S' sound very much alike. My last name
has f's in it, so when I am spelling it to someone over the
phone, I always say " 'f' as in Frank". It helps, but sometimes
they will still get it wrong. :-\
#Post#: 60489--------------------------------------------------
Re: Flowers received with no name attached - how to thank giver?
By: jpcher Date: November 19, 2020, 2:07 pm
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[quote author=Effie link=topic=1916.msg60457#msg60457
date=1605792737]
Over the phone, 'F' and 'S' sound very much alike. My last name
has f's in it, so when I am spelling it to someone over the
phone, I always say " 'f' as in Frank". It helps, but sometimes
they will still get it wrong. :-\
[/quote]
and call you Srank? ;D
#Post#: 60497--------------------------------------------------
Re: Flowers received with no name attached - how to thank giver?
By: NFPwife Date: November 19, 2020, 4:04 pm
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[quote author=Effie link=topic=1916.msg60457#msg60457
date=1605792737]
[quote author=Star Wars Fan link=topic=1916.msg60402#msg60402
date=1605726448]
[quote author=jpcher link=topic=1916.msg60072#msg60072
date=1605211593]
Funny sidetrack -- Years ago my thenBoss received a delivery of
flowers to his office that had no note as to who they were from.
He was puzzled as to what to do. "Should I call my wife at thank
her?" We agreed that they probably are from his wife and he
should call.
He said "But what if they aren't from her? I thank her for
flowers and she didn't send them? Boy am I going to be up the
creek without a paddle!"
Granted, he was quite the good looking stud. He fooled around on
his ex-wife (hence the ex). He swore that he changed his ways
but he still had plenty of admirers.
The next day he came into the office and said "Boy, did I screw
up. I didn't say anything about the flowers until she asked me
if I got a delivery at work. I said 'Oh, yeah, I meant to call
you and thank you for the flowers, but things got really busy
and I forgot.'" Then he added "Yesterday was our six month
anniversary. I totally forgot that too."
Yeah, he was up the creek.
[/quote]
That reminds me of a story I heard Andy Richter tell on Conan
O'Brien's show. Richter being a sometimes actor and Conan's
"sidekick". He'd gotten a small role in the Richard Gere movie
Dr. T And The Women. He played the role of a good friend of
Richard Gere's character. It was also one of the last movies
actress Farrah Fawcett was in. A lot of the movie was shot on
location in Texas so Richter had to take time off from Conan
O'Brien's talk show for a few months. When he returned, he told
the story of one day getting some flowers delivered to him at
the hotel room he was staying in. I don't remember exactly but
he said the card had written on it some stuff like you're a
terrific man and you're great and so on, and he said it was
signed "Love Farrah". He was flattered but thought it was kind
of strange the actress would send him flowers with a note. Later
that day he then gets a telephone call from his wife and she
asked if he'd gotten the flowers she'd sent him. Yeah the
flowers were from Richter's wife, and not Farrah Fawcett. The
confusion happened because his wife's name is Sarah and not
Farrah. Although how he could mistake Sarah for Farrah I'm not
sure. It must've been some really sloppy handwriting is all I
can figure! Since Sarah has only one R and the name Farrah has
two Rs in it and I don't know how you could mistake an S for an
F either.
Ed.
[/quote]
Over the phone, 'F' and 'S' sound very much alike. My last name
has f's in it, so when I am spelling it to someone over the
phone, I always say " 'f' as in Frank". It helps, but sometimes
they will still get it wrong. :-\
[/quote]
I have "Ss" in my last name and I have to say "S as in Spring"
or it gets all confused.
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