I've ordered a $30 flowers ring for my grandmother's funeral. When ordering, I was speaking with the boss and her worker on speaker. Since they dont understand alphabets in english and I cant explain to them what chinese characters my name was in cantonese. They even asked if I speak toisan. Solution- We agreed to communicate on wechat so no misspelling.
Just incase. I've sent them the location, time and for who. They know I am the granddaughter. Everything was running smoothly.
On the day of the funeral, the ribbon on the flower ring reads in chinese; My name, as her granddaughter and my status to call her Mother-in-law (Lai Lai)??... that's pretty gross. How the fuck did that happen?
So since I had their wechat. I've asked "Why is my grandmother all of the sudden my in law?" No acknowledgement at any fault. They said "because you never told me which side of the granddaughter you were and we didnt ask which side. Maybe it was a miscommunication. Nevermind that now, your grandmother still love you in heaven".
Wtf? Should you be asking the necessary questions to put on the ribbon? I wouldnt even be upset if they wrote "por por" or "mah mah". But INLAW is something else. And, since they didnt apologized, the matter became the principle more than the mistake on the word itself.
I gave you an extra star for having other names spelled correctly and delivered the flower on time. But, I'm never using this florist again. read more