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5 Strange Truths About Your Valentine’s Day Roses

February 17, 2016 By Toby Isaacson Leave a Comment

Ah, yes. Valentine’s Day. The day when the scent of love invades our senses (even to the point of trespassing) and dazes our heads. Regardless of what your personal opinion towards the thing is, we can’t deny that the 14th of February is becoming a bigger and bigger mark on our calendars. All that it’s been doing for the last decades is receive more media exposure, more people accepting to celebrate it and, by extension, more people to boost the sales of every florist who sells roses. I dare say that all of those gifts we associate with the big day of some dude named Valentine, have become more or less an obligation. So, unless you want to sleep for the next week on the welcome carpet at the entrance, you better prepare for The Hunger Games of emptying shelves in your local supermarket’s chocolate aisle. Still, there is nothing that says the three magic words (food is ready) quite like the ever so mysterious and romantic rose. But, like most things that seem beautiful and harmless, your Valentine’s Day bouquet has a baggage of 5 Strange Truths About Your Valentine’s Day Roses that most florists have to face on a regular basis.

1. The Holiday Of Secret Affairs

Truths About Your Valentine's Day Roses - Affairs

Florists have pretty much seen it all. When cheating is involved (how romantic), opting to order your two (or more if you’re greedy and just that much of a horrible person) bouquets online seems like a bit of a dangerous idea. So, most of these people need to actually move and come face to face with the florists, then let all of the secrets pour. After all, it’s not like they have anyone to share them with, aside from websites and other publication platforms visited by thousands of people.

Either way, flowers have become a traditional method of either mending, either breaking a relationship. More than once, according to an interviewed florist, flower shops are visited by people who will even go as far as to purposely ruin the day of their exes. Some ordered withered flowers to be delivered to them or, even crazier, someone asked if the pretty rose bouquet could be sent off with a nice dose of bees to the side too.

2. Why Roses Are Expensive

Expensive - Truths About Your Valentine's Day Roses

I’m not up to date with the whereabouts of the flower growing world, but I do know that I’ve always been aware of one thing: roses are just expensive as heck. But what is the reason for that? Surely there have to be flowers that are considerably superior in aesthetic, scent and longevity, right? Surprisingly, the price has nothing to do with any of those, but it’s rather a typical effect of the supply-demand curve. We grew to associate roses with Valentine’s Day, so we will go buy roses. Flower shops take advantage of that and, boom, we get astronomical prices every time we decide to spoil our other halves with at least one rose.

So, it’s simply business. Many people don’t seem to understand that, though, and they pointlessly feel infuriated whenever they learn of the price attached to a bouquet of roses. But when florists try to convince them that any other flower would send the message across just as well, they huff and puff and desperately cling to the mass produced flower that’s economically bound to be the most expensive. You just can’t win.

3. Why Roses Actually Suck

Truths About Your Valentine's Day Roses Include How Awful They Are

But why all this fuss around roses? They are, statistically and practically, the most difficult kind of flower. The first sign that you should turn around and buy something else is their longevity. Most flowers actually last a few weeks, except for roses. On a bad day, they may start to wither in just a couple of days, along with your $100 invested in that short lived bouquet. I mean, nothing says “forever and ever” like a gift that dies off and falls apart after three days. Sweet!

If that wasn’t bad enough, roses are also associated with a series of diseases. Fortunately (well, I guess not for them), the ones most likely to encounter them are the growers and florists. As customers, the only disease you will have to face after purchasing a dozen of roses is the barrage of reproof from your significant other over your poor gift choices.

4. Emotional Disaster

Emotional Disasters Are Some Truths About Your Valentine's Day Roses

Next time you arrange your roses, think of all the tears that were invested in getting them into your vase. Halloween pumpkin sales and Christmas tinsel sales are nothing compared to flower sales near or on Valentine’s Day. Orders for flowers start piling up months ahead of the holiday, and with so many demands, there are bound to be some mistakes too. Unfortunately, we are fickle and impatient creatures, so it’s practically impossible to find a customer who will understand that you accidentally delivered them a bouquet of daffodils with a love message from a strange man named Bob. This often leaves florists depressed and extremely stressed, so it’s no easy business.

5. Awkward Deliveries

Truths About Your Valentine's Day Roses - Awkward Deliveries

I’m sure all of this sounds at least a tiny bit hilarious from the sidelines, but try putting yourself in the place of the poor delivery man or florist who has to make it rain rose petals over the heads of a divorced couple. Although flower shops these days hire companies to bring the flowers to our doorsteps, there are some florists who still have to do the deliveries themselves. Regardless of which kind it is, we feel sorry for them. It’s not easy bringing a bouquet that was ordered before a husband’s death, to the widow, and cheerfully chime, “Harry will see you tonight!”

The life of a florist in the heart of the “love season” is tough. They have to deal with keeping secrets, balancing tons of orders of the oddest caliber and, to top it all, they have to make sure they won’t spend the rest of the month in hospital because of stress and rose diseases. Either way, we need to appreciate them more, and acknowledge all the effort and the 5 Truths About Your Valentine’s Day Roses that are hidden in our overpriced tokens of affection.

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Filed Under: strange news Tagged With: flowers, fun facts, jobs, roses, Valentines Day

5 Surprising Interview Questions to Blow Your Mind

January 17, 2014 By Fred Mitchell Leave a Comment

We said it before, and we will say it again, getting a job these days is not an easy feat, especially if you aim for big brands and large corporations with a history of recruitment that made it into our pop-culture. While some are still holding Google responsible for the craziest, most surprising interview questions to blow your mind and test your reasoning and creative powers, there are others, just like Google, who play the same game and have hidden agendas when starting to question people. Being called to an interview to Amazon, Yahoo or Dell, among others, is a reason to be proud of, in and out of itself, but you also should be ready to be a rock star not only in your field of expertise, but also in their mind – games.

Not long ago, we presented you with a few CV’s and cover letters that we described as funny, desperate or mind – numbing. This time we took a look inside Glassdoor and their list of Oddball Interview Questions for 2013, just to give you a taste of what is coming your way. They also have a list for 2014, but the year is yet to unfold in the HR world, so you better stay tuned. Let’s see 5 surprising interview questions to blow your mind in order to ease your way into the recruitment process.

1. “If you were to get rid of one state in the US, which would it be and why?” – Forrester Research

usa map

Now this one is tricky. People made some brainstorming and the answers are quite puzzling. It may be a trick question, it may be an economics related one or it may revolve around the idea of cooperation, team – work, the greater good and so on. It would be a drag to name the state your interviewer was born in or perhaps not… who knows?

2. “A penguin walks through that door right now wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here?” – Clark construction Group 

penguin sombrero

You’re on your own here. Do you speak Penguin, so you can understand what it says? Does it speak Human, especially English? Do you dare asking your interviewer what did he / she smoke before coming to work this morning? Are they testing your sense of humor? So many variables…

3. “What songs best describes your work ethic.” – Dell

working class hero

Oh, that’s an easy one: “Ain’t no rest for the wicked” by Cage the Elephant. Or at least for us. Just don’t start humming Abba’s “Money, money, money”, they might not like the idea that you’re in it only for the profit. John Lennon’s “Working class hero” sounds good perhaps at a first glance, but it’s a no – no.

4. “Pick two celebrities to be your parents” – Urban Outfitters

brad angelina kids

Now it may not be nice to trade the parents who raised you and loved you and educated you to be the outstanding person you are now for some fame and fortune, but lets face it:  in order to answer these surprising interview questions to blow your mind, you have to be creative, funny and top them at their game with even more mind – blowing answers. So how about Khal Drogo’s son with Daenerys Targaryen? They never said anything about real life celebrities, did they?

5. “What kitchen utensil would you be?” – Bandwidth

kitchen utensils

Is this a personality test? Like a standardized one or something? If you answer “a knife”, would they appreciate you for being sharp, straightforward, liking to reach the core of the problem, or the violent type of person? Would you describe yourself as a Jena glass pot, resistant to heat, reliable and versatile to new approaches? Remember that they want to play tricks on you, so ponder carefully.

There are, of course, dozens of other surprising interview questions to blow your mind. Glassdoor is just one of the many resources on the Internet where you can learn about other candidates’ ordeals when facing the unpredictable. Some questions test rock solid science: they will test your math skills, your mental processes, your deep analysis potential. Other questions are perhaps meant to test your skills of dealing with the unfamiliar and surviving it. In any case, seeing how stranger and stranger the recruitment process has become in the last years, we can only wish you the best of luck.

Filed Under: creative Tagged With: job application, jobs

Top Five Most Annoying Types of Co-Workers

November 10, 2011 By Vernon Gadson Leave a Comment

There’s always one, isn’t there (or, if you’re lucky, perhaps two or three)? In any social environment there are always people who really get on everyone else’s nerves. Usually said people are spared the harshness of being told this outright (and even if they are it rarely changes things), but this small mercy certainly permits everyone else one thing: the right to complain about them as much as possible (but no bullying; that’s just not cool). Here is a light-hearted look at some of the worst offenders. Let the rage flow through you… [Read more…]

Filed Under: fun, top list Tagged With: annoying co-workers, annoying people, annoying types of co-worker, co-workers, employment, jobs, office, staff, top 5, work, workmates

Top Ten Most Horrible Movie Bosses

July 12, 2011 By Vernon Gadson Leave a Comment

Our bosses are the people from whom we take orders. We follow their demands, do exactly as they say, scamper around town for them, make sure not to displease them as we carry out our duties, and try not to screw up their specific coffee requirements (spitting in the cup is always a temptation). We bow at their every word to save our skin, because if we don’t kiss their ass then it’s back to the job centre for us poor saps. And some bosses, mad with the power at their immediate disposal, abuse this position of commanding superiority, us inferior employees suffering miserably from their supreme, unquestioned ruling. With all this megalomania pouring through their veins, these control-freak bastards can make for marvellous antagonists in the world of cinema, mistreating their poor workers out of boredom or sheer insanity, whether they be typical office tyrants or space-dwelling dictators. So, here is my list of the top ten most horrible bosses ever to misuse their authority on the big screen. Side note: this may or may not be influenced by Seth Gordon’s comedy “Horrible Bosses,” released July 8 in the US. Okay, it is. [Read more…]

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Top 10 Most Bizarre Modern Jobs

July 8, 2011 By ThisBlogRules 1 Comment

So you’re an accountant, a teacher, a nurse or a musician? You think you’ve had it as far as your job is concerned?

Well, for also those of us who do the daily toil to make money and earn their bread and butter, here’s a list that is going to be a sure shot spirits raiser – a list of ten jobs that will make even the most inane of jobs seem like a true pleasure.

Rest assured that most of these jobs, barring a few are the sort you would probably feel lucky without! [Read more…]

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