Tantrum Thread .. OK People! Sound Off!

[Izzie]

Okay. I need a good healthy rant.
Long story short.
5yo established honeysuckle bushes on our patio have been waiting two months for a new arbor to climb on, and we keep getting set back at every turn.
I keep cutting them back- this spring was the first time I've ever completely chopped them back, and was so relieved to see them really come back strong- but now I keep having to chop them so that they don't fall all over themselves without an arbor. I feel like such an awful person.

Besides that, the rest of our garden is flourishing, and at least the honeysuckle keep trucking along- they're even flowering, which I didn't expect after being chopped back.

[Kath]

I keep cutting them back- this spring was the first time I've ever completely chopped them back, and was so relieved to see them really come back strong- but now I keep having to chop them so that they don't fall all over themselves without an arbor. I feel like such an awful person.

... Which only goes to show, a good chop at a honeysuckle, and they come back to thank you! Roses are the same. Don't feel like an awful person! Also the very cold winter weather may have helped as well

[Izzie]

Thanks Kath.
Problem now, is that whether we have someone make an arbor, or if we order one online, these guys won't get any support for 2-4 wks still. :X So I keep cutting back any straggly vines. It's getting bushy though!
I'm sure they're glaring at me whenever I walk by.
Some of the biggest leaves I've ever seen on them this year!

[thakshila smith]

Now I am shifted to a new home. As you know I grow them out side hang on mango trees .Now I am thinking how to deliver them to my new home.
As I feed them lightly weekly and the chids are fairly big.
Ones I was blessed with two large flowers spikes. Those are dens. Or my poor, but great pals.
Roots looks like noodles.
2. I created or invented one method.
I planted some big timber pols and tie up some orchids on them .They are working well. ( I am not rich enough to make a orchid house.) . I have seen once,uncle of mine planted 6 foot tall concrete poles and fit vandas on them and getting spikes too.
3. Beverly , You can put on gloves and search inside the toilet .'
Once my wedding ring fell in.

[thakshila smith]

This topic is started by beloved Dorothy .Isn't it?
Now what happened to you my friend? I didn't visit Orchidboard regularly .therefor I didn't know?
I feel very sorry.
Thakshila.

[Hedge]

Does anyone else get annoyed by over attentive shop assistants who ak you as soon as you walk in the door "Are you OK, Do you need any help?" before you have even managed to find your bearings and start to browse the goods for yourself? We got asked four times in as many moments in a well known electrical store the other day, by floor walkers who obviously weren't keeping track of which customers had been asked, and my husband made a comment to me about it which one of them overheard and then repeated to the manager. There was an exchange of words and then we were finally left alone, but by then it was too late. We departed and we will never shop there again.

It seems that you can no longer try and make your own mind up about what you want to buy without someone having to explain it to you. Nor can you be trusted to understand what you are looking at. Of course, if these floor vultures were not paid on a sales percentage basis, without which portion their wages are untenable, they would wait until the customer asked for help.

They often try to get you buy things you don't want because of the stores promotions, as happened with my sister in the same company where they kept on quoting for a different brand to the one she wanted because that was the one they were pushing that week.

Perhaps they are afraid that the average punter is so stupid they will be put off by the information overload and leave without buying.


GRRRR!!

[kiki-do]

Originally Posted by Hedge

Does anyone else get annoyed by over attentive shop assistants who ak you as soon as you walk in the door "Are you OK, Do you need any help?" before you have even managed to find your bearings and start to browse the goods for yourself? We got asked four times in as many moments in a well known electrical store the other day, by floor walkers who obviously weren't keeping track of which customers had been asked, and my husband made a comment to me about it which one of them overheard and then repeated to the manager. There was an exchange of words and then we were finally left alone, but by then it was too late. We departed and we will never shop there again.

It seems that you can no longer try and make your own mind up about what you want to buy without someone having to explain it to you. Nor can you be trusted to understand what you are looking at. Of course, if these floor vultures were not paid on a sales percentage basis, without which portion their wages are untenable, they would wait until the customer asked for help.

They often try to get you buy things you don't want because of the stores promotions, as happened with my sister in the same company where they kept on quoting for a different brand to the one she wanted because that was the one they were pushing that week.

Perhaps they are afraid that the average punter is so stupid they will be put off by the information overload and leave without buying.


GRRRR!!

Hedge I know exactly what you mean, and it's a huge irritation to me also. One thing especially, my husband and I like to do is check out the new vehicles every spring and the salespeople practically jump into your car as you drive slowly through the car dealerships parking lots. About every row a new salesperson comes out and tries to get you to stop and give you information. Even when you tell them you just want to look, they can't accept that. Like your fair game. We go on Sundays now because dealerships are closed on Sundays...thank goodness. But it's the same with furniture stores, shoe stores, etc. Makes me mad

[Connie Star]

Or when you are in a chain store that sells a number of different type of items, and there are 3-4 sales people standing around and when you ask one a question, it is always someone else's department, even though they are standing right by the product you are interested in.

[Kath]

Unfortunately, these salespersons are working against their own interests. The more they hassle the punters, the more people will end up buying on internet, and by so doing, they may well find that shops close down. ok, so people can't buy a new car on internet, but books, and everyday items, which will come from China, or other 'exotic' lands. We are causing our own loss...

[camille1585]

Me too, can't stand being jumped on as soon as I walk into a store. If I want help, I'll ask for it, so they need to back off until then! Just last week I was shopping for some clothes, and in one store the saleslady was being overly insistent, asking my size and searching for it herself (I can do it myself, thanks!) and all but followed me into the dressing room, then pounced on me as soon as I was done trying things on. There was a shirt that I would have bought, but by then I was so thoroughly pissed off at the lady that I walked out without buying a thing. And that's just one example among many many others. So I prefer to go shopping on a busy day (saturday afternoon for example) in busy stores, so that I will be left alone!