You can't knock a money-savvy a bride-to-be for wanting to save a few pennies where possible.
There are limits, however, to what you can ask of others in terms of cutting costs, and one cheeky woman arguably overstepped these limits in a big way.
When planning a wedding , a few costs can be negotiated, but what this bride-to-be forgot was that you also have to pay for a supplier's time.
And time, as they say, is money.
A screenshot conversation between a bride and her prospective florist, Mimi, has emerged.
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It starts off friendly enough. The bride sends an idea over and asks for a quote, Mimi responds...and then it all goes steadily downhill from there.
Mimi sends over an estimate of $18 (£13) per foot for the table garlands.
When questioned over the price (the bride moans "that's gonna be a lot"), Mimi explains that she makes the table pieces by hand, and the bride has chosen a lot of flowers to incorporate.
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For 8 foot handmade garlands, it would take her three and a half hours to complete and for all 18 tables the bride had requested – that equals 80 hours in total.
As a cost-cutting measure, Mimi does offer to look at less expensive blooms or just less decoration in general.
Yet here's where things really go south. Piqued, the bride says: "Well I kinda was just hoping you could buy the flowers at your wholesale cost and just make them if you don't mind."
So, basically not charge for the actual labour.
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She explains: "I can't afford that. I'm already spending 10 grand on my wedding, flowers is the last thing I need [sic]."
By way of a conciliatory measure she adds: "You would get nice pictures of your work...would be helping you if anything because that pricing is crazy."
Ahh, as many a social media influencer should note, "exposure" does not pay the bills. It's not the same as a pay check. It doesn't even necessarily lead to additional business.
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Fortunately, Mimi stood her ground and told her "I do not work for free ma'am."
Which, as responses go is a lot more polite than the one we'd send.
