New York, NY – A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but hydrangeas of the wrong color allegedly stank up a Manhattan couple’s wedding.
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Elana and David Glatt have filed a $400,000 suit against an Upper East Side florist, charging it caused them “extreme disappointment, distress and embarrassment” on what was supposed to be the greatest day of their lives by providing the wrong-colored hydrangeas for their Aug. 11 nuptials.
In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the Glatts and David’s mom, Tobi, charge that Posy Floral Design Studio used cheaper pink hydrangeas instead of the contractually agreed-upon rust hydrangeas, messing up the color scheme of the deluxe wedding at Cipriani 42nd Street. [nypost]
WHICH DAY WAS THE WEDDING ANY IDEA?
This lawsuit is totally normal. And in this case, a great idea.
If you go to a Dermatologist to remove something, it’s likely to be frozen off. If you go to a Surgeon for the same problem, it’s likely to involve general anesthesia. Or, in other words, if the only tool you have is a hammer then everything starts to look like a nail.
This bride is an Attorney specializing in Litigation… She is using the one tool she knows best how to use.
Never mind the $400-K, this bride has already won much more. This story has been on more news channels than i can count. And remembering that Litigation is her JOB, the advertising value is probably already into the Multiple Millions… even if she looses. Imagine if she settles for $1 and non-disclosure. Wow!
Meanwhile the whole thing is probably also good for her relationship with her mother-in-law. “Don’t worry mom, i’ll get you your money back!”
True that the money spent would have been better given to Tzidakah. But at this point, I see this bride in a win, win, win situation.
$400,000 lawsuit for the wrong color of flowers?!
I hope this couple has a pre-nupt…
i think we should locate this couple and send them flowers galore to their doorstep until we embarass the heck out of them.
speak of frivolous law suits…. Goodness, get a life!! my wife looks forward to the single rose i buy her every friday afternoon for shabbos, and in 26 years, never complained that she got the same color last week or that it doesnt match her toepolish… LOL!!!
Dude, GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how bad did it really smell
florist
My daughters and I were joking about the high cost of flowers and where the custom to have flowers at weddings came from as it is not actually universal around the world.
The custom began in Bubonic Plague era Europe (1347) when people feared water and were afraid to bathe. Bathing was done once a year, in May but most weddings were held in June. By that time the bride really did start to smell and the custom arose to have her carry flowers to offset the odor. The belief at the time was also that flowers would ward off the plague.
The English children’s ditty “Ring Around the Rosie” refers to the same thing. People in Middle Ages Europe thought that flowers would ward off the plague, thus “pocket full of posies”.
Now, what about skipping the reception flowers altogether in favor of decorative fruit baskets that would be donated to Tomche Shabbos?
Maybe the bridal party could carry candles. Knowing the origin of the custom to even have flowers at a wedding, makes it seem much less appealing, at least to me.
The money spent on flowers that last only a few hours could surely be put to more lasting uses in the community.
Today’s flowers are tomorrow’s garbage..of all the money spent on a wedding, flowers are the least important. Dr. Ham just upped the zoloft to 100 mg; I’ll get over it, just as we all lived through 9/11; now THAT’S A TRAGEDY!!!!
This is no laughing matter. I’ve been on antidepressants ever since thie wedding and the wrong colors…My therapist Dr. HAM is probably laughing all the way to the bank…GET A LIFE!!!
To tbis day i’m on anti depressants due to the wrong color of their flowers….GET A LIFE!!!
Reminds me of our wedding photographer. As she was showing us our pictures, she told us about a newly married couple who kept changing the color of their photo album every year or so. They were so focused on aesthetics and externals, they neglected their own relationship — and were soon divorced. There’s a lesson in there.
Anon 1:56 — great story!
My heart is bleeding for them,, are they for real? Pink, rust, did the photos all come out wrong..
1:56, you are a riot and should teach a thing or two (reality) to these nuts. I don’t understand why they don’t sue the wedding planner (you can be sure they had one) because the onus is on that person.
I remember Melissa Rivers (Joan’s daughter) getting married to a Shaigetz and the money and details thrown out. Well that didn’t last too long. Hoping for a better future for this couple.
these guys are off the deep end
at most they should get a full refund but to cover the cost of the whole wedding and honymoon life insurance fees and annual vacations for the next ten years goes beyond the pale!!
a message to the young couple: please get a life.
There is so much illness and tzoros out there and all you’re worried about is that your guests may not have been impressed with the color of your decoration??
OMG!!!!
My wedding also featured the wrong flowers, (all white instead of pink, my sister ran to the hardware store and got a can of spray paint. We painted them right before the ceremony because they looked awful), the florist also forgot the top of the chuppah and the hall could not find a tablecloth the right size so we used an Israeli flag, the photographer went bankrupt, we had to show up in court to get the negatives 2 years later, my sister had an asthma attack under the chuppah and we had to stop the ceremony so that she could go use her inhaler (it was those cheap flowers) and our car dropped its transmission in a puddle of oil.
Oh yeah, the best part was that my husband stepped on my dress as we were leaving the chuppah and the whole back ripped off at the waist. I had had this nightmare about tripping as I was walking to the chuppah, so my dress ripping off at the waist and it being my husband’s clumsiness instead of mine was a relief of sorts. I went to the reception with 45 safety pins holding it together. B”H for my sister who was prepared for ANYTHING!!
You know what, it has been B”H twenty wonderful years!!so far. My grandmother said that when things go wrong with the wedding it is a segula for a good marriage because it averts the evil eye from the couple.
I hope this couple will be zoche to build a bayis ne’eman b’yisrael and that they will enjoy many years of shalom bayis, simchas and nachas, banim, mazal and every possible beracha.
Hope there are still people out there who believe that weddings are not meant for showing off…
Natural flowers aren’t made of plastic. Colours can indeed vary, and supply of a certain colour can be highly limited. If there has been a breach of contract, it would be fair to ask some or all of the money back, but not $370k on top of that. Does anybody seriously believe the couple and the wedding guests couldn’t enjoy the wedding because of the wrong hue of the flowers? Sorry, but that sounds fishy to me.
I do suggest though that instead of spending tens of thousands on flowers that are being thrown out the following day, people might want to consider sponsoring tree-planting organizations in Israel.
I disagree with many posts. If you order one thing and get another, wouldn’t you be upset. It would upset me, especially because you pay through the nose for reliability. if you just get what they get a better deal on why not run out and get the flowers for a tenth the cost at any street corner. The florists earn a huge mark up in exchange for a contract that should bind both ways.
And yes, it is lucky the caterer did not send the wrong food. At a family wedding the prominent caterer charged for two main dishes per person because he said he needed to be prepared for any percentage taking beef or duck. Guess what! He ran out of duck after charging the fee. Even more amazing he found trays of duck later when people that knew him complained. By the way, he catered a Shavuous Hotel the next day and probably planned to use the same duck.
Amount of refund-$0
A SHANDA, A REAL SHANDA,
GET OVER IT GUYS
DON’T PAY THE BILL, OR GET YOUR MONEY BACK AND FINISHED.
IT’S A GOOD THING THE CATERER, IF IT WAS A KOSHER AFFAIR, DIDN’T SEND THE WRONG FOOD.
ENJOY YOUR LIFE TOGETHER, NO MATTER HOW LONG IT IS – IT’S TOO SHORT.
may our dear couple be zoche to build many a greenhouse in their otherwise confused lives…
I got news for this couple, life isn’t like a perfect rose bouquet, sometimes things get a little messed up.
The florist isn’t the one that makes a big deal it is the fools who micro-manage their wedding like a movie script. The florist just wants to keep his job and please you and in turn get good references.
Florist enjoy the most benefit of the stupidity of color schemes and expensive floral arrangements at weddings. They’re the ones who make such a big deal out of it and tons of money from it. Well, guess what – if it’s so important, like they want you to believe, then they should pay when they mess up!
This is what happends when you waste so much moola on stupidity. These guys should get a life instead of suing. Perhaps, they should get a partial refund for the florist did use the cheaper flower. I have no sympathy for them.