I had talked previously about the flower sellers that prowl Northbridge, and woe be the man who’s put on the spot to buy an over-priced long stem rose which the woman does not necessarily want.

And won’t you know it, it happened to me last night. There I was in a karaoke room in Hits Studio with my friends and Girl B, who was sitting next to me. We were merrily drinking and having chit-chat and group singalongs when there was a knock on the door and in came one of them dreaded flower sellers.

I was paying him no attention when one of my friends pointed at me and yelled out,

Yeah Marcus wants to buy a flower!

Ok so now everyone is looking at me, what can I do? I picked a rose and awkwardly gave it to Girl B. When I saw the change in my hand after I’ve paid for it, I realised that it cost $20. I wasn’t spewing so much that I had to pay $20 but one long stem rose doesn’t cost $20 normally does it?

Though for the $20 I also got a little teddy bear and 2 condoms. Yup, condoms. This I thought was a clever accompaniment to the rose.

Anyways, soon after I gave her the flower I saw that she had difficulty putting the flower somewhere where it couldn’t be damaged. So I helped her tucked it away in one corner of the room. And during the course of the night, the flower was there all lonely and no one paid it any attention until we were leaving. Just like I knew it would happen.

Curse you flower seller! :P