Flowers insolita Blog

According to an article that appeared in British tabloid “The Sun” yesterday, a romantic proposal plan by a British guy vanished into thin air, after a balloon containing an expensive diamond ring was blown away.

The guy, Lefkos Hajji, asked his florist to put his $12,000 engagement-ring inside a balloon. His plan was to give her girlfriend a pin to “pop” the ring out. Well, it didn’t quite work out that way. After he left the florist shop, a gust pulled his balloon from his hand…

Lefkos said: “I couldn’t believe it… I just watched as it went further and further into the air. I felt like such a plonker. It cost a fortune and I knew my girlfriend would kill me.”

According to him, his girlfriend isn’t talking to him ever since.

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I was wondering, though, what if this happened to us, or any florist in America for that matter? I think there’s a good chance that we would end up in a court. Are we supposed to refuse a potentially risky request from a customer?  What if he insists?  Do we have to ask the customer to sign a paper saying that we aren’t responsible for the consequence?  Food for thoughts…