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Wally World has a contract with a specific nursery and since it has an "exclusive" clause, we can't order bedding plants with any other supplier.
So far this year they have sent us very little merchandise. When I worked at the Hardware store, I would get in 6 to 10 racks of bedding plants a week. This supplier has sent us on average 2 racks a week. At the Hardware store I could control what I ordered and make adjustments if certain plants became hot sellers. But this suppler sends us 20 flats of Ruella but no Impatiens, Marigolds or Hibiscus, you know the plants people actually want to buy.
One part of our deal with them is that they are supposed to send people each week to help care for the plants. Clean them up, water them and remove the dead and dying. Last Tuesday was the first time someone came here since March.
When they arrived, I was just finishing cleaning up all the hanging baskets and I had spent most of last week cleaning up everything else. Apparently they complained to the Dept.Manager that I was doing the job they were supposed to be doing.
Did I mention they had not been here in nearly three months?
Then when she watered, she only watered the plants from her nursery.
Yeah, she literally watered these plants and skipped those. I had to go back and water everything just to make sure everything was watered.
And when she pulled the dying plants, half of them were just wilted from the heat (and being root-bound). Once I watered them, they snapped right back.
You know, the whole point of this program is to cut back on the work we have to do with the plants. When your visit creates even more work, you are not helping!
So far this year they have sent us very little merchandise. When I worked at the Hardware store, I would get in 6 to 10 racks of bedding plants a week. This supplier has sent us on average 2 racks a week. At the Hardware store I could control what I ordered and make adjustments if certain plants became hot sellers. But this suppler sends us 20 flats of Ruella but no Impatiens, Marigolds or Hibiscus, you know the plants people actually want to buy.
One part of our deal with them is that they are supposed to send people each week to help care for the plants. Clean them up, water them and remove the dead and dying. Last Tuesday was the first time someone came here since March.
When they arrived, I was just finishing cleaning up all the hanging baskets and I had spent most of last week cleaning up everything else. Apparently they complained to the Dept.Manager that I was doing the job they were supposed to be doing.
Did I mention they had not been here in nearly three months?Then when she watered, she only watered the plants from her nursery.
Yeah, she literally watered these plants and skipped those. I had to go back and water everything just to make sure everything was watered.
And when she pulled the dying plants, half of them were just wilted from the heat (and being root-bound). Once I watered them, they snapped right back.
You know, the whole point of this program is to cut back on the work we have to do with the plants. When your visit creates even more work, you are not helping!
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