‘What DID he do?’ Man finds $399 box of red and white roses – and a grovelling apology – dumped in the rain on a New York street
- Harry Hill, from New York, shared his rainy day find – a seemingly very expensive apology – on Twitter, asking his 8,000 followers: ‘What did he do?’
- The box of red and white roses from luxury New York florist Venus et Fleur retail at $399 but were left dumped on the sidewalk during a downpour
- Hill also found a soggy note admitting that the sender had made ‘mistakes’ and a a copy of a book about the band Alice in Chains
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A New Yorker has shared how he spotted the detritus of a romance gone wrong left strewn across a New York sidewalk.
Harry Hill posted on Twitter photos of a very expensive bouquet of roses he spotted wilting in the rain – alongside a soggy apology note – while out walking.
The extravagant box of $399 red and white blooms – a grand romantic gesture perhaps normally reserved for Valentine’s Day or a special birthday – was clearly designed to make amends in this particular scenario.
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Twitter user Harry Hill stumbled across what looked like a romantic gesture that was firmly snubbed: a box of red and white roses dumped on the sidewalk in his New York neighborhood
What a waste! The New Yorker shared images of the dumped gift on Twitter, asking what would have made the recipient so mad as to throw them away
The sender looks to have paid an eye-watering $399 for the box of discarded flowers from high-end New York florist Venus et Fleur.
On the flower shop’s website, a ‘classic’ black vase of flowers from Venus et Fleur includes 42 to 49 roses, with arrangements ‘uniquely handmade’ by the brand’s designers.
Hill posted under his Twitter handle, @veryharryhill, that he’d spotted the unwanted roses alongside a copy of a book about the band Alice in Chains.
He told his 8,000 followers on the social media platform: ‘Today I stumbled across this $400 box of roses, a copy of Alice In Chains, and an insurance card, all tossed on the rainy sidewalk.’
Not forgiven! The accompanying note – printed not handwritten – alluded to ‘mistakes’ that the sender had made
A classic black box of flowers from Venus et Fleur includes 42 to 49 roses, with arrangements ‘uniquely handmade’ by the brand’s designers
He added: ‘This was the note that went with the flowers…my question is: What did he do?’
The printed note, in florid font, read: ‘I don’t know much. And I know I’ve made mistakes. Please never doubt that I love you.’
The theories that Hill’s followers came up for why the sender offered the flowers in the first place largely focused upon infidelity.
@AriReadyForIt was convinced of the answer, suggesting: ‘That man cheated on her with her sister or best friend.’
@heymisskelsey added: ‘I hope you took those flowers.’