Flowers or plants? that's the question!
So my office-mate is back from Germany, where he had to attend his mom's funeral. We (people in our office) wanted to do something for him; so we bought a card and each wrote a few lines in it. We also decided to buy her flowers... or was it plants?
You see, two of us (including me) thought that you didn't want to get something that went on living for a long time, because it was always going to remind the poor guy of the tragic incident, while the flowers would die away. However, there was an opposing view in our office that thought plants were better.
This morning I walked in to say hi and talk to my office-mate... and he was very difficult to see behind the leaves of four big plants on his desk. It's done now and I think just showing that we cared was good enough, but still feel weird about having to see those plants everyday... would flowers have been a better choice?
6 comments:
the plant works better :)
Ali Nouri jan,
You should have been there today to support Steve then, who was in favor of the plants!
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well you know the plants would always remind him of his momy! and also its a reminder of you guys caring for him! so yeah, I think the plant works better!!
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Anonymous,
That's exactly why I didn't want the plants, they will keep sad memories alive.
Shahin,
If only burning-in-hell threat would actually work! We all would have been exactly what our "Omoor Tarbiati" teachers wanted us to be!
I don't think sad memories can survive time. Otherwise we would have all lived a depressed life considering the losses we experience in our lives. We probably don't forget but decide to take our minds off.
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