Pet Peeve

I've decided that my new biggest pet peeve is when people try to tell me how to do my job. It has surpassed even dead fish handshakes on my annoy-o-meter. Men come in to the flower shop all the time and proceed to tell me exactly which flowers to use to make their arrangements, and guess what... they look like crap. Why do they look bad when men micromanage their arrangement? Because men don't have a clue, especially when it comes to flowers. If your wife/girlfriend has a favorite flower, great! I'll throw some in the arrangement. Favorite color? Perfect! I'll make it part of my color scheme or create a monochromatic arrangement with that color. But please men, I'm pleading with you, don't try to pick out every flower that is going to be in your arrangement, and don't ask me what I'm going to put in it when even if I tell you you'll have no idea. "Snapdragons, misty blue, gerberas, buttons, and gladiolus" sounds the same to you as "salal, ruscus, springeri, monestero, and pitt" when the latter is all greens and leaves, but how would you know that? My point is that you will always, ALWAYS get a nicer and prettier and fresher arrangement if you tell the florist, "make me something pretty." and you leave it to the professionals. I don't tell chefs exactly how I want my meal cooked or a mechanic the procedure for changing my oil because they already know how, so why can't men just let me arrange flowers? Grrrrr.....