Is it inappropriate to recieve flowers at work?

Today was mine and my husbands anniversary and my husband surprised me by sending flowers to me at work. It was a dozen red and white roses in a glass vase. It wasn%26#039;t overly big or anything, just a normal bouquet of roses.





I sat them in my teller window (over to the side) and my supervisor came over about 5 minutes later and told me that I need to take them to my car. I asked her why and she said it was inappropriate. I asked if I could sit them on the back counter and she said no, that she doesn%26#039;t want them anywhere where the customers can see them.





Is it inappropriate to receive flowers at work? I%26#039;ve seen many people with flowers before and I think they look nice. I never knew it was inappropriate. What is your opinion? Have you or anyone you%26#039;ve known ever received flowers at work?

Is it inappropriate to recieve flowers at work?
This kind of stuff is done all the time... No it is not wrong at all...Yes I have received flower to many to count and so have lots of my friends and there friends friends and so on and so on.


And not just for anniversaries but for birthday or for Valentine%26#039;s day and for just i wanted any occasion or none occasion
Reply:No, that is not inappropriate at all. If anything, customers love looking at flowers. It gives the bank a pleasant feel. Your boss is just jealous because no one sends her stupid *** flowers. I%26#039;ve seen flowers in banks before. She is just jealous, like I said.
Reply:it is perfectly all right to recieve flowers at work, unless you work in an allergist%26#039;s office. your supervisor was probably jealous.
Reply:That is super weird. Maybe she was jealous or something. I have gotten flowers at work several times...even when I worked as a teller at a bank. Nobody ever told me it was inappropriate. Weird!
Reply:Well, she%26#039;s probably the only person on the planet to think that flowers in the office is inappropriate. Many people I%26#039;ve worked with have received flowers for special occasions, including myself. People ooh and aah then appreciate the beauty. It would be nice to go to the bank %26amp; see flowers. Why on earth would she think that the customers wouldn%26#039;t enjoy them also?
Reply:Unfortunately, this completely depends on your work environment, managers and supervisors. It sounds like you have one who is jealous, spiteful and needs to relax and hang loose for 30 seconds. Like what kind of consequences will she have for allowing flowers? Gee - I%26#039;ve received personal flowers while in the military, while in the corporate world, while working in a temporary position, working with non-for profits - doing sales, I%26#039;m the million career girl - and I%26#039;ve never had a boss have a problem with this - even when I worked for a bank or retail. So, if you want to keep your job - you%26#039;ll have to have the flowers given in person during your personal time to please this boss if it is at all possible to do.
Reply:I%26#039;ve sent flowers to my Mom at work before. Nobody complained. It%26#039;s not inappropriate, your boss is just a crab. Personally, I would have told her %26quot;no.%26quot; If I wouldn%26#039;t have been fired for refusing to take your flowers out, I wouldn%26#039;t have done it.
Reply:That%26#039;s ridiculous. i go to the bank daily and i see ladies with flowers and pictures and i see nothing wrong with it. take them to the car? now that%26#039;s silly, esp if its cold out. sorry, but she sounds like a major B. Congrats on your anniversary. What a sweet man you must have.
Reply:Sure it%26#039;s ok to recieve them at work, but I guess it depends on the enviroment in which you work. Flowers are not usually part of the banks decor. Also your supervisor may think having flowers delivered to the bank is not the proffessional image the bank wishes to portray in front of customers.


I would not take them to the car as they will die. Surely she cant object to you leaving them in the lunch room where customers cannot see them


Don%26#039;t let it spoil your day. Happy Anniversary.
Reply:Wow, that is one of the strangest things I have ever heard.





Sounds like your supervisor was jealous....Unless there is something in the bank policies about this about them wanting their employees to not have any personal connection with the customers for some type of security reasons.....





I have received flowers at work many times over the years from my husband, children, friends and other family for years and have never had a supervisor tell me to remove them and take them to my car.





I work with special needs children and adults in a school setting, and also in retail sales and management. I may have had to place the flowers on a shelf away from the students, but not had to remove them to my car.





Any of the banks that I deal with in the New England area let their tellers have flowers and family pictures within their teller window area.





I think I would be checking with your supervisors boss on this one....





Congratulations on your anniversary, you are blessed to have a sweet and caring husband.
Reply:I%26#039;ve never received them at work, but I%26#039;ve often seen them in our bank. Obviously someone is getting them, and they look very nice in that setting.





Don%26#039;t know what your boss%26#039;s problem is, but I suppose you have to do as you are told. It really is too bad.





Happy Anniversary!
Reply:i think thats the most romatic thing ever to receive flowers at work from you love one....but yo boss was being a hata...and a asshole and a big ***** so baby girl dont trip let them bitches hate
Reply:huh! What kind of backward supervisor is that? Is she a zombie? Anyway, her bank, her rules, but she%26#039;s totally weird.
Reply:In these days of over-reactions to things that can lead to claims of sexual harrassment at work (and sexual harrassment claims can be very costly for both the complainant and the violator), I can tell you why your boss forced you to leave the flowers in your car.





The boss feared that an intimate relationship at work by even sending flowers could compromise or cause deleterious (or


injurious) ramifications which could erode work morale and lead to a breach of ethics, especially with the chain-of-command at work. For example, if you are the supervisor and the employee is your husband or wife, an intimate relationship could mean a longer commitment to the relationship, and this can mean less focus on working, less concentration, and less paying attention to important tasks.





Therefore, at work, it is best to ask your supervisor permission to display flowers in the workplace for a certain someone that you like at work who is also an employee, even in a consensual relationship at work. This alone will likely cut a lot of threats of possible sexual harrassment claims.





I hope that you are well-informed and I am doing this just for you......
Reply:no,it is not i send my women flowers all the time to work.
Reply:first i want to say congratulations on the anniversary and i hope you have many many more :-) second no its not inappropriate to recieve flowers at work in fact its quite sweet. yes ive recieved flowers at work and have sent flowers to someone at work . if you boss does not allow them at work though next time if he wants to surprise you i would suggest your husband send them to you at home while hes at work . but it sounds to me like you have a great husband and marriage . :-)
Reply:I can not believe your boss. I have supervised many office situations ( public as well as private ).


I can put myself in your bosses shoes and for the life of me I can%26#039;t find one reason for her to make that decision. It can only be healthy for you and your co-workers. What customer would have a problem seeing a beautiful flower arrangement. The flowers only mean you are respected and loved by others. Even the office takes on some quality. You know their is only one reason for her decision and I think we all know what that is (jealousy). Good Luck and have a great anniversary. Take the punch and do a good job. Maybe someday you will be able to make those decisions.
Reply:no its not your boss is just being a *****
Reply:I do not see that as being inappropriate; however, every manager has a different view on these things. I do think that%26#039;s ridiculous that she wouldn%26#039;t even let you sit them in the back, but made you put them in the car. At every bank I%26#039;ve been to workers have pictures of their family and flowers sometimes and I think it%26#039;s cute and makes the place look inviting.


Sounds like she was just jealous.


Congratulations on the anniversary!
Reply:No it is not inappropriate. I too work in a bank branch and our Branch Manager is a nut job.
Reply:Wow, talk about somethin crawlin up that supervisors butt eh?


There%26#039;s nothing wrong with recieving flowers-she%26#039;s just jealous.
Reply:Your boss is jealous, especially if she%26#039;s not letting you put in on the back counter. Flowers and plants help set a better mood in places.
Reply:I don%26#039;t think its inappropriate. I think that women was jealous. I think it would brighten my day to walk into the bank and see a happy teller, smiling as she looks at the beautiful flowers her husband sent her. What a miserable old cow your supervisor is!!
Reply:Anyone that does not appreciate human nature. could react to that. I am a manager, and I feel that if it doesn%26#039;t create a scene, where people are distracted from their work then it should be OK to have a life. this also sounds like someone has respect issues.
Reply:no, its appropriate ...maybe ur supervisor was just ....jealous..;))



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