I asked the high school intern to water my plants for the 2 weeks I would be gone. This is not in his job description; I asked it as a personal favor to me. I’m not sure what his job description is, but I’m sure it has something to do with surfing the internet and mumbling. (I can’t understand a word he says and he is always looking up something on the internet.)

I get back from my training and my plants seemed wilted and thirsty. I asked him why he didn’t water them. He told me it was because they looked wilted to begin with, so why water them. I asked him what did his grandpa look like? Was he wilted? Maybe we should stop giving him water?

Would you get flowers for a plant funeral? Or would that make it worse?