{"id":502011,"date":"2024-02-15T19:09:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=502011"},"modified":"2024-02-15T19:09:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:39:13","slug":"blinkit-rose-valentines-day-ceo-reply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/trending\/blinkit-rose-valentines-day-ceo-reply\/","title":{"rendered":"Man requests Blinkit to let him deliver roses to his girlfriend on Valentine&#8217;s Day, CEO replies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Blinkit user, named Manoj, requested the company on Valentine&#8217;s Day to let him deliver roses to his girlfriend\u2019s house because her parents were preventing her from going out on the special day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CEO of Blinkit Albinder Dhindsa posted a screenshot of the conversation between Manoj and Blinkit support before it split apart on the internet. Dhindsa shared the Blinkit post on X where the man can be seen making the unusual request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">sorry we can&#39;t \u2620\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MltGaV434R\">pic.twitter.com\/MltGaV434R<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Blinkit (@letsblinkit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/letsblinkit\/status\/1757669788422177081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, company denied the request and said sorry they can\u2019t and added a danger-emoji. After that company\u2019s CEO re-shared the post on X, saying \u201cIndia is clearly not for beginners.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">India is clearly not for beginners \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JIqwpls2pN\">https:\/\/t.co\/JIqwpls2pN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Albinder Dhindsa (@albinder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/albinder\/status\/1757682434902991158?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The post gained widespread popularity on social media as soon as it was shared. On X, the post has received over 1 lakh views. While some on social media expressed sympathy for the man and asked Blinkit to grant his request, others called it scripted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">not fair, you should help him\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d<\/p>&mdash; Anny\ud83e\udd95 (@annyyyshutup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annyyyshutup\/status\/1757675399046414560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Charge fees and let him deliver, a user commented. Another wrote, this could be the new source of revenue for the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">Blinkit ko laga hume pata nahi chalegi ki yeh fake hain, koi itna desperate english mein baat nahi karta<\/p>&mdash; Kakul Misra (@KakulMisra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KakulMisra\/status\/1757736161605300735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A third user wrote, it would be a good idea to update your social media marketing plan. Although the writing is strong, a few little tweaks to the chat timing could improve realism. Still, it&#8217;s enjoyable, said a fourth user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Never in my life have I seen such a quick answer on chat help, a fifth user remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the CEO also shared data where he said that the sales of soft toys on his platform\u00a0 has increased on Valentine\u2019s Day. Sharing the data he wrote, not sure if it&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s today or teddy day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not sure if it&#39;s Valentine&#39;s today or teddy day!<br><br>We&#39;re selling more teddy bears and soft toys as compared to 10th Feb. Glad the team took a big enough bet on these for today too \ud83d\ude05 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hBw6aDwpSi\">pic.twitter.com\/hBw6aDwpSi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Albinder Dhindsa (@albinder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/albinder\/status\/1757726134102569135?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He added, \u201cwe are selling more teddy bears and soft toys as compared to 10th Feburary\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, on Rose Day, February 7, Blinkit experienced an incredible spike in the sales of rose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa shared the screengrab of the chat between the man, named Manoj, and Blinkit support, leaving the internet in splits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":502013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[110599],"tags":[162011,129800,1050,162009,451],"yst_prominent_words":[],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15190836\/MixCollage-15-Feb-2024-04-22-PM-7827-1200x680-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502011"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=502011"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=502011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->