I tried using IBM's bot to buy Mother's Day flowers and it was a struggle

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It's Mother's Day on Sunday, so I decided to do what many sons and daughters will this week: buy flowers.

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Except I decided to use a more technologically savvy route to make my purchase by using IBM's bot to make a purchase on 1-800-Flowers.

Except it was a major struggle - here's why:

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