Caution - Do not do this!

lovemesomemonster

I worked a wedding yesterday and needed to share for everyone still planning! The ceremony was at 2pm (yeah, on a Tuesday) with family and close friends. After the ceremony they had 2 hours scheduled for pictures and yes, they took the whole 2 hours. Next they had dinner at 4:30 for everyone that was at the ceremony which lasted for 2 hours (everyone was done eating around 5 and just sat there). We were told to have the buffet cleaned up and gone by 6:15 for when the "other" guests showed up at 6:30. They had a smattering of small tables set up on the opposite side of the room for everyone else that showed up while the dinner guests had their full tables.


To top off the two massive gaps, there was a dollar dance and a no host bar so guests had to pay for all drinks except water. Guests did not look happy when they walked in and were asking when the ceremony was... Terrible planning!

My warning is to THINK ABOUT YOUR GUESTS!

lyndausvi

yikes.     It amazes me what people consider good planning and hosting.

kvruns

guests didn't even know there wasn't going to be a ceremony? yikes.

lovemesomemonster

kvruns said:

guests didn't even know there wasn't going to be a ceremony? yikes.

Apparently not, they showed up, looked super confused, had to pay for drinks, only got a cupcake to eat, and then were told the dollar dance was starting.. strangest wedding I have ever seen!

banana468

So they invited people to show up at 6:30, smack dab in the middle of the dinner hour (unless this is in a zone where people don't eat until 9) and the guests were not given anything to eat and nothing to drink but water??

Really??? 

lovemesomemonster

banana468 said:

So they invited people to show up at 6:30, smack dab in the middle of the dinner hour (unless this is in a zone where people don't eat until 9) and the guests were not given anything to eat and nothing to drink but water??

Really??? 

That is exactly what happened, and it was obvious that they were second citizen guests since they walked in and other people were already sitting and they didn't even have a table!

Maggie0829

I bet their photos are amazing though.

thisismynickname2

Hot damn. No words...

emmaaa

wow. Selfish.

sparklepants41

holy cow. I am speechless.

banana468

And it was clear that they were 2nd tier guests who didn't know in advance that all of this was happening?

Yeah, that would be my shortest attendance at a wedding ever.   If you invited me to essentially a no-host after party and I thought it was actually the main event, I'd be hungry and pissed and out of there.   Fuck the rudeness - I just don't do well when I'm hangry.   

lovemesomemonster

banana468 said:

And it was clear that they were 2nd tier guests who didn't know in advance that all of this was happening?

Yeah, that would be my shortest attendance at a wedding ever.   If you invited me to essentially a no-host after party and I thought it was actually the main event, I'd be hungry and pissed and out of there.   Fuck the rudeness - I just don't do well when I'm hangry.   

It was difficult to even work it! We ran out of there as soon as we could, just reading the BEO before the event I couldn't believe what I was reading!

Maggie0829

banana468 said:

And it was clear that they were 2nd tier guests who didn't know in advance that all of this was happening?

Yeah, that would be my shortest attendance at a wedding ever.   If you invited me to essentially a no-host after party and I thought it was actually the main event, I'd be hungry and pissed and out of there.   Fuck the rudeness - I just don't do well when I'm hangry.   

Yup.

And actually leaving would be me being polite when I am hangry.  Because by the time I reach that level of hunger my bitchiness comes out in full force and I am not afraid to show it.

CharmedPam

OK, so I can't say anything about it being on a Tuesday since I'm doing a family/close friends thing on a Tuesday too (properly hosted of course) but everything else EVERYTHING else WOAH!

lyndausvi

lovemesomemonster said:

banana468 said:

And it was clear that they were 2nd tier guests who didn't know in advance that all of this was happening?

Yeah, that would be my shortest attendance at a wedding ever.   If you invited me to essentially a no-host after party and I thought it was actually the main event, I'd be hungry and pissed and out of there.   Fuck the rudeness - I just don't do well when I'm hangry.   

It was difficult to even work it! We ran out of there as soon as we could, just reading the BEO before the event I couldn't believe what I was reading!

Don't you love reading some BEOs and think WTF?  Whoever planned this is an idiot.   

I've seen some good ones in my life.  

banana468

Maggie0829 said:

banana468 said:

And it was clear that they were 2nd tier guests who didn't know in advance that all of this was happening?

Yeah, that would be my shortest attendance at a wedding ever.   If you invited me to essentially a no-host after party and I thought it was actually the main event, I'd be hungry and pissed and out of there.   Fuck the rudeness - I just don't do well when I'm hangry.   

Yup.

And actually leaving would be me being polite when I am hangry.  Because by the time I reach that level of hunger my bitchiness comes out in full force and I am not afraid to show it.

Yeah exactly.   If I showed up at 6:30 for something like that I most likely ran around frantic for the last hour and change finishing work and putting on dress up clothing.   I'd probably run out shortly after arriving saying something like, "We're so happy for you two and we just wanted to say goodnight since we need to actually eat something." 

sparklepants41

banana468 said:

Maggie0829 said:

banana468 said:

And it was clear that they were 2nd tier guests who didn't know in advance that all of this was happening?

Yeah, that would be my shortest attendance at a wedding ever.   If you invited me to essentially a no-host after party and I thought it was actually the main event, I'd be hungry and pissed and out of there.   Fuck the rudeness - I just don't do well when I'm hangry.   

Yup.

And actually leaving would be me being polite when I am hangry.  Because by the time I reach that level of hunger my bitchiness comes out in full force and I am not afraid to show it.

Yeah exactly.   If I showed up at 6:30 for something like that I most likely ran around frantic for the last hour and change finishing work and putting on dress up clothing.   I'd probably run out shortly after arriving saying something like, "We're so happy for you two and we just wanted to say goodnight since we need to actually eat something." 

Exactly - but if I were one of the 2nd rate guests and came in from OOT you better believe I would be too hangry/pissed off in general to give them a polite goodbye.

CharmedPam

If someone placed a card/gift at the table and then found out what kind of wedding this was, I wondered who had the gonads to pull the card/gift?  Because when reading this whole thing, part of me would want to if I had gone.

Also, thanks for letting me use the word gonads.  It's been awhile.

banana468

CharmedPam said:

If someone placed a card/gift at the table and then found out what kind of wedding this was, I wondered who had the gonads to pull the card/gift?  Because when reading this whole thing, part of me would want to if I had gone.

Also, thanks for letting me use the word gonads.  It's been awhile.

That makes me think immediately of this  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BorQ_ULcvss

kvruns

CharmedPam said:

If someone placed a card/gift at the table and then found out what kind of wedding this was, I wondered who had the gonads to pull the card/gift?  Because when reading this whole thing, part of me would want to if I had gone.

Also, thanks for letting me use the word gonads.  It's been awhile.

last night on Jeopardy all the answers in the category had "go" in the name. I said "gonads" for one of them and H was all wtf are you talking about.  It was the only "go" word I could think of at the time that maybe sorta kinda fit.

Gustafson28

banana468 said:

CharmedPam said:

If someone placed a card/gift at the table and then found out what kind of wedding this was, I wondered who had the gonads to pull the card/gift?  Because when reading this whole thing, part of me would want to if I had gone.

Also, thanks for letting me use the word gonads.  It's been awhile.

That makes me think immediately of this  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BorQ_ULcvss

What on Earth did I just watch? 

MesmrEwe

My brother was invited to a wedding like that for a coworker...  Needless to say they ALL were PO'd to the extent that some walked right back out to their cars with their gift and the rest only gave them cards when they'd planned to put cash or a check in the card...  Some people wouldn't have a clue if they were smacked upside the head with a 2x4...