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WR: Would anyone do this?
My co-worker just told me that I should scale down the number of guests I give the caterer, because they always make 10-15% extra anyway. She said this way, I would save a decent amount of money and not have to worry about over-buying or wasting food.
WDYT?
WDYT?
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Re: WR: Would anyone do this?
When people outside of my wedding planning/paying circle tell me how I should do things, it pisses me off. I have a short fuse though. And I'm a bitch.
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And anyway, my caterer is my coordinator so I have to give him an accurate number or there won't be enough chairs. So there's that.
Are you having a buffet? Because that's the only possible way I could see this "working". Not that I think you should do it. Because you shouldn't.
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Right? This is what I was thinking too... but I had to ask.
We are having a late evening wedding and serving cocktails and heavy hors d' oeurves along with a carving station and made to order mexican food. I still think you ladies are right. It sounds like it would lead to disaster.
BTW AATB.. I doubt that you are a bitch.
Very bad idea. I too have heard that caterers do that, but if it's a buffet it is so people can go up for seconds, or because some people take bigger portions. You also could be fined by the venue/caterer if your head count is significantly less than the actual amount of people attending.
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[QUOTE]Right? This is what I was thinking too... but I had to ask. We are having a late evening wedding and serving cocktails and heavy hors d' oeurves along with a carving station and made to order mexican food. I still think you ladies are right. It sounds like it would lead to disaster. BTW AATB.. I doubt that you are a bitch.
Posted by lu27[/QUOTE]
Mmmmm.... Mexican food.
I'm glad you think it's dumb too, lu.
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[QUOTE]Right? This is what I was thinking too... but I had to ask. We are having a late evening wedding and serving cocktails and heavy hors d' oeurves along with a carving station and made to order mexican food. I still think you ladies are right. It sounds like it would lead to disaster. BTW AATB.. I doubt that you are a bitch.
Posted by lu27[/QUOTE]
You're very sweet, lu. And honestly I am not usually a bitch on these boards but I can be pretty unpleasant IRL :)
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[QUOTE]That sounds like recipe for disaster, especially if any of your guests bring crashers.
Posted by gottahavashorti[/QUOTE]
Can't say I'd feel too bad if the crashers didn't have anything to eat. But I'm kind of a biitch like that.
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[QUOTE]That sounds like a really good way to end up not having enough food for your guests.
Posted by vegasgroom[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I agree with this. You're not really going to save much money anyway. Order the right amount of food.
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I'd tell your coworker that she can be served last and go hungry at your wedding if you run out of food! Then she might bite her tongue before giving the next person such bad advice!
one thing is for sure we want all of our guests to have plenty to eat - shortage on food WOULD be remembered...
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[QUOTE]My parents attended a wedding and they got up to go through the buffet line and they ran out of food! Like not momentarily but completely! Can you imagine how you would feel if this was your wedding? Or you were the guest that attended a wedding for hours with nothing to eat? <strong>I'd tell your coworker that she can be served last and go hungry at your wedding if you run out of food! Then she might bite her tongue before giving the next person such bad advice! </strong> ;) BTW: I'm just kidding about this part !!
Posted by natalienoelle27[/QUOTE]
HA! <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" />
dont do that to YOUR guests
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]
Oh, I woudln't feel bad for the crashers either. But for any guests who ended up with not enough food because of crashers, especially if it's a buffet or open seating.
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