Y'all, this was my morning.
We had a networking event, with a keynote speaker. It started at 7.30 a.m. Ended at 9.30 a.m. An hour-plus of that is sitting and listening to the keynote speaker speak.
I showed up at 7.10, because I'm always early. The caterer, who was supposed to be there, was not yet there. I go into the room where the event is being held (Note: I did not plan, co-ordinate, host, or otherwise manage this breakfast.)
I notice there are 15 chairs and two high-top tables set up. Our RSVP count is 45 people. Finally the marketing person for the group shows up and I'm like, 'Where are the rest of the chairs?' She says, 'Oh, I thought people could just stand.'
I look at her. I say, 'And where are they supposed to eat breakfast? This is a breakfast meeting.' She says, 'Well, they can stand around and eat in the breakfast area, but we don't have tables for them to sit at, just high-top tables.'
There were FOUR high-top tables, which could fit a maximum of 5 people, so that's 20 people, of my 45 person list. 30 if you count the other room where the event was being held.
I'm like, 'Is there any way we can get more chairs?'
Her: 'Uhm...no. It didn't occur to me that people would want to sit to eat or to listen. I just figured they could stand. It's only an hour.'
Y'all, half my people left the event because they were frustrated. These are all business professionals and it's a networking event. They were so offended at being hosted badly, they left. And one of them told me that, in future, this particular group should not be allowed to host an event unless I am in charge of it.
So I got to stand for 1.5 hours in heels, listening to a boring speaker talk about a boring subject. And now I am crankypants.
Also, the bacon was undercooked and that made me sadface.
I'm gonna go with 'not my circus, not my monkeys.'