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Priorities
 
 
 
 
A few months ago we took a call for a Trick.  The Bride's Mother did not want an extravagant meal as they were trying to keep their budget in check.  No problem.  We can work with that. 
 
We set a menu, staying within the budgetary guidelines, and due to budgetary constraints, the Trick would be a drop-off, only.   The Bride's aunts would be overseeing the reception. 
 
During the meeting we must have heard the words, "tight budget" 50 times if we heard it once.  Which is no problem, not everyone has $35,000 to spend on a wedding and we are very sensitive to people who come to us, and who want us, but who are very up front about what they can or can't do.   The key to being a good Whore is to work together with your client to create the most beautiful night within the range that they are comfortable.
 
 But The Bride's Mother was very, very incessant with her desire to keep the costs down.  Again - we can work with that - but it became somewhat of an annoyance after a while because the words, "tight budget" were used more than anything else.
 
 
 
Cut to yesterday and we arrive at the venue to unload and set up the tables and give instructions to the people in charge.   It was an afternoon wedding so the menu was light and simple and there were only going to be 150 people so the task was not at all difficult.  
 
So we're setting up our displays when I walked over to the bar to set up an area for some items and when I got behind the bar, there was a supply of hard liquor enough to satisfy 500 people.  I stood there for a minute, not quite believing what I was seeing when one of the people overseeing the night walked over to see if I needed help.  When I asked of all that liquor was for the Trick, and she confirmed that it was.
 
Now - people are free to do whatever they please.    But when you come into my office and stress the fact that the budget is tight and you don't want to feed people a full meal yet you seem to want them drunk enough to fall face down on the dance floor, I find that odd.  And I find it dangerous.
 
Everyone has different priorities, for sure.
 
 

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Posted by Foodwhore at July 18, 2004 11:22 AM