It's always good to know who the guest of honor is.....

When working a party, it’s always a good thing if you find out who the guest of honor is, right at the start. This may sound easy, but sometimes it’s not always easy to tell……




I was working an informal wedding reception the other night…..I don’t believe it was the first marriage for either one…..it was a pizza and pasta party…..the buffet was running from 6:00 until 10:00, and guests were free to arrive any time they wanted to, it was like an open house gig….most were dressed informally…it was really hot outside…..many of the women had on light weight summer dresses….so I asked my fellow servers, “Which one is the bride?” “The pregnant one.” Okay, easy to spot.

While working a Wednesday afternoon wedding reception, a woman came up to me and asked me a question, I asked where she was sitting, when she pointed to the head table, I realized she was the bride. (Whoops, my bad)

There have been several occasions where a small group of 10 or 12 are having a birthday celebration……a member of the party sneaks over to the other side of the room to talk to you for a moment and let you know it’s a birthday party, they describe to you who the celebrant is, but you realize there are a few people at the table who fit the description. As you bring the cake to the table, you try and catch the eye of the person who informed you of the occasion, so they can inconspicuously point you to the right person, it’s a little embarrassing to set the cake down in front of the wrong person. (I know this from experience)

One time we had a group of 20 girls, all about 18 year old, celebrating a birthday. Eighteen year old girls all dress alike, act alike, talk alike, etc. etc……and they never sit in spot for very long…..I just approached the table with the cake and said, “Okay, where’d the birthday girl go?” If she’s not waving her arms in the air in a jubilant manner, she will be the only one not pointing at somebody else. It’s good to have a keen eye for the obvious. Lol.