A tale of two weddings......

It was a very interesting Sunday indeed……we had two weddings at work. I worked the first one, it was a reception in the early afternoon. It was your typical reception, with the typical cast of characters. A bride, a groom, and about 40 family members and friends. Other than the fact that for some reason these people thought they could keep barging into the back, the wait staff area, it went as usual. They had a meal, a cake, and the bride and groom’s first dance, with a little dancing to follow, and then they were gone. It was a short, sweet afternoon reception.

The wedding that took place that evening, was a different story.

There were two rooms set up. The women were dining in a room downstairs, the men, in a room on the main level. Female servers were to wait on the women, male servers were to wait on the men. No male staff members were allowed to go downstairs while this was going on. There was one groom, however this was the second wife, the first, from whom he was not divorced was at home. We were informed that they were allowed to have up to four wives.

Hold on a minute!!! This is America! And we’re in Michigan, where I believe the law of the land states “one wife.” And because this is America, (and this is my blog) I have the right to state my opinion as I see fit.

A couple of hours after this had all started, the groom’s sister showed up, (she was not invited, and very upset about what was going on) she wanted to talk to her brother. Another man came out of the room the men were in, and started arguing with her. They were yelling at each throughout the restaurant. A server approached them, the man yelled at her to call the police, as this woman was trespassing. Meanwhile he was shoving this woman around the room threatening to punch her in the face. Sorry buddy, but this woman is as welcome in this building as anyone else. If anyone gets hauled away by the police, it’s gonna be you, for assaulting this woman!

I’m not gonna get into politics or freedom of religion, all I’m gonna say is, this is America, and woman have rights.

Oh screw it, one more thought……for all the women in attendance, who allow this to happen, learn to have a lot more respect for yourselves…and for all the men, take your archaic chauvinist attitudes and shove them up your ass.