Really ?!? Plan B again!

I usually have Monday’s off, however, yesterday I was scheduled to work a memorial luncheon. (yes, another one) My co-worked and I arrived at 10:00 a.m. to set everything up. We scrambled about, got it done, EVERYHING was ready! We were even a few minutes ahead of schedule……until the people started arriving. We worked our Plan A, all set for 40 to 50 people…..at the same time everyone was walking back to their banquet room, we found out it would be more like 70 people.

Okay, switch to Plan B…..my co-worker ran around getting beverages to everyone, I started moving tables around in the lounge, (which they had to pass thru to get to their room) and filling water glasses. Then the boss informs me they want another table in the other room. I was a lot busy at the moment, so I looked at him and said, “Go get one!” So he rolled a round table in there, my co-worker grabbed a table cloth, I grabbed the napkins and silverware, ran back and got more water glasses.

I found the host/hostess of this luncheon and asked if they had any particular order in mind, for which tables should go through the buffet line first. No, any order is fine.

Turns out these people were a lot of fun…..so I went up to the table in the lounge, and told them they got to go first, because they were the loudest. Yay! They won something!

Then I went into the main room, and told each table who they were to follow. When I got to the last table, one guy asked if he could pay for his table to go sooner. (everyone laughed) I told him, “Yes, I can arrange things, but it’s best to hit me up on the way in with a fistful of cash.”

I kept thinking one woman at the table looked familiar….she kept looking back at me…..yep…..I knew them through an old friend, hadn’t seen them in several years.

So Plan B was just a small glitch, everything else was smooth sailing. Especially since we tried a new beverage service idea…..instead of going table to tale and taking orders, my co-worker filled a tray with glasses of iced tea and lemonade. Entire tables were saying, “That looks good, I’ll have one of those.” Saved us a lot of time not having to go to the service bar and get cokes, or diet cokes, etc. then all we had to do was fill a pitcher with iced tea and pour refills. (Actually, I’ve done this before, I just didn’t tell anyone.)

Today, I’m thinking should be a lot more normal. Yeah, right.