work drama
Event planners round these parts are... displeased. Word has come down from on high that they are no longer allowed--come rain, or shine, or some other less-than-ideal weather condition--to order umbrellas, canopies, or tents.
Umbrellas are not super-expensive. Linens cost more. But it's a perception thing, you see. Re: the reasoning behind this new policy, Super refuses to tell us any more than that. She says it'll just depress us with it's lack of earth logic.
The fall-out of this, today, is that Super had to call several people and let them know it was ixnay on the umbrellas-ay. One of these disappointed folks was a lady whom we all absolutely love. She's unfailingly gracious, grateful, and complimentary. She's also one of our more self-sufficient event planners. I tend to think of her as a lady who knows her way around a set of power tools.
Being the self-sufficient sort, she'd submitted all her own work orders. I had to call and change them. We also had to change her setup diagram. We had to do this because the lady herself was too busy. She's in the middle of a major event featuring some grand high poobahs. And the event we're downsizing on her behalf, a luncheon for the very same grand high poobahs, is tomorrow at noon.
When Super broke the news, there was some yelling. But also some apologizing. We're hoping the change to the table setup will allow the lunchers to find shade underneath the one (1) large tree in the courtyard.
Umbrellas are not super-expensive. Linens cost more. But it's a perception thing, you see. Re: the reasoning behind this new policy, Super refuses to tell us any more than that. She says it'll just depress us with it's lack of earth logic.
The fall-out of this, today, is that Super had to call several people and let them know it was ixnay on the umbrellas-ay. One of these disappointed folks was a lady whom we all absolutely love. She's unfailingly gracious, grateful, and complimentary. She's also one of our more self-sufficient event planners. I tend to think of her as a lady who knows her way around a set of power tools.
Being the self-sufficient sort, she'd submitted all her own work orders. I had to call and change them. We also had to change her setup diagram. We had to do this because the lady herself was too busy. She's in the middle of a major event featuring some grand high poobahs. And the event we're downsizing on her behalf, a luncheon for the very same grand high poobahs, is tomorrow at noon.
When Super broke the news, there was some yelling. But also some apologizing. We're hoping the change to the table setup will allow the lunchers to find shade underneath the one (1) large tree in the courtyard.