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Shower Invite Q
If you are attending a bridal shower for a co-worker at a restaurant, do you expect your meal to be paid for?
How would you work an invitation to let the attendees know that dessert will be provided, but they need to pay for their meal?
Re: Shower Invite Q
Yes, I would expect my meal to be paid for in that situation. Or at least heavy appetizers.
I'm no help on the invite wording because I wouldn't host an event where guests were expected to pay their way.
Eww that's tricky. What time is the shower?
I've been to a couple of them at restaurants and we did have our meals paid for but this was more between lunch and dinner type of things so they had a limited menu and desserts. Nothing too big and no one was starving.
You could word it where guests know that it's a dessert shower with big emphasis on the dessert aspect. That way they can eat before they get there if they choose to. Or will you actually have the guests eat there and then provide desserts?
Holy crap-that is insane. Costco sells Cheesecake factory cheesecakes
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You could go at an off-hour and host appetizers, drinks, and dessert. But it's no bueno to show up at a prime meal time and try to do a 22-way split check.
Umm no way on paying for dinner for all those people.
First is she panning on doing it at the one in SL because the one in the Galleria has no space for a shower at any time of the day that you could hear each other or enjoy each others company?
Could you not do it in the office or at someone's home and bring a selection of cheesecakes in?
Also, if you have a waiter/waitress taking orders at the shower, you would have to tell them to ask each guest "will this be on a single ticket" so they are aware it isn't being paid for. If the waiter/waitress takes the order and then comes back later with the check (without some advanced notice)... you might have some confused/angry guests.
Honestly, I think it would be better to choose another location. If you want a cute dessert style party, I agree with picking up a few cheesecakes and having it at someone's home. You could also look at doing the shower at Sugarbaby's.
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When I had coworkers we either did a gathering in our conference room, or the girls (4-5 of us) would go out to lunch. Everyone paid for their own meal and chipped in for the guest of honor.
Cheesecake Factory seems over the top and spendy for a coworker and paying for 22 people is just crazy.
Yeah, for work showers we just do cake & lemonade. Most departments will not pay for it though, so someone does have to host.
I know that was the norm for your company when they threw me a wedding shower there 5 years ago. I can't imagine the culture has changed that much.
Ours are like this... we don't get it paid for by management, everyone chips in and the money is used for food and gift. We do some nice showers this way even in our ugly conference rooms.
We usually do a pot luck lunch in a conference room and then everyone chips in for gifts.
Any time we have a lunch out when it is not paid for we say something like, "If you would like to join us to celebrate NNNN's impending new arrival, we are going to Cheescake Factory at date and time. Cheescake will be provided."
This way people know they are paying for their own lunch. We also might send an email to the team minus the guest of honor asking if anyone wants to chip in for food or a gift.
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