Wedding industry worker dislikes when a bride and groom get a better meal than the guests.
I work in the wedding industry, and I have been rather flummoxed by a recent trend. It seems to have become the fashion for the bride and groom to order themselves a special meal, of a higher caliber and price point than what their guests are having.An example might be that all of the guests have a choice of roast chicken or a pork chop, but the groom has ordered himself a 20-ounce porterhouse.
Also, as I try to explain to them during the planning process, a bride and groom will rarely get to enjoy their meal at the reception anyway, with all of the interruptions from speeches and the like. In any case, I find this to be in very bad taste, and would love to have the input of Miss Manners.resist the temptation to point out that it is the wedding industry that came up with idea that a “special day” is one on which the couple can do whatever they want.
Even wedding guests who complain to Miss Manners of mistreatment add, “But I know it is their day, and they can do whatever they want.” Including being rude. If it is any help, you might mention that however impressed the couple hopes their guests will be at their wedding arrangements, the mealtime discrepancy is all they will talk about afterward. And sometimes during.You might also mention that the very concept of suspending etiquette is a bad way to start a marriage.
What you need for those mussels is a teeny-weeny fork plus one hand but not two. Holding the shell in one hand, you spear the mussel with the fork. And she therefore authorizes you to ask that the shell and the tails be removed from the shrimp, and that you be provided with a shellfish fork for the mussels.
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