[Ansteorra] Question 7/15 - Crash-Space Etiquette?

[Irena Fridenberg]

Something that just irritates the snoggers out of me is when you have sent a
potential guest an invitation to stay in your home and you don't hear a word
from them until they show up.  How rude!
It would sure be nice to know if that person actually accepted your
invitation or not.

I am one to sit up and wait until the person shows up so that they don't
have a host/hostess who is grumpy because they were woken up in the wee
hours of the morning by an arriving guest.  This also causes problems if the
person never shows up.  There could have been another person or group that
could have had a warm, dry place to sleep if the original potential guest
said, "Sorry, change of plans!"

Many people these days, in and out of the SCA, do not have the common
courtesy to  RSVP when asked.  It causes such a hardship on the host/hostess
and could possibly cause hard feelings between them and the potential guest.

We should maybe develope a class for King's College and WinterKingdom on
proper Crash Space Courtesy for the Hosting and the Crasher.

Okay, I'm stepping off the soapbox now for the next person.

Lady Katrine la Esclopiera,
Hostess with the Mostess
Province of Mooneschadowe
Kingdom of Ansteorra

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Hillary Greenslade <hillaryrg at yahoo.com>
wrote:

>
> What ideas can you share about 'crash-space etiquette' for both the
> traveler and the crash-space provider?
>
> Cheers, Hillary
>