SC - courts running long

[Bonne]

>  Our poor feast stewart (he had other
> problems that day, too, this was just the cherry on the cake, so to
> speak) was trying to keep the feast from burning while the server in
> charge of the tables was fuming because the tables were going to be set
> up in the same space as court. To boot, we needed to leave the site at 9,
> and court finally started around 6 - leaving us 3 hours to eat and clean
> up.
> 
> The reason court even got started was a friend of mine who had been
> helping in the kitchen (and even isn't part of our shire) went to the
> queen, and told her that they really needed to start because of the time
> restraints. For this, the Queen's Champion later found him (between court
> and feast) and "executed" him on the spot, and told Franz that he was
> dead for a month because of his impertinence.
> <sigh> never a dull moment around here!
>


I'd have been fuming.  

In the first place, the royals should have been well aware of the limited time
frame, and known to work within it.  "The King's word is law" my foot.  The
king is a member as well and ought to be well aware of the mundane
restrictions on the event he gets to play at.  Anyone that really gets to
thinking they can be that inconsiderate of the other SCA members is an ass.

In the second place, the hall steward should have done what the kitchen worker
finally thought to do.  That's part of the job.  

In the third place, all of that about Execution had better have been a joke
between friends.  It certainly is not impertinent to expect someone to have
consideration for everyone else on site, no matter if they are tin hats.

Bonne
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