SC - A question on Servers

[DianaFiona at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/19/98 11:51:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
kathleen.hogan at juno.com writes:

<< 
 >Has anyone tried the "a person sitting at table comes and gets it for 
 >the table" technique?
 
 We've tried it, but it doesn't work really well, as people end up missing
 dishes, plus the fact that you have a mob descending on the serving area
 all at once.
 >
 Caitlin NicFhionghuin
 House Oak & Thistle
 Shire of Bordervale Keep, Atlantia
 Augusta, GA
  >>
	It seems to work reasonably well here in the upper area of Meridies, where
it's not too uncommon. In our shire it's nearly the only practical option,
since our big event has grown large enough to severely strain our human
resources. Our folks are so exhausted by feast time that asking them to serve
the food as well is just way too much. (Yes, of course we need more folks!
Feel free to move in anytime...... ;-) )
	Oddly enough, though, one of the reasons we started doing this was to *cut
down* on the folks who got missed in serving, and it seems to work pretty
well. If they won't shut up and listen to the herald announcing the next
course, they can't berate the poor server for food they didn't get.........
;-) You do get the "mob" effect, but it's not really much of a problem, since
we have a big serving window to set dishes on/hand things out through. We
stand there giving instructions and passing more platters up as they file by.
Pretty much what we'd do if we had servers, in fact!
	That said, of course having official servers is the best option, where it
will work. But this isn't a terrible alternative when it won't for whatever
reason, at least not around here.........

		Ldy Diana
		Shire of Vulpine Reach, Meridies
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