SC - Serving question

[Bonne of Traquair]

>I don't pay to go to an event, dress
>in my finer things, PAY for feast to be asked to work.

Not everyone goes in such nice garb and with such an over-riding interest in 
playing the noble on that particular day.  Plenty of folks have one set of 
mediocre garb and are not bothered to be asked to serve.

All but one of our cantons are too small to provide all the hands needed to 
run and event. I wouldn't ask the guy whose been running the fighting, or 
organizing the gate to also serve feast as well.  They aren't at all clean 
enough for it as well and besides have done their share.  Usual method is to 
post at the gate a list for servers to sign up.  Some of these people have 
paid, but still wish to serve.  Others have a slight financial problem and 
wish to earn their meal. Sometimes though, we just don't have enough 
volunteers and so it is announced that a server will be needed from each 
table.

Often, a bunch of teens/college students all from one table take on the task 
as a group. Lacking that, enough members will decide that society service is 
something they need to work on, and now's a good time.


>  What if you had a truly presedence set feast where there was an
>entire table of dukes and duchesses.  Would you be bold enough to ask
>their graces to supply a server of themselves?

Tables laden with peers usually locate a squire, apprentice or protege for 
the task, or, given the proximate age of many peers, one or more of their 
very own teenaged children.  Sometimes they even decide that leading by 
example of service is a good thing and one or more of them will volunteer.

bonne

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