SC - Serving question

[catwho at bellsouth.net]

> Melbrigda wrote:
> > You ask your guests who paid to eat your feast to serve?
> 
> In Ynys Fawr - where admittedly our feasts are usually for rather less than
> a hundred people - volunteers are often called for from the hall to serve
> the remove.  Certainly, we ask people who have paid to serve, and to clean
> up, and even (only once AFAIK) to be the on-site cook! 

OK, maybe I should clarify.  I see one thing by having a sign up 
sheet or sending a herald around through the day requesting servers 
for that evening.  However, I see it a totally different matter to 
have people set up for feast, relaxing, having the mindset that they 
are going to eat some good food, listen/watch some nice 
entertainment, share a table with good friends and then be told, 
"BTW, someone from your table has to serve."  

I also think that those that serve deserve some sort of payment for 
their service.  If I have a full staff that is made from members of 
my group, their payment would be to eat first (or at least first of 
each remove) and (depending on the number) a small token of my 
personal thanks.  If I were relying on volunteers of the guests I 
would at least provide a nice desert just for them and perhaps a 
small token of my personal thanks.


Melbrigda
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induction that hath made her to condescende 
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