SC - Making Buffet-style serving work

[Gerekr at aol.com]

>I've always thought that this would work ONLY if you had a server per dish
>(lunch ladies/gents) serving up reasonable portions.  I too have seen the
>front getting everything and the last getting almost nothing.

Well, if the attending Hats go last, and everyone KNOWS they're going to 
be going last, there's more likely to be better manners at the front of 
the line!  That system worked quite nicely in my area in the (ancient) 
past.  Don't know if it's still used.  Not so many potlucks these days.

It does help to portion some kinds of things in advance... slicing large 
hunks of meat, for example.  This also helps keep the line moving, if 
people don't have to stop and haggle with insufficient implements... and 
pre-cutting things can help suggest serving sizes.

Chimene