[Sca-cooks] competition with the regular feast

[Siegfried Heydrich]

    Part of it's professional courtesy - I don't want to steal someone
else's thunder, or diminish in any way what they're trying to do. I know
that I'd be really hacked if I couldn't sell feast because someone else was
selling food. Also, the first time it happened, I know the Kingdom Seneschal
would be in my face like a cat swarming out of a thrice flushed toilet. (re:
washing the kitty, previous thread)
    Another part is simply that I don't want to work the household to death.
I'm kind of used to it (I generally work a 12 to 14 hour day at events), but
other people go to events to have fun. (I used to, but then they went and
hung a bird around my neck . . . ought to call it the Order of the Albatross
. . .) If I work 'em into the ground, they're not having fun any more.
    Also, competition is good in a free market. But this isn't quite the
same thing . . . Technically, the Kingdom has a monopoly on selling dinner,
and as a rule, monopolists take a dim view of competition. Headaches I don't
need. The PTB consider me to be the Left Hand of Lucifer as it is . . .

    Sieggy

----- Original Message -----

> Sieggy said:
> >     My household set up our tavern to pick up a lot of the slack and
relieve
> > pressure on the feastie beasties. We stop serving at least 3 hours
before
> > feast - if we started selling dinner, most people would stop eating
feast
> > completely. We have a LOT of people asking us to stay open for dinner,
but
> > I'm not going to compete with the kingdom for feast seats. We're a
service,
> > not a competitor.
>
> Why shouldn't there be competition?
>
> No, I am being serious.
>
> 1) The kingdom has already limited the feast size, thereby enusring
> that not everyone could be fed.
>
> 2) Having multiple feasts means something for everyone. Those who want
> cheap food or non-period food can eat the standard feast. Those that
> are willing to pay more or try more unusual foods can eat with the
> competition.
>
> 3) With more onsite choices, perhaps less would leave to check out
> the mundane choices.
>
> 4) Competition is good. Choice is good. I think both would lead to
> better feasts or at least folks getting the type of feast they want.
> "If we started selling dinner, most people would stop eating feast
> completely". Well, if this happened or if there was a major drop
> in the number eating the regular feast, then it should indicate to
> those putting on these events that something needs to be changed
> or improved with the way the feasts are being done.
>
> If the site permits, then maybe you could still sit with your friends,
> but you and they could actually get different feasts. You would use
> different colored flags or something so servers could serve the
> appropriate feasters.
>
> The main restraint on multiple, simulatanious feast is the available
> kitchen space and facilities. Obviously, in this case, the tavern
> has already worked around this.
> --
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