[Sca-cooks] RE: Feast steward at the crossroads

[Christine Seelye-King]

 For Lochac's first Coronation feast,
> I actually budgeted to allow every College across the Kingdom to
> send 5 people each to the event for half price, in return for a
> set section of work; setup, cleanup or serving. Only 4 people
> TOTAL took advantage of this offer.
> Maîtresse Kiriel

No, but that's a great idea.  We are constantly having to scramble for
clean-up help, and this would be a nice formal way to organize it and take
care of some of the grumbles as well.  I'm firmly in the 'what other hobby
could be this cheap?' category, and know full well the cost of feasts is
ridiculously low in comparison to eating at the cheapest fast food place.
However, as Jared said, no matter what you do, you will always get comments
from every angle.  You will never make everyone happy.  The best thing to do
is make yourself as happy as you can be with the situation you are working
in.  If you feel you just can't deal with the changes, don't.  If you feel
that this is the time to re-educate the new autocrat so that future mistakes
such as this aren't made, do.  But whatever you decide (not just Selene
here, but on the whole), be at peace with it, and don't grumble for what was
lost.  Most of the time we are more shocked by the change in direction than
being unable to make the changes necessary.  By giving some time to adapt,
most everything can be dealt with.
Christianna