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So I've been working weddings for about three weeks now. I started off assisting our Wedding Coordinator, because she needed an assistant. I didn't realize Wedding Coordinator was planning on quitting.
Wedding Coordinator quit. Conference Coordinator got all her weddings.
And theres, like...I don't want to call them files. They're in file folders, but really piles of doodles and scribbles (crammed into folders) is more like it. For each wedding. There's not much organization in there.
And guess who is sorting through it? Well, me and Conference Coordinator and a couple others from the office. It's a mess.
Oh look, this bride wants microphones and speakers. A/V setup is extra. Was the bride told this? Was any price quoted? Who the hell knows?
This one needed a "white runner" priced from a "local contact". A table runner? An aisle runner? "Local contact?" F**k if I know, but the wedding is in 10 days!
And I can't just tell brides "Hey, what did you mean by this?" because as soon as I tell them Wedding Coordinator is retired, they flip out enough as it is! So I have to be more...tactful. I have to assure them everything is transitioning smoothly and is under control, even though that's all a bold-faced lie.
Also just....so many details. I got a laundry list from a bride with an upcoming wedding. I started working on the email at about 9:30am, and didn't finish my response until 2:30pm. Some of that was building floorplan diagrams, but yeah, that was an ordeal.
(Actually I am kind of having a little fun coordinating other people's weddings, but then again right now I'm getting paid to do that all day every day, so...probably wouldn't be as fun if I was actually spending money! I kind of wanted to do over my wedding because it was small and lame and not what I wanted really. Now I remember why it was lame: Weddings are stressful and expensive and at the time I was like "well f**k this sh*t, dollar store plastic table covers and paper plates are good enough!". )
Wedding Coordinator quit. Conference Coordinator got all her weddings.
And theres, like...I don't want to call them files. They're in file folders, but really piles of doodles and scribbles (crammed into folders) is more like it. For each wedding. There's not much organization in there.
And guess who is sorting through it? Well, me and Conference Coordinator and a couple others from the office. It's a mess.
Oh look, this bride wants microphones and speakers. A/V setup is extra. Was the bride told this? Was any price quoted? Who the hell knows?
This one needed a "white runner" priced from a "local contact". A table runner? An aisle runner? "Local contact?" F**k if I know, but the wedding is in 10 days!
And I can't just tell brides "Hey, what did you mean by this?" because as soon as I tell them Wedding Coordinator is retired, they flip out enough as it is! So I have to be more...tactful. I have to assure them everything is transitioning smoothly and is under control, even though that's all a bold-faced lie.
Also just....so many details. I got a laundry list from a bride with an upcoming wedding. I started working on the email at about 9:30am, and didn't finish my response until 2:30pm. Some of that was building floorplan diagrams, but yeah, that was an ordeal.
(Actually I am kind of having a little fun coordinating other people's weddings, but then again right now I'm getting paid to do that all day every day, so...probably wouldn't be as fun if I was actually spending money! I kind of wanted to do over my wedding because it was small and lame and not what I wanted really. Now I remember why it was lame: Weddings are stressful and expensive and at the time I was like "well f**k this sh*t, dollar store plastic table covers and paper plates are good enough!".
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