Loyal Trust Bank Banquet

Social Manners went well, luckily with no AC issues this time. It was warm but not as bad as last Friday. We were just a beat behind his intro with soups but everything else went very fast. Staff did well, the newer folks just need a little cleaning up. We had a two more allergies pop up on top of the other two and were able to take care of them with little to no issue.

Our two events tonight went very well. We had an engagement party in the WH and a 50th birthday in the Lounge. It was a beautiful day so naturally everyone from both groups spent their time outside for the most part. Cake cutting, app/bubbles passing, and closing up was super easy for our parties tonight. Staff did a great job, no issues

Everything was ready and set for the ladies today right on time. Their florist had an issue with her flower count...she insisted she had 22 but she also didn't have enough for all the tables (22)... Moving on. Earlier in the week, the hostesses wanted to have 7 people at every table instead of 6, but they never changed the dessert order (6 cookies on each table). Naturally Ms Sally Metzel asked if we had more cookies. Chris had already informed Marquitta and I earlier that morning that the answer was no. In the end she wasn't too upset about it and figured they'd have less people than she thought show up anyways. During service we made 11 veg entrees all day as opposed to 5 and the 2 chicken entrees went out with no issues. Staff went around with coffee and water as soon as all of the entrees were taken care of. We didn't know they would be in their program for almost the whole duration of service so it took us a little longer because we were trying to be quiet. No big issues though, staff did a great job.

Augusta Newcomers today in the Ballroom went as it usually does. All of the gluten free meals went out as planned; the kitchen ended up making 6 of those as opposed to 4. We also had to have extra vegetarian meals made...9 all day instead of 7. The coffee station took a lot of heat off the staff and they were able to focus on service. Not exactly our problem but some of the guests were very passionate about how hungry they were...everyone arrived at 8:30 but lunch was scheduled for 12:00 and the hosts kept it at 12:00. I suppose they just need to communicate with their people more clearly.