Tables and Chairs…

Each year the RodMaker Reception is attended by roughly 400 people.  It’s designed as a stand-up affair where folks can enjoy some light hor d’dourves and a beverage or two while socializing and perhaps winning a door prize. It was never intended as a sit-down dinner or lengthy presentation of any sort.

 

Which brings me to the subject of tables and chairs. I provide a limited amount of seating in the hopes that it can and will be utilized by those who are aged or infirm. The problem we run into nearly every year, is that far too many able bodied people tend to commandeer the chairs, plopping themselves in them and remaining there for the duration of the hour and half reception. Then, those who didn’t get a chair feel slighted in that I didn’t provide enough chairs for everyone.

 

The thing is, providing tables and chairs for everyone at the Reception is impossible on two counts. First, the reception halls we’ve used, though as large as 3000 square feet, won’t comfortably seat 400 people. The Centennial Station is listed as comfortably accommodating 500 for stand-up, but just 300 for sit-down affairs.  Second, I can’t afford to seat everbody at the Reception.  None of these places provide chairs for free. I’m charged for every single chair and every single table, and they’re not cheap. In fact, last year, between the Reception and the Expo (seminar and social areas) my chair rental bill alone was over $6000.

 

So, please come and enjoy the RodMaker Reception, but leave the handful of provided chairs for those who really need them. Besides, it’s easier to get up front to pick up your door prize if you don’t have get up from a chair.

 

Tom Kirkman

 

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