{"id":2289,"date":"2018-03-27T08:12:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T08:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smlwindia.com\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2018-03-27T08:12:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T08:12:05","slug":"wedding-stringer-wedding-pros-eat-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smlwindia.com\/our-blog\/wedding-stringer-wedding-pros-eat-job\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wedding Stringer – Should Wedding Pros Eat on the Job?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, there was a\u00a0spot of controversy\u00a0over a\u00a0Brides<\/em>\u00a0magazine piece which laid out which wedding pros a prospective bride and groom should or should not feed over the course of the big day.<\/p>\n

Specifically, the writer suggested that, in most situations, photographers ought not be fed.<\/p>\n

A lot of people objected to this, but there\u2019s a shred of truth to it. Feeding photographers might make them sleepy, and they might follow you home and generally get too comfortable and complacent around humans.<\/p>\n

Wait, sorry. I\u2019m mixing up wedding photographers and raccoons.<\/p>\n

Of course brides and grooms should feed photographers, as well as any other wedding professional. It\u2019s just a kind, giving, human thing to do.<\/p>\n

But this article is not for brides and grooms, it\u2019s for wedding pros. Alas, you will encounter clients not very simpatico with the people they hire.<\/p>\n

So how do you handle that, in regards to your belly? Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n

DO: Pack a protein bar<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Or any other snack that fills you up. You know, they say Snickers really satisfies you.<\/p>\n

It can be a drag seeing all of this scrumptious food made by top caterers when you can\u2019t have any of it.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s show business, hoss. If you see to it that you\u2019re not hungry to begin with because you thought to pack a snack in\u00a0your emergency bag<\/a>, then the braised mastodon turnovers will be less distracting.<\/p>\n

DON\u2019T: Eat conspicuously<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I know that secretly, you subsist on solid foods just like the rest of the world. But I will keep your secret. Here, you\u2019re not a human, you\u2019re a professional.<\/p>\n

It honestly kind of sucks that wedding professionals<\/a> aren\u2019t treated to the\u00a0fun parts of weddings<\/a>\u00a0and made to feel like friends more often. We, as a society, should spare tons of humanity for the worker bees we encounter throughout the day.<\/p>\n

But it is what it is. If the cable TV installer plopped down on my couch and watched a full episode of Judge Judy before taking off, that would feel weird and presumptuous.<\/p>\n

By the same token, any eating you do on the job, whether it\u2019s a candy bar or a meal, should be done either privately, or subtly on the periphery of the main activities.<\/p>\n

DO: State your wishes in your contract.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As noted in the linked article, some wedding professionals do just that; require, in their contract, that their clients feed them.<\/p>\n

This is a great and smart thing. It takes away all the awkwardness of wondering whether it would be right or wrong, acceptable or gauche, for you to grab a slice of tiramisu.<\/p>\n

DON\u2019T: Ask the host if you can eat the catered food.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If you put it in your contract as above, you don\u2019t even have to ask. But (again, not saying this is right, just saying it\u2019s reality) if you\u2019re all, \u201cC\u2019n I have a lobster tail, too?\u201d you\u2019re gonna look kind of lame.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the bad news.<\/p>\n

The good news is, the clients who don\u2019t give a damn if you eat or not aren\u2019t as common, in my experience, as more kindly clients who will\u00a0invite<\/em>\u00a0you to partake. And if they do, you absolutely can.<\/p>\n

Sorry to end this here, but I have to shoo some wedding photographers away from my dumpster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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