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Last-Minute Date Change... to Earlier
By: Venus193 Date: March 11, 2022, 1:27 pm
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Tomorrow night was supposed to be the annual St Patrick's Day
party at PQ's place. I was working on my shamrock veggie salad
and noticed a message that she was moving the party to tonight
because of the weather prediction for tomorrow. She had already
made the announcement on the FB page before I had a chance to
ask whether it could be moved to Sunday and start in late
afternoon.
I had to tell her that therefore I could not make the
grasshopper pies for tonight.
Isn't there a rule that changing a party date this close to it
should dictate it be rescheduled later and not sooner?
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Re: Last-Minute Date Change... to Earlier
By: lowspark Date: March 11, 2022, 3:44 pm
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Any time you reschedule a party you're taking the risk that some
of the people who were going to come will now, not be available.
It's probably not a great idea to do it with such short notice,
but bad weather can definitely mess up a party so I can't
entirely blame her.
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Re: Last-Minute Date Change... to Earlier
By: Venus193 Date: March 11, 2022, 4:23 pm
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I wish she had called me or something because at this kind of
short notice Sunday would have been better. It still would have
been a risk of people having other plans, but for those of us
who cook stuff to bring it would have been much better.
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Re: Last-Minute Date Change... to Earlier
By: Rose Red Date: March 11, 2022, 4:54 pm
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Typically, the host should personally contact their guests to
let them know of the change and accept if people can't come or
they can't cook since it's last minute. But yes, I think it's
better to chose a day later than a day earlier, although there's
still a chance people already have plans on Sunday.
I may not be remembering correctly but doesn't the Potluck Queen
often pull last minute changes like this? I think you need to
mentally prepare and go with the flow if you keep accepting her
invitations.
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Re: Last-Minute Date Change... to Earlier
By: lakey Date: March 11, 2022, 5:29 pm
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Part of the problem with this change of date is that, if you
were planning on making food for the party, you have already
purchased the food and ingredients. I can see having to change
the date because of weather. I live in a state that can get a
lot of snow. But it seems that it would be better to change it
to a day later, rather than to "tonight".
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Re: Last-Minute Date Change... to Earlier
By: DaDancingPsych Date: March 12, 2022, 9:32 am
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I think her biggest mistake was to not contact guests
individually. Maybe the party was too big? Or maybe these were
the best ways to reach people?
And yes, later rather than sooner is typically better, but maybe
there was a reason Sunday wouldn't work for the host?
Rescheduling is always tricky. If the reason wasn't an
understandable one, this might all be considered rude. But I
tend to believe (hope) that the host is doing her best.
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Re: Last-Minute Date Change... to Earlier
By: Venus193 Date: March 12, 2022, 9:49 am
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[quote author=lakey link=topic=2302.msg74248#msg74248
date=1647041396]
Part of the problem with this change of date is that, if you
were planning on making food for the party, you have already
purchased the food and ingredients. I can see having to change
the date because of weather. I live in a state that can get a
lot of snow. But it seems that it would be better to change it
to a day later, rather than to "tonight".
[/quote]
That is the main reason I was peeved. The problem is that PQ
doesn't cook and has no appreciation of how this is more than a
minor inconvenience.
I put the Cool Whip in the freezer and decided that I will make
the pies for next month's party. I made a bit too much veggie
and pasta salad and took one container home. There was more
food this year than last year. The pasta and veggie salad:
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Re: Last-Minute Date Change... to Earlier
By: Rho Date: March 12, 2022, 9:40 pm
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Shamrock salad! Very clever.
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Re: Last-Minute Date Change... to Earlier
By: lowspark Date: March 14, 2022, 8:13 am
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Beautiful salad!
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Re: Last-Minute Date Change... to Earlier
By: Venus193 Date: March 14, 2022, 9:35 am
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I have made this salad every St Patrick's Day ever since I
discovered the existence of such pasta. Expensive for what it
is, but it makes holiday recipes really special:
HTML https://pastashoppe.com/product/good-luck-pasta/
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