Every guest is on their phone.
Every. Single. One.
People just can’t turn off their dopamine feed. Not even for a wedding.
I walked by an eighty year old woman sitting at her table playing Candy Crush… during the bride and groom’s first dance. 🤦🏻♂️
Sometimes my job is setting up speakers, playing a Spotify playlist, and avoiding eye contact with the guests. Tonight’s playlist: Four uninterrupted hours of Michael McDonald, Hall & Oates, and Boz Scaggs.🤘🏼 https://t.co/FfoS1L4b9M
Me: (to manager, as rain starts falling on the ceremony) “Can you guys grab the facility umbrellas? It’s starting to drizzle.”
Banquet manager: “Is it noticeable?”
Me: (after long pause) “I’m mentioning it…?”
Me: (breathlessly entering the building after braving the elements and, against all odds, successfully arriving) “HI.”
Banquet manager: “Hi! Do you want to go over the timeline?”