Tuesday, March 1, 2011
It's GROUNDHOG DAY!
This has to be déja vu. I briefly touched on trash cans being unacceptable wedding décor, but here we are, back at trash cans again. ("What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today.")
Earlier this evening, Matt and I were at Sam's Club looking for cups for the bar. They had a perfect size for wine, but we thought they might be a little small for beer cups, which is not the point at all. The point was, people were going to be drinking beverages and noshing on hors d'oeuvres all night, and we do not have wait staff to clean up the trash. The tables will just accumulate more and more refuse until each one could be its own landfill.
Matt says, no problem, just put some trash cans in the corner and people can throw away their own plates and cups. Allie has an aneurism in the middle of the store. Trash cans are unacceptable wedding décor. You can't ask your guests to be the cleanup crew at your wedding.
Sure, trash cans would obviously be the easiest choice, and I am just so tired of trying to think about little details. But a much bigger part of me, the part that has been planning this wedding for sixteen months, says no way buddy, you aren't ruining MY wedding aesthetic with trash cans. Hell, I'll figure out how many plasma donations it would take me to hire someone to wait tables, so long as there's someone to do it. (Well, not literally. But you know what I mean.)
Am I justified in thinking this is a big problem? As a guest, would you have a problem with trash cans tucked away in corners at the venue? Would it offend you? Or do you think Matt's right and I just need to calm down? Do you have any clever ideas for "disguising" trash cans?*
("Am I right or am I right or am I right?")
*Matt's best idea was to get a homeless guy to sit outside the venue, with a bonfire in a trash can. This way, throwing your trash away becomes an awesome activity. It at least made me smile.
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I would have no problem or take no offense to being at a wedding with a trash can...I hate leaving a big mess on a table...so if there isn't someone to clean them, trash cans are no big deal to me. If properly tucked in a corner somewhere, they aren't going to thought about twice. People will be paying much more attention to the rest of the event.
ReplyDeleteAllie - I agree. I am going to have trash cans at various places along the walls for people for people to throw away cups. I AM trying to figure out (since our "bar" will basically be a table with booze on it) a funny sign or something to instruct guests to put empty wine bottles in some sort of receptacle - because I don't want guests to have to look through dozens of empty wine bottles to find one that actually has wine in it. :)
ReplyDeleteAnother thought: I think for the BBQ dinner, we are going to hire two of my cousin's high school friends to come pick up plates, throw them in the trash, and take the trash out. That way nobody has to worry about it and it doesn't smell like brisket and beans in there at the end of the party. :) Might be something you could check out - high school kids are always game to earn a few bucks if you know any :)
i totally agree but at the same time when i was doing mine, i just had to learn to let go of some things. we were torn between renting chair covers or pretty chairs vs. the ballroom chairs that came with the venue. we decided to stick with the normal chairs and they blended in just fine - and no one would have noticed otherwise except me. i'm sure the cans will be OK!!
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