pckimboyers
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I need to vent! I did my first bridal shower tonight. I have been planning for this for 3 weeks-- I have spent lots of time and money to do well at this show. I made oreo truffles and put them in the little favor bags, stamped place cards for the top of the favors----I worked really hard on this for nothing but a hard time! They told me that they didn't want it to be a "normal" pampered chef party--- they wanted me to bring a couple of products just so the guests could see what they were buying for the bride-- I wasn't allowed to bring anything that wasn't on her wishlist. No demo--just take orders and do a couple of games. The mother had me buy a tool turn about for her so I could decorate as a cake, well then the bride didn't want it. So the mother wants to exchange it...well I'm out 20.41 because I bought it so I would have it in time for the show. She told me there would def. be at least 25 people there--there was only 15. They had other games to play on their own, so by the time they did that and the bride told a story of her engagement that took at least 20 minutes..when it finally came time for me to do the door prize/give out order slips people were so tired that they wanted to order and leave!!! My only chance at getting people interested in booking and they weren't there!!!! Then the topper is the bride said to me as I'm cleaning up that when she did the wedding registry she took off a lot of stuff from the list that she had given me and people bought her stuff that "she really didn't think she could use"!!!!! SO now I have to deal with all that!!! The only good thing is it is sitting at around 400.00 and I still need to get her mother's order and then her own order. What a bummer!! I will never go out of my way again like I did for them, not unless I have more time. If they want me there just to take orders, then that's exactly what I will do!! Yea, and I never got to eat anything because she wanted me to wait until after all the guests had eaten, well by that time the orders started coming and then they cleaned up.... not that they need to feed me, but that made me feel like a 2nd class citizen!! HOW RUDE!!!!!