e-newsletter and e-mailed it to her.The dinner would be Saturday,
March 11, and I requested RSVPs by Thursday, March 9 at 5:00 P.M.
Normally, our president gets the monthly newsletter out by a couple
of days either before or after the first of the month. Most people get their
newsletter by e-mail, and some get it by snail mail.We also post it at
local health food stores and libraries.This time around, the president
didn’t have time to put out a newsletter, and basically sent out my e-
mail to her as the announcement on Sunday night, March 5.The snail
mail notices went out by postcard on Monday, and there were no public
postings. I was beginning to think that we’d be lucky to get our 20 for
the dinner.
On Monday, the RSVPs started to trickle in. I heard from a couple
of people. A few more came in on Tuesday, so I thought we’d get the 13
minimum we guaranteed with the deposit. However, starting on
Wednesday, the RSVPs came pouring in like never before. By the end
of the day, we were up to 37. It occurred to me that we might experience
a different kind of problem, so I called the manager and asked him what
the capacity of the restaurant was; he said 65.The responses kept rolling
in on Thursday, and by the time we hit our deadline, we were up to 55.
I was not very productive at work that day because I was so excited and
focused on checking my e-mail every few minutes (attractor factor?). I
called the manager and asked if they could handle that many, and he
said,“Sure.”
I take a kabbalah class on Thursday evenings and didn’t get home
that night until after 9:00. I checked phone and e-mail, and received
even more reservations.The count got up to 67. I began to seriously
think about what to do with the overflow. My brilliant idea was to see if
I could get the late responders who were begging to be able to attend to
come a little later. More responses came in on Friday and Saturday.We
got up to a stunning number of 75.
The event was a raging success! Not everyone who reserved
attended, and a few showed up who didn’t reserve at all (typical).The
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