uh-oh... a rant!!
I'm not really sure why people find it so hard to RSVP. Is it not common decency (not to mention common sense) that, if someone is kind enough to invite you to something - particularly if they are hosting in their own home! - that those invited should respond? Generally RSVP-ing is a fairly simple process wherein one can call and say "I can come, thank you" or "I can't make it, so sorry". Sometimes RSVP-ing is made oh-so-simple by generous folks who, for fancier occasions (a wedding?), provide a self-addressed, stamped envelope, requiring no more from the invitee than one pen mark, a few micrograms of saliva to seal the envelope, and a few steps to the mailbox. YET, some people simply cannot hack this most basic social courtesy.
As you might have inferred, I am personally irritated at this moment with people who cannot be bothered to RSVP for either my bridal shower (and my dear sweet bridesmaids are putting so much thought into it!) as well as the few people for whom the process of RSVP-ing to my wedding proved to be a trial of the greatest complexity. It's not a backyard barbeque, folks, it's a wedding. I'm only doing this once. And if you don't RSVP, well, no cake for you! I'll personally hold you at bay with my bouquet and the guest book pen if I have to!
I did overhear some great stuff at the coffee shop this weekend, but that will be posted later. Some very quality gems of stupidity from some dudes that I am pretty sure were stoned off their respective asses. Fun!
I'm not really sure why people find it so hard to RSVP. Is it not common decency (not to mention common sense) that, if someone is kind enough to invite you to something - particularly if they are hosting in their own home! - that those invited should respond? Generally RSVP-ing is a fairly simple process wherein one can call and say "I can come, thank you" or "I can't make it, so sorry". Sometimes RSVP-ing is made oh-so-simple by generous folks who, for fancier occasions (a wedding?), provide a self-addressed, stamped envelope, requiring no more from the invitee than one pen mark, a few micrograms of saliva to seal the envelope, and a few steps to the mailbox. YET, some people simply cannot hack this most basic social courtesy.
As you might have inferred, I am personally irritated at this moment with people who cannot be bothered to RSVP for either my bridal shower (and my dear sweet bridesmaids are putting so much thought into it!) as well as the few people for whom the process of RSVP-ing to my wedding proved to be a trial of the greatest complexity. It's not a backyard barbeque, folks, it's a wedding. I'm only doing this once. And if you don't RSVP, well, no cake for you! I'll personally hold you at bay with my bouquet and the guest book pen if I have to!
I did overhear some great stuff at the coffee shop this weekend, but that will be posted later. Some very quality gems of stupidity from some dudes that I am pretty sure were stoned off their respective asses. Fun!
2 Comments:
At 7:21 PM,
zandperl said…
I take it buying my plane tickets and sending my itinerary was my RSVP? I was silly and cleaned the house before I got around to sending the wedding RSVP. If you actually do want it for a scrap book, I can send it when I do find it. :-P
Oh, and someone's going to have to translate screen names to real names for me at the event. :)
At 11:54 AM,
Black Susan said…
Ooops. I was one of the late RSVP'ers to the bridal shower. I really did apologize profusely even before I read this...
nwrmd: never mind, newer model, network mod, now we're mad
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