The stress of a wedding can turn even the most laid-back bride-to-be into a bridezilla.
But one nearly-wed stunned guests when she sent out invitations that had a pretty big catch.
You could only RSVP to her wedding if you agreed to take on the role of the waiting staff.
While some couples might choose to have ‘day’ and ‘evening’ guests, this bride and groom instead opted for ‘guests’ and ‘servers’.
Explaining the situation on Mumsnet, a friend of one of the guests wrote: ‘Couple getting married were on a very low budget… but they still wanted a “nice/fancy” wedding with sit down meal and servers.
‘So they hired a town hall for an ‘afternoon tea’ luncheon… with only close friends and family invited. They then asked other, less close, friends to “have the privilege” of serving them at this high tea event, free of charge, as a favour, instead of an invite to the wedding.
‘It was actually phrased as “would you like to have the privilege of serving us at our wedding?”
‘Apparently it’s somewhat of the ‘done thing’ in their circle.’
To rub salt into the wound, these friend-waiter hybrids were given uniforms to wear and no, they weren’t being paid.
The poster continued: ‘One of the people asked to [serve] was a friend of mine.
‘She actually thought she was quite close to the family, had known them years and been round for dinner and things like that, but realised they obviously didn’t see her that way.
‘Everyone at the table treated her exactly like a professional server, not making eye contact, not even thanking her, barking orders at her etc.’
And it seems other commenters on the forum were equally stunned by the request.
‘I’m baffled as to why anyone turned up to be a bloody servant?!’ wrote one. ‘I’d have laughed and chucked the invite in the bin (after sending it to everyone I knew for a laugh).’
A second said: ‘What bizarre behaviour. At the very least I’d have left once I was snapped at by people who saw me as staff rather than friend. Hope your friend has cut them out of her life.’
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