An Early Lesson In Relibility?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-30876360
I know what it's like to pay for someone who does not turn up. I personally couldn't bothered to sue but I applaud the party organiser here.

[ummmm]

3rd thread on the subject.

[Retrochic]

Actually when I first read this article I thought 'how stupid', however, on reflection I think the principle should be commended. having had four children and organised numerous parties I can empathize with this woman. Gone are the days were kids expect a few sarnies pass the parcel and jelly -by the time they get to 7 or 8 they want a disco, or go carting and this entails booking and sometimes paying in advance. Some parents do not have the decency to even RSVP. I once organised a disco party and daughter invited nearly 40 children -we only had 3 children say they could not come and catered and got party bags for 37 -15 showed up -I could have had the disco at home and saved £300. An invoice was going a bit far but I would have send a curt email.

[Peter Pedant]

was able to answer yes

but then was not able to answer that there had been a double booking

[and yes at five (1950s) I was told that I couldnt go to anyone's birthday party without a written invitation ]

[ToraToraTora]

Not in news it isn't, I don't do prattlebank very much.

[Retrochic]

Peter -I still do that maybe I'm old fashioned but unless there is an invite they don't go -email text ok but they have to be formally invited.

[youngmafbog]

Dount the kid will ever get a party invite again - thanks to his rude parents. How much time does it take to pick up the phone, or in this case let the grandparents down after all they will probably be there next week.

Some people just dont care. It's just me me me me and *** you.

[Old_Geezer]

One parent was inconsiderate, the other was trying to make a point IMO, and took it too far such that she was rightly ridiculed for it. A party invite is not a contract, even if you sign you are going in the blood of virgins at full moon dancing around Satan himself. This is all a stupidity, and to side with either party seems very strange to me.

[RATTER15]

OG, can I go to one of those parties please, I promise I will turn up!!

[Old_Geezer]

If I ever organise one you will be the first person I ask.

[Sqad]

Good manners!

My kids had birthday parties...about 15 kids were invited.....conjurer and a restaurant booked. Kids had cake, sarnies ice cream and jelly.

Mrs sqad now tells me that one has to cater for the parents as well as the kids.......separate menus for the "little darlings" and one for the parents.
There could be 30 or 40 people in attendance......invitations sent out and Leisure Centre booked.

NOW...in this day of mobile phones, emails, texts. surely it would be good manners to contact the parents of birthday girl and send you apologies.

Good manners.......nothing to do with "contracts."

[brionon]

Relibility-looked it up in Chambers but no luck. What does it mean please ?

[tamborine]

Had it been a costly school trip you agreed to & then absented, you would still have to pay if there is no opportunity for a replacement to be found.

[Old_Geezer]

Were the party invites going out to guests with a demand for payment ?

School trips are not normally paid for by the school are they ? They are not an invite to a treat the school has opted to pay for you.

[ichkeria]

And yet something tells me I don't think I would want a parent who was the sort of person who invoiced no-shows at a child's party.
Even if it did make me wealthy :-)

[ludwig]

They were *** rude not to tell the hosts they wouldn't be attending. The kid whose party it was was probably quite upset.

This is just a way of giving them that message.

[ludwig]

It's clearly not about the money or being out of pocket. The money was spent whether the kid turned up or not. It's just a way of pointing out what ignorant *** the non-attendees were.

[askyourgran]

The invoice in the child's schoolbag was spiteful and the fact that the parents could be taken to a small claims court totally ott. It was a kid's party not George Clooney's wedding day, why do parents have to go the these lengths and spend so much money, what if the boy had been ill, instead of being double booked? Granted it would have been manners to notify them of the no-show but things should not have gone to the lengths that the party organiser did. The Ski company said they would have compromised.

[ludwig]

// The invoice in the child's schoolbag was spiteful and the fact that the parents could be taken to a small claims court totally ott. //

Yes. It looks like this is what happens when ignorant *** rub spiteful *** up the wrong way. Luckily no normal people were hurt in the incident, except perhaps one or both of the children.