The invoice number is 1432. That's a lot of no-shows in his first five years. Poor kid. How many will mama have sent out by the time he's 45, lol?
Not a great idea for Mom to make an issue of this in the internet age.
So this is a situation where the parents paid for a certain number of children at an event and then could not get their money back for the one kid didn’t show up. So this makes a little more sense to me if the mother clearly told everyone she was paying based on attendance. But still, it seems like a lot of bad publicity for the mother, not to mention humiliation for the kid, over GBP 15.
I am in receipt of your invoice #1432.
Please find enclosed my invoice to you for an invoice reading fee of £15.95, payable upon receipt.
Thank you for your prompt attention in this matter.
Sincerely,
RansomOttawa
Since the catering was priced "per head", it was a couple of hundred extra dollars. I didn't have to give the final count to the caterers until the day BEFORE our wedding, so a last minute phone call or email would have been appreciated.
But, we didn't send them a bill.
This makes me feel much better, knowing that the US doesn’t have exclusive rights to legal idiocy.
The Mommy from Hell.
At one point, I agreed to host — and pay for — a local breakfast for my college alumni association. About 20 people RSVP’d that they would come but only about 10 actually showed up. None of the no-shows bothered to change their RSVP. I was livid. I didn’t ask the association to pay me anything but it was the last time I hosted anything for them.
“Want to buy tickets to my birthday party?” Little Bill asked his friend in kindergarten.
“What if I have a scheduling conflict? Will there be refunds?” asked Alex, who had a lot of extra-curricular activities with baseball, karate and such.
“No can do, partner” Little Bill answered “All the proceeds are used for the party, no leftovers”
“I’ll ask my mom”
Only in America.......
On one hand, the birthday parties thrown for kids these days are ridiculous. We used to just have a few kids to the house, hot dogs, cake and ice-cream, play some games. No goody bags were even given out. Things have gone nuts in the kids’ birthday competition.
On the other hand, people these days think NOTHING of honouring their commitments. People cancel at the last minute or just don’t show up at the drop of a hat. No consideration whatsoever.
That poor kid is going to be lonely for the rest of his birthdays. People are now going to avoid parties thrown by his mother since the story is all over now.
RSVP.............or else................................
An invitation, unless accepted and confirmed by the recipient, imparts no obligation whatsoever to the invitee.
“....and his parents had her details to tell her he was not going.”
Am I just dence or is that difficult to decipher.
This will increase the attendance to the next party! And make the kid popular.
I guess the price of F’ing up your kids just dropped below 16 pounds.