jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 8/21/2017 7:25 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> > > On 8/21/2017 7:07 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > > > jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> > > >
> > > > > On 8/21/2017 6:53 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 12:39:49 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > They could have charged upwards of $60 per person and I
> > > > > > > guarantee some people would have bought it. Oh well.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The workers didn't want to have to come in on their only day
> > > > > > off.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -sw
> > > > > >
> > > > > Most of them don't work on Tuesday, either. The Club is only
> > > > > open for a couple of hours for lunch.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jill
> > > >
> > > > Ah well. I agree, the flks there would have liked a little party
> > > > that time.
> > > >
> > > The eclipse was pretty much a non-event anyway. It rained all
> > > afternoon. It didn't even get dark here. Just looked like
> > > another cloudy day. Of course they still could have turned it
> > > into a money-making event with people watching on the flat
> > > screens in the Pub. Oh well, too late now.
> > >
> > > Jill
> >
> > True but i bet it would have been fun to meet up!
> >
> I know there are a lot of people who would have paid a premium to get
> together for an Eclipse Party at the Pub, rain or shine, inside or
> out. Reservations would have been necessary, which pretty much
> locks in a pre-paid price, menu and the servers automatically get
> 20%. It's not as if the eclipse snuck up on anyone. But, it
> apparently didn't occur to anyone in the marketing department they
> could have held an eclipse party. Oh well.
>
> Jill

Sad. I bet most of the workers would have volunteered to work that day
for the extra money.

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