Relax. Unwind. Network. Workout. Swing a Club. Swim a Lap. Smell the Flowers. Smash an Ace. Cheer a Swimmer. Get a Drink. Hold a Meeting. Take a Nap. Go back for Seconds. Leave room for Dessert!
I came to one of the meeting rooms for an all day Continuing Education class. The morning began with stale muffins and bagels. Seriously, these bagels were like hockey pucks and the muffins just crumbled in your hand when touched. Not a great way to start a long day :( Our instructor told us to head to the dining room for lunch, which would be $ 10.95 for the buffet including fried chicken or $ 7.50 for just soup and salad bar. About 30 of us walked down the hall and the hostess seated us. We were just finishing at the buffet(with no fried chicken in sight) plates in hand when the manager of the dining room told us to take our things and get back to our meeting room. It was extremely awkward. We took our belongings and plates of food back to our meeting room where the manager said a server would be delivering silverware momentarily. About 10 minutes later, the server arrived and had no clue she was supposed to be bringing silverware. She went to get it and by the time she got back, our food was beyond cold. The manager came into our class and told us it was time to come to the cash register to pay, so we all followed her out. She rang everyone up for $ 14.32, even those that only got soup/salad. She said that was the price and she can’t honor what we had been told. In the afternoon, they brought cookies and various cans of pop into the class room for an afternoon snack. Would much rather have had something that wasn’t loaded with sugar, and perhaps some water. There had been a water pitcher set up with breakfast but it ran out quickly and was never refilled. Not a good spot for a meeting :(