Time management matters

So what separates a great wedding form a poorly organized, guest irritating, baby screaming wedding? Well our guess is TIME.

Listen, people just simply hate waiting… remember those ques or places were you would spend hours on end waiting for what seems like eternity? The same it is with wedding ceremonies that keep the guests waiting endlessly. Mostly, weddings are planned to start at 10am which basically should be the arrival time of the bridal party. Well in most cases these people who are queens on this day can get to the venue by 11am, a whole hour of irritating well wishers.

We have also noticed that the bridal party often gets to the ceremony venue late despite having woken-up early enough to make it in time. What we are suggesting is that it’s not a matter of over sleeping on the part of these beauties, but simply that a lot of things are left for the morning of the wedding day. Chief among them is the trying out of different make-ups to see which one suits best whilst guests are waiting. We once suggested on another blog posting [you may visit our archives] on this blog that it’s a good idea to have your make-up tried out way in advance so that you know what you will go with. Apparently, it won’t work if this is tried out on the morning of the wedding.

It however appears that some brides purpose to be late so that in a way their importance can be felt… this again may not be taken lightly by the annoyed guests some of whom have other pressing engagements to attend to soon after the wedding ceremony. See, they can’t really leave even if they are behind schedule because they want you to see their face before they get on with the other plans for the day. So it is worth one’s respect to consider this deliberate delay as in appropriate for the sake of effective time management.

During the ceremony itself as well as the reception, sticking to time is of great importance. We have noticed that when lunch is delayed, people tend to eat much more than they ordinarily would if lunch came on time. Look, there is a very sensitive balance between breakfast and lunch. When lunch comes at the expected and rather usual time, the tummy might take just enough to meet the usual share. Beyond that, evidence show that more is needed. So please remember that late lunch results in much more consumption which may inevitably cause a food shortage at the ceremony. Now that’s a terrible thing; in our African setting a wedding is not a wedding if there is no food and drink. Your wedding could simply be a negative talk for a considerable time to come.

So how do you deal with this whole issue of time management… we think it’s worthwhile to hire or assign a reliable and effective time manager to this job. We remember a wedding the other time were that person was called “chief whip”. Well he was given instructions to ‘whip’ everyone into line so that the wedding could stick to the programme. This guy followed even to the photos [another time squandering stop] to make sure that exactly 45 minutes, as planned, were honored.

Well that’s it for a Thursday…


To Your Special Day!