Tired eyeballs from too much rolling….

I have to gripe about our meeting with the new wedding co-ordinator for our banquet. My previous one just left recently and we got this replacement. I did not feel quite comfortable over the phone with him prior to the meeting. Somehow he did not give me good vibes but I shrugged it off.

When we finally met last evening, it proves that a woman’s instincts can never go wrong. Even Lar Lar can’t help but agree with me for once. The way he puts things across is not exactly the most PR way and he seems more interested in telling us his lifetime story than to tell us what options are available. One classic example was when he asked us the food that we would like prior to the actual dinner. He rattled away some of the dishes available and imposed his opinions on us. He even ticked off orange juice as the chosen beverage without even telling us what other drinks are available just because he said that juice is the best! Who is he to decide for me?!?!

That is just the tip of the iceberg. This is even more infuriating. Being the new person to take over this case, the least he could do is to go through the things that were discussed with the previous co-ordinator and if need be, to let us go through the choices again. Not only did he not do that, he even chided me for forgetting things! &$#*&%$(&#

At the end of the session, I concluded that his pet phrase is “Grace, you have to help me here. You have to do this, you have to do that, you must confirm this early if not this will happen or that will happen…..” I think there is a role reversal here. Why am I paying the hotel to get a co-ordinator when I become the one doing it myself and even helping him to do his work?

I think that I have exercised my EQ to my optimum level last evening. I did nothing more than the act of rolling my eyes. I cannot believe that I can actually stomach the nonsense of this man even though I am the client here! I walked away asking Lar Lar if we can have a change of co-ordinator. I am afraid that my eyeballs will drop on the red carpet from too much rolling on the actual day.