We're having a BBQ in the garden in a couple of weeks. We do this every year for friends and their kids, and normally there are around 30-40 who come. DP and I always run around mad trying to make sure food and drinks are topped up etc.
I plan on offering a good friend's 16 year old daughter £30 for the afternoon to help take orders/serve BBQ food, keep drinks topped up, run around with a binbag here and there to keep on top of the mess - plus invite a sensible friend in her year of her choosing to help, too.
It seems a win-win as we get extra hands plus the 16 year olds get some 'paid experience' to help get a cafe job or whatever, which I know they are all keen to do. My pause is there will be beers and wine/prosecco, perhaps some g&t type drinks (which we would pre-mix), amongst what people will be drinking.
WIBU to think it's fine for the 16 year olds to serve these out as part of what they're doing, without us getting into any kind of bother? It's a day-time family event with food and kids games as well, so not at all a booze-up environment. DP a bit unsure though.