eek I caused a 150 corkage fee last night wwyd

[alittlethyme]

Was at a wedding last night. Each of the tables we're named after a spirit and they had a bottle of whatever on the table. I was a bit tipsy and didn't know many people, so cracked open some whisky without noticing that it had a label on the other side saying drinking this would be a 150 fee. I only had a few mm and screwed the lid back on tightly after I realise d the fee.

One aibu to think 150 a bottle is a stupid amount?

Two should I go back to the hotel today sober to try and get a reduction in the fee as was barely touched?

Three should I pay whatever the charge is?

FGS

'she does sound like she found the alcohol to be the most attractive part of the celebration and perhaps wasn't a model guest'

And you sound as thought you're taking a bit of a leap there.

I guess there's a good chance that nobody has noticed and you won't need to pay anything. Or that if they DID notice, you have a good case for pleading that the hotel waives the charge as you literally just had a tiny bit before realising the mistake.

How you handle it if the hotel DID notice AND are insisting on the £150 being paid is another matter. I'd play it by ear depending on what the hotel/B+G said to me. I do think at least part of it should be paid by the B+G as they put you in that position where a mistake was easily made and landing you with a £150 bill for making a tiny mistake (that didn't actually hurt anyone or damage anything) is not very weddingy. I'd be hoping for at least a gesture that they would shoulder some of the cost. Maybe if the hotel agreed to waive some of it, and the B+G paid some of it, you could pay for the remaining part. That would seem fair.

If they took all the bottles off the tables will they even know which table the opened bottle was on?

Because it came from the Grouse table, *
INeedSomeHelp! [Grin]

Personally, I've never been to any wedding where the alcohol wasnt the most attractive part of the celebrations. Mind you, I'm a bloke and weddings are crap.

Oh jeeze next time I go to wedding I'm going to remember to be a model guest. in a parallel universe

The reason why they took the bottles away is because eventually other guests would have drunk them.
The OP just happened to fancy a small drink before the meal. If they had waited another 10 or 20 min for food, other guests might have done it as well. It's not a matter of being model guest or not. It was Murphy's law at work. Next time they should put more visible warnings.

Op come back! Fight For Your Right To Party!

she does sound like she found the alcohol to be the most attractive part of the celebration and perhaps wasn't a model guest'

Someone who found the alcohol to be the most attractive part of the celebration is, imho, a model guest. Certainly more than the catsbum faced alcohol police anyway....

I'd have thought for the sake of good customer relations if they do notice you could offet to pay the cost of one whisky from the bar. So £5.

Otherwise tell them you could do a sad face story in the local paper.

Not the local paper. It sounds DM material.

I think a lot of the companies/suppliers involved in weddings see them as an opportunity to charge like a wounded bull!

I bet the bride and groom were already paying a hefty bill for their reception, so a £150 corkage fee is bloody extortionate!

If you like the sorts of weddings where there are punch ups during the speeches then getting tipsy and then having neat spirits before dinner is a good way to go. If you don't want to be the one who turns the wedding day into a farce then being a little bit restrained would be a better course of action. I'm not suggesting policing anything. And model guest just means having a good time without making problems for others. I'm just pointing out that people who are "tipsy" to the extent they make mistakes others aren't making are probably drinking more than they should be.

Sad face!! Do it.

The op went to a wedding, was tipsy before dinner and DRANK A TABLE DECORATION! She rocks!

disclaimer- I say this because she was just a bit tipsy, I don't find alcholism funny and I'm being lighthearted.

How does anyone know that someone on the other tables didn't do exactly the same thing????

I am normally well gone by the time the meal comes round. All that bloody hanging around whilst the photos are taken with waiters wafting past with glasses of champagne, on an empty stomach.

hic

I am so far from a model guest. But I don't do punch ups.

Come back OP!!

I've certainly never witnessed a punch up at a wedding. I thought it was the stuff of legend. If this has been your experience you might want to start hanging out with a more refined crowd,

I expect no one will notice. If it's corkage it's the B&G own bottle so unless you took a fair amount then I doubt anyone would notice.

Very silly for someone not to announce. If the someone like the Wedding coordinator was meant to, it may be argued that they should have pointed it out to.

You must know one of them well or your DP so perhaps they could find out?

It's a hard one because it was stupid not to make 100% clear about the corkage by announcement and big sign. That said, I would offer to if they get charged but then I'm very close to the people i've been to weddings for and I wouldn't want them upset.

BoomBooms you sound like a right hoot. I wish you'd been at my wedding.

Anyone else thinking the op must be trapped in the hotel kitchen washing dishes to pay her bar tab?

Nah, she's just found out that the sauce inside the chocolate fondant was decorative only so she's being dragged over the coals for scoffing that too. Greedy madam.

BoomBooms you sound like a right hoot. I wish you'd been at my wedding.

Don't you rather wish you had been at BoomBooms' wedding? Teetotal, I'm sure. Score points for guests and penalties for bad behaviour.

Or the bouquet.
A small note inside it charging £300 for anyone who catches it and takes it home.