by GUS » Tue Nov 11, 2014 8:39 am
Oh I certainly don't have the experience, it's mere recognition that when put int a situation you have to deliver a service it needs to be as slick as possible (harder to ignore friends who are used to approaching you than strangers).
It merely seems like an added pressure on an item that is "make or break" to the quality you are trying to deliver, "faffing around" taking off just the right amount & franken-hogging it in the process, esp if slicing & stitching at the catering event.
Just put the "request" in written at the slaughterhouse is my suggestion, you'll probably end up with more than you could deal with for nothing (or for a very trivial sum) ..I always try to broker a convivial relationship with suppliers, sadly here in the uk, alot of folk don't get a basic & honestly appreciative "thank you or appreciation of a service delivered, which sucks imho, don't leave it to chance, if that's written / pre-negotiated in a bulk handling business it's an opportunity for someone to deliver something which is hardly skin off their nose & establish a rapport, even as an occasional (presumably local) customer, (no-asky no-getty).