Coffee of the Day: Hansen's Natural Cane Soda in Pomegranate
Listening to: Radio Margaritaville
Today's Mental Jukebox Selection: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Cursing: My Internet connection.
Giving away: SanDisk Gator Cruzer Flash drives at both Career and Kids and GenBetween.
E-mail spam subject line of the day: Get a bigger copulation organ today.
That'd have to be a heck of an organ to have room for two (or more?) people to get on it and do that.
Reading: My to-do list.
Wanting: (Besides a 300mm lens) A Chumby. In Latte.
Writing: a new post at Around the Watercooler on Mommytrackd.
Wondering: Why don't people ever RSVP to anything anymore?
Busy D. is having his first birthday party ever (shut up) and I have no idea who's coming and it matters for this particular party.
People.
"RSVP" means "Répondez s'il vous plaît" or, "Please Respond".
That means, tell the host "yes" or "no".
I even gave them an e-mail option, too so they don't even have to pick up the phone.
Gah.
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I get you on this one. We never know who will show up to a party around here, but I am really annoyed this week. My daughter is having a murder/mystery party and we must have a certain number of people. The RSVP deadline was last week. 5 out of 17 have responded. It's just rude.
non RSVP= pet peeve 0' mine, too.
I'd come to the party, but my appearances are more appropriate closer to the end of the year when the red hat with white fir trim makes me more popular.
You are an evil, evil woman for showing me a Chumby. I could have lived without ever knowing they existed - but now - must have one. Curse you!
Oh and right with you on the RSVP thing. Don't RSVP once (with warning) and you get taken off the invite list for all future events. And that's a bad thing because we have fun around here.
Maybe we should do away with RSVP to begin with. Some of the less cultured may not know French and miss the subtlety.
Not me...I'm cultured like a mother f****r...but others.
Instead, we should write: Make Your Reservation Soon, Space is Limited!
Limited Space? No one wants to miss out on that.
The RSVP thing drives me nuts! We live in the South people! Didn't your momma raise you right??
Chumby! Now I want one. And I don't even have a wireless connection (yet).
Ooh I double hate the RSVP thing. My kids b-days fall around holidays and I double invite since no one shows up and no RSVP's. I hate when you invite 20 and 4 show, usually 4 that didn't RSVP in the first place and the 4 hat did are lost in space somewhere.
Grrrrr...
I have the same issue with RSVP. Hate it. Worst when people do it after the deadline. Hmm can they read??
people are quite foul about the whole RSVP thing. been on the inside of someone getting married lately? well, people can't even be bothered to RSVP to those most of the time! and the envelope is addressed and stamped! not that i would know anything about this.
You are so right about the RSVP thing. It's just rude not to respond. I'm so glad I'm done getting married and all that.
Now I want a Chumby too. Like that's gonna happen.
The Chumby thing is tres cool.
I hate the RSVP quandry, too. You'd think that since you are giving them so many options (including e-mail for those non phone people like me) that they would be courteous and respond!
p.s. wasn't there a 90s band called Chumba...something...yeah. You know what I'm talking about.
Drives me crazy when people don't RSVP and show up at a party..grrrrr...
The RSVP issue? ARGH! I was in the same situation with my little guy's first birthday party in January. The day of the party, I received two phone calls about an hour before the party started that these kids would be attending. ARGH!
I wondered that myself just recently. Had a baby shower that was more of a bbq and needed to know how much food. Only about 1/3rd of the invitees RSVP.
Groovy does NOT want a Chumby. It would ruin my luddite image.
you have to put "regrets only" and your number on the rsvp line... as in "if I don't hear from you, I am EXPECTING you!"
Oooh, I have to second mouthybroad about how bad this is for planning a wedding. I only rented so many chairs and paid for so much booze, people! We even had people at the ceremony (!) who the groom and I had never met or heard of because they were brought as "guests" of people who did not respond.
I HATE the non-RSVP'ers. I've gotten to the point that if they don't respond by my requested date, I call them up and ask (aka embarrass them about not responding). Or sometimes I just skip that and call to make the invitations in the first place.