"A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place."
-Gordon Gekko
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So I was making my way through the evening’s headlines when I came across a real winner…
“Secret Atlanta dinner party leaves paying customers with empty stomachs after last-minute change”
I know… click bait… But honestly… I just had to.
It was apparently supposed to be an exclusive (remember that word) dining experience - and a secret one at that… at least until the last minute.
What’s not to like?
An ad lead to a website named Diner En Noir (is that supposed to be Dinner en Noir?) “promised that diners would be blown away when the details were released.”
Here’s a hint… unless you know the person or persons very well, getting the details at the last minute sounds like a “recipe for trouble” [yes that was intentional].
Everything seemed to be everything… kinda. That is until 24 hours before dinner time. That’s when the organizers “postponed” the event.
That’s correct… the “secret” event was made even more secret. It was postponed until TBA…
Uh oh. Anyone else see where this is going?
I should mention here (or maybe I should have said earlier) that some 1,000 folks liked the Facebook ad for the event and said they planned to attend at prices ranging from $100 to $300 depending on the package purchased… and that’s after the $61 membership fee of course [gotta keep it exclusive remember].
Now I agree... $300 is not a lot of money.
But still... it's not their $300 to just take... certainly with no value exchange.
Admittedly, you do have to give it to the organizers. They sold a “secret” dinner experience where attendees would get to mingle with unnamed social media influencers and business leaders across Atlanta, Georgia USA. Perhaps best of all, some diners were required to bring their own tables, chairs, food and, of course, their own trash bag to clean up.
Got that? The lowest level attendees had to bring their own food to a dinner experience…
