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Organisation at a general reception is more important. The host or the hostess cannot see to all the comforts of all the guests and so the host has to enlist the help of kinsmen or paid attendants. Even then the supervision had better be in the hands of somebody close to the host or somebody whom the host may trust. The attendants have to serve whatever is available for serving in a polite and orderly manner. No attendant should push or touch the guests. Attendants have to be there and at the same time their presence should not be conspicuous. Talk, conversation or quarrel among these attendants would lessen the prestige of the reception. These paid attendants should render service for the money's worth, moving and serving silently and staying in the background, as far as possible. The art of supervision at the same time would consist in having the whole reception under perfect control with an extra eye for the needs of the guest. A guest may be in need of plain water or a light for his cigarette or he may like to put down his empty glass somewhere. It would be a great relief to him if somebody looks after all these-jieeds, somebody whom he may approach for his minor problem, or if a waiter appears at the right time at his elbow with a tray for collecting empty glasses.
It is generally the rule that the host and the hostess should stand at the entrance of the place where the reception is to be held and this is where they should normally welcome the guests. However, some other persons may be placed at the gate to bring the guests to the host and hostess who may be standing or sitting at some place inside. At receptions, guests generally stand and talk though there may be sitting arrangements and those of the guests who feel tired may sit down. However, going to a reception and at once sitting down and staying put all the time is not expected of guests and even where people are mostly taking seats, the new arrivals should stand on their feet sufficiently long before sitting down. It has been pointed out already that, contrary to a lunch and dinner, a reception is not for satisfying
the appetite. In line with this, the guests should not grab food and drinks and should take what is reasonable or proper. Also to go without any food or drink at a reception may not be good manners, and some glass or some food should be in the hands of the guests to give the picture of congenial and comfortable participation as one takes an overall view of the reception. It is also bad manners to monopolise the host by engaging him in some important or binding matter which the host is unable to break away from.
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