do you ask them not to tell everyone else who is not invited?
i work in a salon and well people like to gossip etc.. i have invited 3 people out of 40 or so..and i dont want the drama...so... how did you deal with that? when other coworkers ask..who did you invitefrom work.. do you say?? or..??? thanks!
Tracy&Brian
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I only invited the 3 people in my dept., my boss and the owner of my company (out of 60+ people). I spoke to a few other people directly that I am friendly with and told them that while I would love to invite them, its just not feasibly possible due to money and space issues. I did stress to them that I wanted them to know I cared about them and thought it was the proper thing to talk to them about it in person instead of ignoring the situation. Plus I stressed to them that I obviously couldnt invite the whole office so I decided to only invite the people I directly worked with to avoid stepping on toes. All of these people understood and were appreciative that I thought to approach them about it. Everyone else in the office....whatever. I can't invite 60+ people with 60+ dates. I didnt ask anyone not to say anything to anyone. While its a gossipy office, I dont care if people know they arent invited. They will get over it and understand I am sure.
October Bliss
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I've been dropping hints for months about my budget and the costs associated with the wedding as well as my inability to afford including everyone. Fortunately (or unfortunately) since we are a union shop everyone knows what my salary is, and knows that this is legitimate.
Out of 90 employees I will only be inviting 4 (my immediate supervisor, my former secretary, and two people I have lunch with on a semi-regular basis). I'm not asking them not to tell others because it will inevitably get out and then put those that were invited in a bad spot.
R&J0806
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Jenn, I'd just tell each person who is invited who else you invited. then ask them to keep quiet about it. Blame it on yourself -- tell them you don't want to make anyone else feel bad.
FrogGirl0917
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i lucked out that most of my branch is new, so the people that i invited are people I have worked with for a while and am closer with. I think everyone understands.
prunepie
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thanks everyone!!!!!
i did tell a the girls i invited to keep it on teh low down.
problem is i interact with everyone equally..so i cant say i only invited those i directly work with.
another problem..... i have mulitiple bosses... and i am not inviting them.... but i still dont know if i should say anything to them about not being able to... specially if i am inviting a few co workers. sigh!! lol
