Uninvited Guest...That'll teach you a lesson! :-)

It does seem a little rude actually. If guests are going to come after not sending in an RSVP then shame on them, but making a mockery out of them, being rude and having the waitstaff ignore people isn't cool (not saying she instructed them to do so). She should have just had the greeter or hostess at the door turn them away. That will teach them the same lesson without embarassing them.

Although its very rude and I wouldnt do it...its very funny and hopefully it will teach them a lesson.

@Noelle, I'll admit that I laughed about it but this is the first time I've ever heard of anyone actually having the guts to handle uninvited guest this way. Shame on them for showing up uninvited but I don't think FH & I are mean enough to single them out like this.

It kind of makes me think that they expected a problem with this. If I were put on the spot there is no chance I would react like that and put them in the "shame" corner. It makes me think she had been hearing people planned to come without an invite and she couldn't deter them, and came up with a fall back plan. Or maybe she has a wedding planner with a lot of nerve

Barbaric.

And why is your sister texting you instead of actually participating in the wedding?

Lol - I would never do that myself, but that is funny!

Wow Idk if I could that far!

I could never be that mean, but I wouldn't really feel bad for them either.

Yea that's a bit much. But I would let them sit in the back in the corner with no decor . Or do like another bride said the other day let them sit at the kids table.

While I do find some small bit of humor in this, I would never, ever do this. Even if they are uninvited, they are still people. Have the person manning the door refuse them entry. Don't make a show of it and turn your reception into a display of how rude you can be. It just makes you look like a jerk.

@Celia, I told her to put her phone away & enjoy the reception.

My DOC has everything under control when it comes to issues like this. She is amazing! Her husband is a police officer and will serve as our "greeter" for our event. He will have a list of all invited guest names. Guests will have to provide their name and if they do not appear on the list, they will be turned away. I don't think we will really have any issues. I think the issue we will have is people RSVPing and hen not showing up. We'll see. Wouldn't it be nice if we could send bills to those people that RSVP and then do NOT show up? *Sigh* a girl can hope, can't she?!

Well the undecorated tables make sense, I know that I have no plans to decorate a bunch of extra tables "just in case", at our wedding this would be a mild disaster as we have to rent all of our tables and chairs, we are purchasing our linens and we purchased our dishware so there isn't really going to be any extra, just the extra table or so for the event staff (dj, photographer, catering staff); this does speak to a need of assigned seating/tables to insure guests that RSVP are treated well and accomodation for unexpected guests can be made.

At least she let them stay.. I will kick them out

I think it's snarky, but far from Barbaric....a bit mean maybe....but it was "mean" for people to just totally disregard the RSVP instructions, correct?! Clearly it wasn't a priority to them to make a simple phone call or send a simple text (I understand we are all busy) so it shouldn't be a priority for them to be served before those that actually did follow instructions and got back to the couple ahead of time ( even late is better than never)... Me? I'm with Robyn. I would have simply thanked them for coming to the ceremony, but let them know that we will not be able to accommodate them at the reception...seems to me that the bride has wasted too much energy making sure they were singled out rather than just telling them they gotta go!

Don't forget that it wasn't just people who did not RSVP... it was also people who just showed up who were not invited in the first place! That will definitely NOT be tolerated at my wedding. Obviously if we didn't send you an invite, that means that we didn't want you there!!

I definitely laughed reading this but I wouldn't be able to be that mean.....I would probably just have someone checking names at the door or basically just have someone at the escort table and if they can't find their name obviously they weren't invited or didn't rsvp and they get no seat....

I'm not that mean, I don't think I would do that

It sounds like she was expecting this to happen.

I wouldn't treat someone like that regardless if they RSVP'd or not. Now, if they were not invited in the first place, I would turn them away before I made such a spectacle.