Am I responsible for the rental linens damaged by the restaurant after my wedding reception?
June 26th, 2009
Renee L asked:
My wedding reception was on the past Satureday at a local chinese restaurant. This restaurant is very famous in this town and it was featured on so many local magazines (including wedding ones). We chose it because the decoration and food is good. And since they claim they did many many weddings before, we thought we’re in good hands. I didn’t like their table cloth so I rented some from a rental company, I had white linens at the reception table and red linens on the dinning tables. After the reception, me and my hubby hurried to the after party and my mother and inlaws cleaned up the decorations. On monday, I received an email from the rental company charging me $330 for 4 damaged linens, I have talked with them and found out that when they went to pick up the linen, the restaurant already packed all the linens in a bag, and told them they could only count the linens out side the restaurant. When they counted the linens in the parking lot outside the restaurant, they found that the
left over food, drink, trash are literally wraped in side the linens, and the owner described it as beyond disgusting. The owner told me the linens aren’t meant to be treated the way the restaurant treated them, and when she called the restaurant management she was told that those trash are the client’s so they don’t want to clean it up and have it on their carpet.
I don’t think I am responsible for the damage. Those white linens at reception table were the one’s that’re damaged. We use the reception table for half an hour and there were nothing on it besides guest book and pen! besides, isn’t it the restaurant’s job for cleaning up the left over food, drink, and trash? I didn’t know that we are expected to clean up the tables, what next they’ll ask me to do, wash the dishes?
My wedding reception was on the past Satureday at a local chinese restaurant. This restaurant is very famous in this town and it was featured on so many local magazines (including wedding ones). We chose it because the decoration and food is good. And since they claim they did many many weddings before, we thought we’re in good hands. I didn’t like their table cloth so I rented some from a rental company, I had white linens at the reception table and red linens on the dinning tables. After the reception, me and my hubby hurried to the after party and my mother and inlaws cleaned up the decorations. On monday, I received an email from the rental company charging me $330 for 4 damaged linens, I have talked with them and found out that when they went to pick up the linen, the restaurant already packed all the linens in a bag, and told them they could only count the linens out side the restaurant. When they counted the linens in the parking lot outside the restaurant, they found that the
left over food, drink, trash are literally wraped in side the linens, and the owner described it as beyond disgusting. The owner told me the linens aren’t meant to be treated the way the restaurant treated them, and when she called the restaurant management she was told that those trash are the client’s so they don’t want to clean it up and have it on their carpet.
I don’t think I am responsible for the damage. Those white linens at reception table were the one’s that’re damaged. We use the reception table for half an hour and there were nothing on it besides guest book and pen! besides, isn’t it the restaurant’s job for cleaning up the left over food, drink, and trash? I didn’t know that we are expected to clean up the tables, what next they’ll ask me to do, wash the dishes?
