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Although we have heard of extravagant, expensive weddings, it is quite uncommon for guests to be penalized for missing a reception.
Chicago residents who chose not to attend the wedding celebration without alerting the couple were handed invoices by the pair. Doug Simmons and Dedra McGee referred to these visitors as the “No Call, No Show” guests and announced that they would charge them $240 for the reception dinner for themselves and any additional guests.
Don’t be insulted when I give you this #invoice, Doug said alongside a photo of the invoice on Facebook. It will resemble this in some way. I’ll mail it via certified mail and via email. Just in case you say you didn’t receive the email, use the hashtag #PETTYPOST.
This invoice was given to you as a result of your confirmation of a seat at the wedding reception at the Final Headcount, according to a note on the invoice.
Your individual seats are priced as shown above. This sum is what you owe us for paying for your seat(s) in advance since you didn’t call or give us adequate notice that you wouldn’t be present. You can pay using PayPal or Zelle. Contact us and let us know which way of payment is most convenient for you. Thanks a lot!
The bride and groom were married in Jamaica’s Royalton Negril Resort & Spa, and they gave their guests one month to settle the balance.
Doug said in a different post, “I received over 200 inbox messages from folks congratulating me for the #INVOICE post. Horror stories of those who failed to show up have been widely circulated. Birthday parties & weddings… extremely depressing. My #PETTYPOST evolved into something deeper, exposing people’s lack of responsibility and constant search for ways to cast themselves in the victim role.
Doug explained to the New York Post that the reason he and his wife took this action was that they were hurt when guests did not show up for their planned fantasy wedding.
Doug recalled that they had to pay in advance because this was a destination wedding in Jamaica: “Four times we asked, ‘Are you available to come, can you make it?’ and they kept responding ‘Yes.’
That’s all I was asking,” Doug told the Post, adding that nobody warned the couple they couldn’t make it to the wedding. I’ll understand if you let me know you won’t be able to make it, but if you don’t inform me and let me pay for you and your guests, what does it say about you? Four people became eight people. I took that personally.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a wedding reception invoice before lol pic.twitter.com/ZAYfGITkxP
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) August 24, 2021
Online users expressed amazement at the couple’s move when the invoice photo went viral. While some thought it was a “tacky” action, many others found it to be very helpful and spoke about their own experiences with individuals canceling after confirming.
