I wonder what the going rate is now for Jewish weddings in Chicago at the Ambassador West Hotel? We did a lot of them back in the day working for the florist. Plus, Bar Mitzvahs also.
I recall going to do a pick up at Midnight. When we got there the band was still playing and people were dancing. The guy that was with me started taking the flowers from tables.
I told him, "You can't do that hen they are still dancing." He said, "I'm going out for a beer" and he never came back. I had to get all that equipment out by myself.
A few years later I was sitting in a bar room. And who walks in? You guessed it, the guy that took off on me at that wedding. He had a cane. I asked, "What happened to you?"