It goes without saying that O Bar plays a big role in our life together. It's all Tobie's fault for introducing me to O Bar all those years ago, and now we don't go anywhere else because we always want to celebrate with our O family. And we do our best to try to get other people to come to appreciate O Bar the way we do - or something close to that.
We have organized countless O Bar nights for friends, and Tobie has honed table management to a bit of an art at this point. The roster of people who go with us to O has steadily changed over the years as friends come and go, with the main constants just being Tobie and me. And given how difficult it has been to try to gather friends even just for the big O Bar events, we've resorted to going on our own during off-peak nights in order to save a bit while still getting our O Bar quality time.
I think our desire to better organize things has led us down some interesting paths as of late. Tobie put together a full spreadsheet to keep better track of which events we're going to, who is joining us, and whether they've settled their share of the table fees already. Then we're starting the new year with a full document for our friends detailing how we're handling things this year, including ideal timelines for when everyone needs to confirm whether they're joining a particular event night or not, and so on.
We understand that not everyone has the same degree of priority for going to O Bar. Plus, there are a whole host of considerations in terms of scheduling and budgeting - we can't deny that going to O Bar isn't the most affordable hobby. But at the same time, we just need a greater degree of certainty in terms of who is going or not, so that we book the appropriate table and we have enough people in the group to make actually getting a full table worth it. There's a lot of math involved, and we're not running any sort of service or something. We just want to go to O Bar with good friends and have a good time, and not have to worry about needing to shell out more money to make up for people backing out at the last minute.
This is the not-so-fun part of taking the lead in terms of arranging tables at O Bar. I know people have fun once they're there and have a general appreciation for the work that Tobie puts into setting up these nights. But at the same time, one can't help but feel people may not fully understand just how much work goes into all this, and I think our list of reminders and our full spreadsheet are part of our efforts to make our labor clearer.
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