I have two jobs at present, one of which is with a nat'l historic site which includes a large auditorium which we rent out for theatre, films, lectures etc.
Today we had a non-profit group come in to show a film related to their cause as a fundraiser. I met them, got them all set up and then told them that I'd be back shortly before the film was scheduled to start (had some paperwork to do), and that if they needed me I'd be down the hall.
When I returned about 20 minutes later, I found that the place was nearly full. They were serving popcorn, which I was aware of, but they were also SELLING BEER
Now, you can serve beer at a private function here, but you have to get a special event licence. If you want to SELL it, you need a different (and very hard to get) licence. NOT GOOD.
They'd already sold DOZENS of cans of beer, so I decided to just let it slide. Problem is, they have the place booked again tomorrow afternoon and MY BOSS will be here!
The auditorium is a long way from her office, and she probably won't come by, but STILL....
My current plan is to tell them at the end of the film (still playing) that they can't do that, but I let it slide since it was fait accompli, and that they MUST get all their empties OFF the property, not serve tomorrow, never speak of this to anyone and count their blessing that they got some extra revenues for one show. If my boss finds out, I'll tell her that they said they had a licence.
Thoughts?
Today we had a non-profit group come in to show a film related to their cause as a fundraiser. I met them, got them all set up and then told them that I'd be back shortly before the film was scheduled to start (had some paperwork to do), and that if they needed me I'd be down the hall.
When I returned about 20 minutes later, I found that the place was nearly full. They were serving popcorn, which I was aware of, but they were also SELLING BEER
Now, you can serve beer at a private function here, but you have to get a special event licence. If you want to SELL it, you need a different (and very hard to get) licence. NOT GOOD.
They'd already sold DOZENS of cans of beer, so I decided to just let it slide. Problem is, they have the place booked again tomorrow afternoon and MY BOSS will be here!
The auditorium is a long way from her office, and she probably won't come by, but STILL....My current plan is to tell them at the end of the film (still playing) that they can't do that, but I let it slide since it was fait accompli, and that they MUST get all their empties OFF the property, not serve tomorrow, never speak of this to anyone and count their blessing that they got some extra revenues for one show. If my boss finds out, I'll tell her that they said they had a licence.
Thoughts?
