I remember a wedding I planned years ago, where I met the stingiest, most cheapskate couple and both their families ever in my entire life. The five-day wedding was a nightmare for the crew and every single vendor who were part of the wedding - from the hotel right down to the hired van drivers. The funny thing was - the entire wedding, from Day 1 till Day 5 went perfectly well. Not even a single glitch - even with the Skpye-In speech by the groom's cousin. You'd think the internet would've created some havoc at least! But nope, weather was perfect, the food was great, the prayer ceremonies and traditional ceremonies went like clockwork beautifully. And still, at the end of the day, the client refused to pay everyone in full. By then, we were all so tired and couldn't wait to get out of there, we just left. (The sound system guy went as far as telling the client that the balance payment shall be "donated" to them).
On the way back, we had the pleasure of being on the same flight as the groom family's priest who presided over all the traditional ceremonies. Funny thing was, all of us on that flight got to talking and found out that the priest too was equally unhappy about the way everyone was treated by the family. Here's what the priest had to say to us and I will remember this forever :
"There is no need to be upset about your payment, ya. You see, the family is cheating money from here, there and everywhere only to have to use those monies to pay for the groom's medicine."
You see, the groom had a long-term illness.
So, my friends, they say Karma's A Bitch. You better believe it.
** cartoon taken from cheezadiddle.deviantart.com
