YES!!!! Like, I wanna know where they were gonna put the leftovers of a $5000 buffet at?! Most people dont have room for their leftover wedding cake at home, and this lady wants a whole Golden Corral in her fridge! 😊
Me too!! I worked in fine dining & catering & dealt with thousands of weddings ... the whole, "there was no leftovers for us to take home & eat for a week out of, waaahhhhh, call me a wahmbulance" ... Umm, I'd say, "Because you had SIXTY EXTRA GUESTS, genius!". What a Karen from hell, "refund me or you're getting a bad yelp" ... soo many people like this are out there. SUCH entitlement. Disgusting. I loved the way they tried to pass it off as "drunk chaos because everyone was just taking whatever drinks they wanted" ... that was YOUR family & friends, sweet pea. Oy.
The mother literally said “tables had food and garbage everywhere “ and “the place was a chaotic drunk mess” she literally was referring to daughter’s guests/friends/family at wedding. she was better off not saying anything at the end😂☠️ #footinmouthmoment
Right, and then they talk about not being able to eat any of the food - but yet all the food was gone, along with the leftover containers, at the end of the night? To add onto JJs example, these people basically went to a restaurant, ordered a bunch of food and drinks that maybe took a long time to come out, but still ate everything - and then at the end they go up to the staff and say, comp our entire meal otherwise we are going to give you a bad review. Thats not how it works.
@@penelopep.maggie5976 if they were only hired for food service then they are not required to pick up trash at a wedding!! Has nothing to do w the food or ho w good or how much of it
Working in the food service industry and one that caters to many weddings, If you deal with a bride that is dissatisfied with your services, be sure to check with the other vendors that worked the wedding. Many times you'll find the brides are trying to get a free wedding by complaining about ALL of them- The hall, the cake, the food, the photographer, the dresses, etc. Sadly, many of these are small business's who rely on every payment. It's amazing how many scumbags are out there.
I’m a bartender and had a bride’s father try to cancel my check after I already put it in the bank. She tried to tell him we were stoners and would never contest it. 🤣 How wrong that skank was. She’s divorced now. 🤣
@@user-pt1cz4ot1e Even if tour were stoners tou still should have pay for the service you have done. Some people are so rude and try to Lie about stuff to not pay. I dont know how ppl like this can sleep att night.
Its common practice at any event to serve food along side alcohol - usually appetisers, it just helps prolong the drunk phase usually towards the end of the night. Her point was there was nothing soaking up the alcohol, she was complaining that the defendant was tardy and there was a reliance on her to be on time and serve the food. I've been to wedding ceremonies where food was served super late but alcohol wasnt, it's not a great vibe. People start yelling stuff during speeches, become restless, hungry, hangry etc..
@That Tunisian Crochet Life I’m not saying that was the right thing to do. I was just being understanding of the situation. Imagine planning a wedding and stressing hoping it will go well, like what would you do if the food was late? People just waiting around…, getting bored. Alcohol breaks tension. Everyone knows that and does that. It’s normal. People in the comments are just so judgy and think they can do things better. Lmao
@That Tunisian Crochet Life 100%, I agree there was definitely no case. She did still get her moneys worth, unfortunate it was tardy. I understand why she made that comment though. Her delivery just was very poor. It doesn’t matter either way as the service was still provided.
@@BNR_248 And there's a difference between a pre-dinner cocktail and people getting shit faced because there's an open bar and (usually) free booze. That's not the fault of catering, it's the guests who don't know how to behave
Plaintiffs were definitely lying in this one. Their story couldn’t be kept straight. It’s one thing to be unhappy with the service but outrageous to eat all that food and ask for your money back. Glad Judy doesn’t run on emotion.
You’re missing the point of the case. They didn’t just pay for food but for the service. The service from what was described was so bad that people that attended the wedding had to take over roles they originally thought the catering would do. This led to the wedding being more chaotic and stressful. I agree with Judge Judy here. It’s not a case but a situation where you leave a negative review. The negative review could greatly hurt the catering business so the plaintiffs asked for a partial refunds to just move on. The business has to decide if it’s worth the hassle or not. The negative review could cost future clients and tens of thousands of dollars of missed revenue.
@@autosaver also true, on a smaller note I’ve been there done that. I once had paid Lowe’s to install carpeting for me. The guy came a day late (which is a hassle when your house/furniture is in disarray) and it was just one guy. So I had to actually do some of the work. Even though that’s why I PAID them, so I wouldn’t have to. I didn’t ask for a refund but I sort of get why since a wedding is a much bigger deal. So a bad review is warranted, but doesn’t change the fact that they still consumed thousands of dollars worth of product.
@@autosaverTo me it seems like both of them were responsible. They over invited guests and then couldn’t come up with a straight answer about how many ppl actually attended. They ate all of the food, used the facilities, enjoyed the alcohol and etc, and then the lady says herself that the wedding guests thanked the wedding planner for hosting a great event. Yh, the service could’ve been better absolutely, but it seems like they had a bigger problem with everything then the actual attendees. Which is usually how mothers are during weddings anyways. They always want everything to be 100% perfect which is simply not gonna happen. Pay the bills and move on.
@@autosaver No! you both missed a putting the puzzle pieces together, they had started serving themselves, they all love to drink, and it was 180 of them, well, all of those things are positives as no one had to wait for drinks, the drinks were perfectly made to their specs *wink*, they got skutzy drunk and was partying so by the time to food came, they tore into it like pirahnas and there was no going back to one bartender over ppl serving themselves. The party was a huge success and everyone had fun, ate good, and took the leftovers home, because im sure they told their guests about their complaints in that they paid for so much stuff including leftovers, well, their guests took the food home!!! So the real crime here is they lied in their review perhaps, if they didn't admit they liked and enjoyed the food their just upset it didn't go as orderly as they wanted.
People spend ridiculous amounts of money on a wedding and then realise they overspent and try and think of reasons why they should get some of it back. These people got what they paid for. We didn't get to hear why she was late, it sounded like she was about to say the whole wedding was late and therefore out of her control, wish JJ had let her finish that sentence. Late or not, she fed the wedding party and fulfilled her side of the bargain.
I thought I heard her say in part one that everyone was late. And one of the plaintiffs said that’s true. I could be wrong but that’s what I thought I heard.
@@shivtim you say that like there are people who pay for weddings on the regular like its not a once-in-a-lifetime event 😂 how many times you been divorced???
Not a waste of money, it's when people use weddings to out do other peoples weddings and one up each other. Everyone these days wants a celebrety wedding on a non-celeb wage that it becomes a waste of money.
I dont understand why a copple would marry unless if its about getting gren card or somehing if bouth parnters live in different countries. A relationship Will be Just as good or bad even that ppl are marryed. In my country we have to pay so much in taxes for beeing marryed that is not Worth getting marryed for me but I never wanted to be marryed other than for beeing with my man but that would not be a show off wedding.
To me, this feels like an attempted scam from the Plaintive. She constantly got caught in lies (everyone ate a lot yet no left overs because all of a sudden people were to drunk to eat, no bartender but suddenly there is a lousy one. etc.) I'm more inclined to believe the defendant. She probably let the bride know she was going to be late and she did provide workers, but Bridezilla was not satisfied. The food was good enough to eat and wanting to take it home but then also so bad that she didn't want to pay for it? Sounds like a Bridal scam to me. Get the party, complain about it afterwards and get your money back.
THIS!! Yes, you are soooo right on this. Buyers remorse when the credit card bill comes in, or the bank statement for that month. If your guests are drunk & ate EVERYTHING, then the caterer made good food, AND she made soooo much extra that when another 60 people appeared, there was more than enough to go around!!
Instead of a beautiful memory of the wedding, the bride now will always remember how she and the mother made themselves look stupid and confused to millions of viewers who watched Judge Judy give them some lessons on common sense and triviality! Unbelievable, they ate the food, brought containers for leftovers, and not to mention, indirectly called out their wedding guests for being drunk! The mother and daughter deserve each other!! What did the groom think of the whole thing, he was present at the wedding, wasn't he?
…means the food tasted good! People ate it off! The bride should be happy that they loved the food. If there was a boatload of leftovers, she’d complain that the food was so awful no-one ate it.
Not really her fault that the plaintiff had "drunks" for wedding guests! Surely there were guests there who would have helped out with making drinks, cutting the cake, etc. If not, get new friends!
The mother of the bride at the end said. "the table was full of food and garbage at the end" well that means there was plenty of leftovers on the table at the of the wedding, so she could have packed those tupperwares she brought with those leftovers. They complained about no leftovers and that they got only sauce in two containers. Caught in their lie! If they came with tupperwares for leftovers, it tells me something about them, so am not surprised they were asking for some money back or else they will give a bad review to the caterer.
My dad owned a restaurant growing up, and we had at least 2 wedding/parties a month. We never had anyone ask for leftovers. And a side note that has come up in other cases but not mentioned here - all the staff were fed too, if they wanted. The only complaint we had, and they tried not to pay, was a guy paying for his second daughter's wedding...he tried 3 other places in the area, but they all refused him because he didn't pay for his first daughter's wedding a few years prior (relatively small area - most the restaurant owners knew each other). My dad never turns anyone down, so he took the wedding. After the event, he started to complain (despite the bride telling my dad and us staff how wonderful everything was) and didn't want to pay. My dad stood up to him and told him you ate the food, drank the drinks, danced the dances, ate the cake, had the photos -everyone was happy and satisfied except, apparently YOUR MISERABLE OLD SELF! Either you pay or you will not have ANYONE left to do weddings for your other two daughters, because I was the only choice you had this time and I won't do it again! He paid, and my dad had his youngest daughter's wedding, and his 50th anniversary party - both paid without a problem.
Pretty weird to complain about no leftovers and to plan for leftovers! Never heard of that in my life! People tend to over eat at buffets and with so many people it would have been very unlikely their would be anything left anyway.
@@ange4048normally, when we pay for a certain number of people, there are leftovers and they are given to us. But most of the time, there won't be any leftovers.
My wife and I catered our own wedding, decorated our own wedding, and it was an amazing wedding, to my standards at least You know how much it was? Less than $1000 Just do it yourselves honestly. Stop letting what could be, the best day of your life, end up being a miserable experience at somebody elses hand
It’s all because most brides want to brag about the money that was put into their wedding. 7,000 dollars is a big chunk of money that at least in my life would’ve feed way more than 160-180 people doing it myself. Leftovers would’ve been available as well. 😂
We had two entirely different caterers, one of which included on-site chefs to custom make omelets, AND another separate bartender. And easily over 100 guests. $7,000+ is insane. Having a miserable experience is, as JJ pointed out, entirely at the mistake of not vetting before booking.
I don't know what you did or how many guests you had but, I did the same thing for about 80 people, food drinks and cake and, I did the whole thing, total cost: $4,600.
I endorse this statement wholeheartedly. You can make any wedding look like it cost way more than it did without spending a ton of money by doing as much yourself.
To me, "no leftovers" means one of two things; they snuck in more people who ate the food. Or the food was so good, that it all got eaten...because people eat more food, if it's good food.
think about it, the food was late so they binged on alcohol, got loose as gooses serving themselves so there was no waiting because remember, 180ppl in a queue? that's one of the worst parts of wedding receptions is the waiting for your food. so by the time staff arrived, these guests probably wanted to keep serving themselves, which would be an amazing idea. drunk chaotic mess, but as long as everyone ate and enjoyed the food, obviously got drunk, that was a damn good time.
At the very beginning “There was no food leftover at the end of the night” At the very end “there was food and garbage everywhere” Well I wonder where all the food went then.. 🤔 guess this one calls for Sherlock 🧐…. 🤦🏻♀️😅
@chy-araabdoel9187 The practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats. Extortion! Clearly JJ just didn't want anyone to get anything. So she just dismissed the case
I completely agree! My cousin had hers in our grandmother’s backyard and the reception was a potluck 👍🏾 Everyone was happy and they’re still together 15yrs later
My whole wedding last year came out under $6000. She paid over that JUST for food. Sheesh! My advice, make it nice, but treat yourself to a BANGING honeymoon or buy things you want. It’s just one day. Lol
More like "cheap".. It's tough to remote cater for that many people. She should have selected a venue that does the meal in-house. She didn't because it would have doubled the cost per fannie.
It's one of the cases JJ often talks about: they came to a restaurant, they ordered a steak, they ate the steak and decided they're not gonna pay because they didn't like it. And JJ's words keep ringing in my ears: THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!!🤣🤣🤣
So the caterer agreed to haul all this food out the a remote destination with no water in Half Moon Bay? The two plaintiffs called around and every other caterer on the planet said, "No thank you!".
What I find comical is that they complained about everyone being drunk when it was an open bar and their guest, not her bartender, their guest was serving the drinks!!!
I was really hesitant to watch his case because I don't usually like wedding cases, but this one was especially hilarious and I'm so glad I watched it!
Is it the caterers job to clean the tables if they were full of garbage and food? Sounds like just a couple of petty women that realised they went over budget because of their extra guests and are trying to recoup some $$$.
These wedding cases amaze me, they get all this stuff for nothing then want their money back. I remember paying for & doing my daughter's wedding a lot of crap wasn't perfect
Lol who doesn't want to cut there own cake at there wedding 😂😂 I can't wait to take a sword to my cake and bet nobody touch it until me and my husband says
Based on the title I thought the caterer was going to be terrible, but they are suing because there were no leftovers and everyone got drunk. Sounds like everyone liked the food and drink. 🤣
"our guests were too drunk to enjoy the food" - sounds like a personal problem I went to a wedding where the bride's extended family have drinking problems - every 21+ adult was limited to two (2) drinks prior to the full event, with unlimited drinks afterwards, that kept everything polite and tidy
Sounds like the bartender was to inexperienced to control a bunch of rude guests and that’s why that bloke had to go into the bar and help serve because everyone was just going in and serving themselves. He wasn’t lazy he was overwhelmed!
So everybody drank a lot and everybody ate and left and there were extra people who got fed, and her complaint is there weren't enough leftovers you got to be kidding me. Looks like you enjoyed the wedding but don't like the part of paying bills
“Courts aren’t in the feelings business” My God please shout that louder for the people that contribute to the increase in bogus defamation lawsuits filed because their feelings were hurt.
I love how they kept saying they didn’t like the food and there was no left over. And then at the end the mom says there was a ton of food all over the table. Lmao 🤣 so which one is it lady.
You tell the caterer how many people are going to be there so they can plan on how much food to prepare. You brought extra people and now you're complaining that there weren't any leftovers???
My wedding plenty of booze, no appetizers, Filet Minoan ,fresh Halibut or pasta dish was the main course, had a blast! Worst was photographers getting in the way,told them to leave after cake cutting.
Never pay the full amount up front. Pay half as a deposit, then the other half when the caterer has completed and honored their commitment/ contract. We had a $10,000 + Wedding Anniversary party at an amazing venue, this is how we made the arrangements.
"Because there was no bartender, people just grabbing things for themselves and doing what they wanted". So she blames that on the caterer?!?!?! Maybe get your guest house-trained first.
When serving buffet style, you HAVE to ensure the servers are giving appropriate portions. If the servers give too much, of course you're going to run out. 🤷🏾♀️
Brides (and there mothers) expect their wedding to be perfect. They never are. Then they want to blame somebody for the lack of perfection instead of moving forward and focusing on everything that went right when thousands of things could have gone wrong.
One of the staff: "There was thies guy, very drunk, who said me he always wanted to be bartender and told me to leave and he would bartender. I had to sit on bench all evenink..."
The smug way the mother was looking said everything about them. The two of them were awful. I suspect people would see this and think those two are people who would want to be 110% satisfied before anything else.
OMG I heard about this! After the hype of the wedding, brides sometimes get spender’s guilt and nitpick everything about their wedding to try and get a refund from the vendors (caterers, photographers, location, planners etc) 😭😭😭
Thank you Judge Judy for the rant on feelings. If the Plaintiff said I think, things would have gone differently. You cannot exchange the word feel for think.
Nobody's perfect. The caterer made some mistakes, which I think she'll watch next time. Operating a business means mistakes can happen at all level. She seems like in general she still does run a great catering service.
She said that the food was late and people were already drinking and therefore not much food was eaten by them. So how could there be almost no leftovers, if people were not eating very much ?
I feel like the plaintiffs were way too drunk to remember any of the events of the wedding that transpired. Just be happy for the new married couple and move on.
This is my line of work. If someone books a buffet for 30 people, we prepare food for 30 people. If 20 people show up, there's extra food. If 40 people show up, some people go hungry... (Or they ask us to make more food and they pay for it.)
These people wanted a cheap wedding, so they got what they paid for then complain. Professional waiting staff cost money. For 160 people they would have needed a minimum of 3 Bartenders For seated dinners, 1 server for every 2 tables. If each table seats 10 people, you can see that 4 servers are nowhere near enough. For a buffet meal, the 4 servers would have been enough if they were trained professionals. They should either have hired a professional team of servers and bartenders or draw up a signed contract with the caterer specifying the number of trained servers and bartenders they wanted, and the level of service expected from them. People create their own stress by being cheap and not planning properly.
My wedding cost about $600. Several friends gave the gift of service to us. One helped us plan the wedding/prepare food, one offered use of her chocolate fountain and she would pay for the chocolate/ and the fruit/marshmallows meant for dipping, two of her roommates offered to man the fountain to make sure all the fruits were fresh/make sure the fountain never ran out of chocolate, and a few friends gave steep discounts for their skills in being a photographer and a DJ. Another friend was a dance instructor who choregraphed and taught us an easy "first dance" set to the song of our choice (Songbird by Fleetwood Mac). I think we had about 150 people attend. It was so much fun!
Wow it sounded like the catering business did an amazing job to feed all those drunk people as there were food and garbage everywhere…I need a catering business and I will for sure call this lady.
Solution 1, do not provide booze until after the food is served. Solution 2 have guests who can control themselves. Do I believe the caterer did a good job? No. A hot mess is not a good job. These two ladies, as with most people who show up in Judy's court. Unprepared! If you say one incorrect thing Judy clamps her jaws down and refuses to release.
Sounds like this family has a serious drinking problem, they don’t even remember they ate all the food and thanked her 😂
it's a wedding... Obviously they were drinking... Stupid comment.
It's pretty simple to avoid having drunk people at a wedding. Just don't serve alcohol.
Isn’t that the truth.
@@pontifixmax Wouldn't come to your crummy dry wedding
Agree 😅
'Everybody was drunk, getting whatever drinks they wanted, total chaos' well I call that a very good wedding 😁😁😁
Right?! Don't forget all the "food" and garbage that was on the tables... That sounds like a party to me!
I was thinking the same thing 🤣
Especially when they could order whatever they wanted to drink🤣😂😄
Never got a wedding
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Plantiffs: We didn't have a bartender
Also Plantiffs: The bartender was lazy
We didn't have bartender
Bartender was lousy
Everyone was drunk
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I love the little 'Ugh' when JJ cut them off after the bench comment XD
This is why you don’t lie you don’t have to have a good memory if you tell the truth
A bartender sitting in the back not tending bar - I guarantee Judy wouldn't pay for such a non bartender. That's not a bartender.
The thing that struck me as outrageous was _There weren’t enough leftovers._ 😂
That request is bizarre?!?
I've known a lot of Brides...and none of them ever said: "My wedding was ruined because i couldn't take leftovers home"?! 😅
😂😂😂 it was shocking to hear.
YES!!!! Like, I wanna know where they were gonna put the leftovers of a $5000 buffet at?! Most people dont have room for their leftover wedding cake at home, and this lady wants a whole Golden Corral in her fridge! 😊
Me too!! I worked in fine dining & catering & dealt with thousands of weddings ... the whole, "there was no leftovers for us to take home & eat for a week out of, waaahhhhh, call me a wahmbulance" ...
Umm, I'd say, "Because you had SIXTY EXTRA GUESTS, genius!".
What a Karen from hell, "refund me or you're getting a bad yelp" ... soo many people like this are out there. SUCH entitlement. Disgusting. I loved the way they tried to pass it off as "drunk chaos because everyone was just taking whatever drinks they wanted" ... that was YOUR family & friends, sweet pea. Oy.
but the tables were full of food....after everyone grabbing their own drinks.... bridezilla was not happy
The mother literally said “tables had food and garbage everywhere “ and “the place was a chaotic drunk mess” she literally was referring to daughter’s guests/friends/family at wedding. she was better off not saying anything at the end😂☠️ #footinmouthmoment
Right, and then they talk about not being able to eat any of the food - but yet all the food was gone, along with the leftover containers, at the end of the night? To add onto JJs example, these people basically went to a restaurant, ordered a bunch of food and drinks that maybe took a long time to come out, but still ate everything - and then at the end they go up to the staff and say, comp our entire meal otherwise we are going to give you a bad review. Thats not how it works.
I think the garbage comment was referring to the staff not keeping up with the picking up/cleaning LOL
@@penelopep.maggie5976 if they were only hired for food service then they are not required to pick up trash at a wedding!! Has nothing to do w the food or ho w good or how much of it
If there was lots of food everywhere and the guests were drunk, it was a very successful wedding reception😄
They just wanted to recoup some money because they didn't actually needed the service lol. Everyone was so drunk before the food was there.
"WE DID GET SOME FOOD BUT THE PLACE WAS A CHAOTIC DRUNK MESS" Who's fault is that??? The nerve with these people!!
She seems to think that having food while the drinks were given out before dinner would of fixed it. She's crazy.
And she says at the end the tables were full of food.
Seems to think she should have also babysat their drunk and irresponsible guests 🤣🤣
Yes, WHOSE fault?
God help the Groom, getting mixed up with those two.
Working in the food service industry and one that caters to many weddings, If you deal with a bride that is dissatisfied with your services, be sure to check with the other vendors that worked the wedding. Many times you'll find the brides are trying to get a free wedding by complaining about ALL of them- The hall, the cake, the food, the photographer, the dresses, etc. Sadly, many of these are small business's who rely on every payment. It's amazing how many scumbags are out there.
Good point.
I’m a bartender and had a bride’s father try to cancel my check after I already put it in the bank. She tried to tell him we were stoners and would never contest it. 🤣 How wrong that skank was. She’s divorced now. 🤣
I agree, seems like they wanted to get catering for nothing!
@@user-pt1cz4ot1e Even if tour were stoners tou still should have pay for the service you have done. Some people are so rude and try to Lie about stuff to not pay.
I dont know how ppl like this can sleep att night.
For some people its their basic nature never to pay up. They will stiff anybody and everybody.
"The guests were drunk so I shouldn't pay the caterer" is a new one...
Its common practice at any event to serve food along side alcohol - usually appetisers, it just helps prolong the drunk phase usually towards the end of the night. Her point was there was nothing soaking up the alcohol, she was complaining that the defendant was tardy and there was a reliance on her to be on time and serve the food. I've been to wedding ceremonies where food was served super late but alcohol wasnt, it's not a great vibe. People start yelling stuff during speeches, become restless, hungry, hangry etc..
@That Tunisian Crochet Life Right
@That Tunisian Crochet Life I’m not saying that was the right thing to do. I was just being understanding of the situation. Imagine planning a wedding and stressing hoping it will go well, like what would you do if the food was late? People just waiting around…, getting bored. Alcohol breaks tension. Everyone knows that and does that. It’s normal. People in the comments are just so judgy and think they can do things better. Lmao
@That Tunisian Crochet Life 100%, I agree there was definitely no case. She did still get her moneys worth, unfortunate it was tardy. I understand why she made that comment though. Her delivery just was very poor. It doesn’t matter either way as the service was still provided.
@@BNR_248 And there's a difference between a pre-dinner cocktail and people getting shit faced because there's an open bar and (usually) free booze.
That's not the fault of catering, it's the guests who don't know how to behave
Plaintiffs were definitely lying in this one. Their story couldn’t be kept straight. It’s one thing to be unhappy with the service but outrageous to eat all that food and ask for your money back. Glad Judy doesn’t run on emotion.
You’re missing the point of the case.
They didn’t just pay for food but for the service. The service from what was described was so bad that people that attended the wedding had to take over roles they originally thought the catering would do. This led to the wedding being more chaotic and stressful.
I agree with Judge Judy here. It’s not a case but a situation where you leave a negative review. The negative review could greatly hurt the catering business so the plaintiffs asked for a partial refunds to just move on. The business has to decide if it’s worth the hassle or not. The negative review could cost future clients and tens of thousands of dollars of missed revenue.
@@autosaver also true, on a smaller note I’ve been there done that. I once had paid Lowe’s to install carpeting for me. The guy came a day late (which is a hassle when your house/furniture is in disarray) and it was just one guy. So I had to actually do some of the work. Even though that’s why I PAID them, so I wouldn’t have to.
I didn’t ask for a refund but I sort of get why since a wedding is a much bigger deal. So a bad review is warranted, but doesn’t change the fact that they still consumed thousands of dollars worth of product.
@@autosaverTo me it seems like both of them were responsible. They over invited guests and then couldn’t come up with a straight answer about how many ppl actually attended.
They ate all of the food, used the facilities, enjoyed the alcohol and etc, and then the lady says herself that the wedding guests thanked the wedding planner for hosting a great event.
Yh, the service could’ve been better absolutely, but it seems like they had a bigger problem with everything then the actual attendees. Which is usually how mothers are during weddings anyways. They always want everything to be 100% perfect which is simply not gonna happen. Pay the bills and move on.
@@autosaver No! you both missed a putting the puzzle pieces together, they had started serving themselves, they all love to drink, and it was 180 of them, well, all of those things are positives as no one had to wait for drinks, the drinks were perfectly made to their specs *wink*, they got skutzy drunk and was partying so by the time to food came, they tore into it like pirahnas and there was no going back to one bartender over ppl serving themselves. The party was a huge success and everyone had fun, ate good, and took the leftovers home, because im sure they told their guests about their complaints in that they paid for so much stuff including leftovers, well, their guests took the food home!!! So the real crime here is they lied in their review perhaps, if they didn't admit they liked and enjoyed the food their just upset it didn't go as orderly as they wanted.
An abandoned bar where people can serve themselves? Sounds like my kind of wedding.
No bullshit! Lol
My thoughts exactly. Everyone had a good time and if they didn’t they don’t remember
Yup. I’d be stealing all the top shelf liquors
Lmaoooo y’all are wild 😂😂
😂😂😂
People spend ridiculous amounts of money on a wedding and then realise they overspent and try and think of reasons why they should get some of it back. These people got what they paid for. We didn't get to hear why she was late, it sounded like she was about to say the whole wedding was late and therefore out of her control, wish JJ had let her finish that sentence. Late or not, she fed the wedding party and fulfilled her side of the bargain.
I thought I heard her say in part one that everyone was late. And one of the plaintiffs said that’s true. I could be wrong but that’s what I thought I heard.
$7000 is not ridiculous for a 160 person wedding. I can tell you’ve never paid for a wedding before.
@@shivtim you say that like there are people who pay for weddings on the regular like its not a once-in-a-lifetime event 😂 how many times you been divorced???
Literally just happened to me this past weekend! Family received my final bill and all of a sudden had all of these “issues.” Scammers!
@@MalcolmCooks Be nice, just her observation....its a free platform lol...
Moral of the story, weddings are a waste of money
A wedding ISN'T a waste of money.
A reception with a ton o' food and large amounts o' alcohol IS!!😂🤣
Not a waste of money, it's when people use weddings to out do other peoples weddings and one up each other. Everyone these days wants a celebrety wedding on a non-celeb wage that it becomes a waste of money.
I dont understand why a copple would marry unless if its about getting gren card or somehing if bouth parnters live in different countries.
A relationship Will be Just as good or bad even that ppl are marryed.
In my country we have to pay so much in taxes for beeing marryed that is not Worth getting marryed for me but I never wanted to be marryed other than for beeing with my man but that would not be a show off wedding.
@@BNR_248 so you just described why it's a waste of money lol
@@RJWaynerium yep. Becomes a waste of money when it’s no long about the “wedding”.
To me, this feels like an attempted scam from the Plaintive. She constantly got caught in lies (everyone ate a lot yet no left overs because all of a sudden people were to drunk to eat, no bartender but suddenly there is a lousy one. etc.)
I'm more inclined to believe the defendant. She probably let the bride know she was going to be late and she did provide workers, but Bridezilla was not satisfied. The food was good enough to eat and wanting to take it home but then also so bad that she didn't want to pay for it?
Sounds like a Bridal scam to me. Get the party, complain about it afterwards and get your money back.
THIS!! Yes, you are soooo right on this. Buyers remorse when the credit card bill comes in, or the bank statement for that month. If your guests are drunk & ate EVERYTHING, then the caterer made good food, AND she made soooo much extra that when another 60 people appeared, there was more than enough to go around!!
There wasn’t any food leftover, but all the tables were covered in food and garbage?
I would hire her to cater a big event for me. Seems the food was lovely and the guests got drunk and had a great time!
@Alice
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The menu sounded absolutely delicious 👏🏽
@@clasijasi a big fat Greek wedding......yeah.😃👍
I was drooling at the menu lol
Instead of a beautiful memory of the wedding, the bride now will always remember how she and the mother made themselves look stupid and confused to millions of viewers who watched Judge Judy give them some lessons on common sense and triviality! Unbelievable, they ate the food, brought containers for leftovers, and not to mention, indirectly called out their wedding guests for being drunk! The mother and daughter deserve each other!! What did the groom think of the whole thing, he was present at the wedding, wasn't he?
They've already been divorced! LOL.
@@jamesr1703 really???
If no leftovers then she is a great caterer . Meaning she averaged exactly whats required to feed each person
…means the food tasted good! People ate it off! The bride should be happy that they loved the food. If there was a boatload of leftovers, she’d complain that the food was so awful no-one ate it.
No she was great bc she had extra to thankfully be able to feed the 40 extra people.
Not really her fault that the plaintiff had "drunks" for wedding guests! Surely there were guests there who would have helped out with making drinks, cutting the cake, etc. If not, get new friends!
The mother’s face the whole time makes me mad. Lol
Glad it's not just me. The mother's silly little face made me mad, too!
Same
What? You don't like condescending smirking?
Definition of being a karen 😂
Trying to play coy and innocent.
Imagine getting married into the family 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah the husband was nowhere to be found.
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The most important thing is she provided for everyone 🙋🏽
The mother said she ran around the whole time!!! What did she expect!!
Wedding days are crazy for everyone involved.
The mother of the bride at the end said. "the table was full of food and garbage at the end" well that means there was plenty of leftovers on the table at the of the wedding, so she could have packed those tupperwares she brought with those leftovers. They complained about no leftovers and that they got only sauce in two containers. Caught in their lie!
If they came with tupperwares for leftovers, it tells me something about them, so am not surprised they were asking for some money back or else they will give a bad review to the caterer.
My dad owned a restaurant growing up, and we had at least 2 wedding/parties a month. We never had anyone ask for leftovers. And a side note that has come up in other cases but not mentioned here - all the staff were fed too, if they wanted. The only complaint we had, and they tried not to pay, was a guy paying for his second daughter's wedding...he tried 3 other places in the area, but they all refused him because he didn't pay for his first daughter's wedding a few years prior (relatively small area - most the restaurant owners knew each other). My dad never turns anyone down, so he took the wedding. After the event, he started to complain (despite the bride telling my dad and us staff how wonderful everything was) and didn't want to pay. My dad stood up to him and told him you ate the food, drank the drinks, danced the dances, ate the cake, had the photos -everyone was happy and satisfied except, apparently YOUR MISERABLE OLD SELF! Either you pay or you will not have ANYONE left to do weddings for your other two daughters, because I was the only choice you had this time and I won't do it again!
He paid, and my dad had his youngest daughter's wedding, and his 50th anniversary party - both paid without a problem.
Pretty weird to complain about no leftovers and to plan for leftovers! Never heard of that in my life! People tend to over eat at buffets and with so many people it would have been very unlikely their would be anything left anyway.
those ppl ate like kings and took the leftovers home.
@@ange4048normally, when we pay for a certain number of people, there are leftovers and they are given to us.
But most of the time, there won't be any leftovers.
The way mommy describe the wedding sounds like an awesome wedding! Relax, drunk, food, messy, just informal. I like it
Sounds like the guests enjoyed themselves.
The mother at the end is describing a great time at that party! 🥳 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
My wife and I catered our own wedding, decorated our own wedding, and it was an amazing wedding, to my standards at least
You know how much it was? Less than $1000
Just do it yourselves honestly. Stop letting what could be, the best day of your life, end up being a miserable experience at somebody elses hand
It’s all because most brides want to brag about the money that was put into their wedding. 7,000 dollars is a big chunk of money that at least in my life would’ve feed way more than 160-180 people doing it myself. Leftovers would’ve been available as well. 😂
We had two entirely different caterers, one of which included on-site chefs to custom make omelets, AND another separate bartender. And easily over 100 guests. $7,000+ is insane.
Having a miserable experience is, as JJ pointed out, entirely at the mistake of not vetting before booking.
I don't know what you did or how many guests you had but, I did the same thing for about 80 people, food drinks and cake and, I did the whole thing, total cost: $4,600.
@@fz1205 Fair point on attendance
We had maybe 20 people lol
Kept it small and personal
I endorse this statement wholeheartedly. You can make any wedding look like it cost way more than it did without spending a ton of money by doing as much yourself.
There is a good reason why her husband didn’t come to court with her, very wise man
Lol
Love judge Judy we need more judges like her
"Courts are not into feelings" 🤣🤣🤣
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And yet the highest in that country is practically run that way.
To me, "no leftovers" means one of two things; they snuck in more people who ate the food. Or the food was so good, that it all got eaten...because people eat more food, if it's good food.
Also, caterers cater for specific numbers, they don't plan to provide spare food that's not paid for
@@El_Nombre-e3x they all add 10% to the food estimate, too, so these guests loved the food as the caterer says.
@@rosalynw.otieno1994 yes indeed
and that caterer nor the staff would want leftovers from the event from other people.
think about it, the food was late so they binged on alcohol, got loose as gooses serving themselves so there was no waiting because remember, 180ppl in a queue? that's one of the worst parts of wedding receptions is the waiting for your food. so by the time staff arrived, these guests probably wanted to keep serving themselves, which would be an amazing idea. drunk chaotic mess, but as long as everyone ate and enjoyed the food, obviously got drunk, that was a damn good time.
I love she expressed her opinion regarding “feelings”
At the very beginning “There was no food leftover at the end of the night”
At the very end “there was food and garbage everywhere”
Well I wonder where all the food went then.. 🤔 guess this one calls for Sherlock 🧐…. 🤦🏻♀️😅
That email did sound like extortion to me.
Feelings business as JJ said.
Feelings business as JJ said.
Feelings business as JJ said.
Exactly! I was thinking the same.
@chy-araabdoel9187 The practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats. Extortion! Clearly JJ just didn't want anyone to get anything. So she just dismissed the case
Weddings are such a waste of money.
I completely agree! My cousin had hers in our grandmother’s backyard and the reception was a potluck 👍🏾 Everyone was happy and they’re still together 15yrs later
Facts
I believe the defendant’s story more than I do with the plaintiff.
How people expose themselves on TV in such a way is beyond me
My whole wedding last year came out under $6000. She paid over that JUST for food. Sheesh!
My advice, make it nice, but treat yourself to a BANGING honeymoon or buy things you want. It’s just one day. Lol
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What a nice little savings that 7,000 dollars could be!
They paid about $44/person.
Reasonable if you ask me.
More like "cheap".. It's tough to remote cater for that many people. She should have selected a venue that does the meal in-house. She didn't because it would have doubled the cost per fannie.
sue your guests for getting drunk and disrespecting the bride and groom and pick better friends
Party of drunks that liked the food so much that they sued for more leftovers. 😂🎉
It's one of the cases JJ often talks about:
they came to a restaurant, they ordered a steak, they ate the steak and decided they're not gonna pay because they didn't like it.
And JJ's words keep ringing in my ears:
THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!!🤣🤣🤣
If plaintiffs' friend made drinks the way I do...yep, the place woulda been chaotic and drunk 🤣
So the caterer agreed to haul all this food out the a remote destination with no water in Half Moon Bay? The two plaintiffs called around and every other caterer on the planet said, "No thank you!".
What I find comical is that they complained about everyone being drunk when it was an open bar and their guest, not her bartender, their guest was serving the drinks!!!
"The tables were full of food and garbage at the end of the wedding it was terrible" 👀
Wow you don't say! 🙄
I was really hesitant to watch his case because I don't usually like wedding cases, but this one was especially hilarious and I'm so glad I watched it!
Is it the caterers job to clean the tables if they were full of garbage and food? Sounds like just a couple of petty women that realised they went over budget because of their extra guests and are trying to recoup some $$$.
The mother and daughter should have picked just one person to talk.
These are the Karen's who want to see a manager at restaurants.
Yes, Karen behavior.
I bet the food was amazing. Plaintiffs are a nightmare. I'd never do a service job in San Fran
It's practically Karen City.
These wedding cases amaze me, they get all this stuff for nothing then want their money back. I remember paying for & doing my daughter's wedding a lot of crap wasn't perfect
Lol who doesn't want to cut there own cake at there wedding 😂😂 I can't wait to take a sword to my cake and bet nobody touch it until me and my husband says
Hello how are you doing today
Based on the title I thought the caterer was going to be terrible, but they are suing because there were no leftovers and everyone got drunk. Sounds like everyone liked the food and drink. 🤣
I got hungry after listening to Judge Judy going through the menu
"our guests were too drunk to enjoy the food" - sounds like a personal problem
I went to a wedding where the bride's extended family have drinking problems - every 21+ adult was limited to two (2) drinks prior to the full event, with unlimited drinks afterwards, that kept everything polite and tidy
Part 3! Heck Yes, GET'EM JUDY
I love how JJ settles everything in its place, including people.
Not every wedding comes out perfect
Sounds like the bartender was to inexperienced to control a bunch of rude guests and that’s why that bloke had to go into the bar and help serve because everyone was just going in and serving themselves. He wasn’t lazy he was overwhelmed!
The number of guests ranged from 120 to over 180. It kept changing!
So everybody drank a lot and everybody ate and left and there were extra people who got fed, and her complaint is there weren't enough leftovers you got to be kidding me. Looks like you enjoyed the wedding but don't like the part of paying bills
I feel sorry for the groom. He's just signed up to hell. I hope they're still married.
Yup, the bride and the mother in law are going to be hell.
“Courts aren’t in the feelings business”
My God please shout that louder for the people that contribute to the increase in bogus defamation lawsuits filed because their feelings were hurt.
"Aren't you getting where we're going? I mean, don't buy into this nonsense!"
LMAO!
I love how they kept saying they didn’t like the food and there was no left over. And then at the end the mom says there was a ton of food all over the table. Lmao 🤣 so which one is it lady.
The plaintiff looks like she’s going to cry when the cameras turn off😂
You tell the caterer how many people are going to be there so they can plan on how much food to prepare. You brought extra people and now you're complaining that there weren't any leftovers???
My wedding plenty of booze, no appetizers, Filet Minoan ,fresh Halibut or pasta dish was the main course, had a blast! Worst was photographers getting in the way,told them to leave after cake cutting.
A wise man once told me, "If you do a good job for someone, they may tell 2 or 3 people. If you do a bad job, they'll tell the world."
Good phrase
Facts are facts and that's all judge Judy is about!!!!
The mums smile is so exhausting to look at…it’s like her face is frozen like that and I just can’t deal with it idk why
Never pay the full amount up front. Pay half as a deposit, then the other half when the caterer has completed and honored their commitment/ contract. We had a $10,000 + Wedding Anniversary party at an amazing venue, this is how we made the arrangements.
Good strategy. Also maybe breakdown the prices - this much is for each member of staff doing service etc. so that there can be no disputes
What a sad story. No justice for the lamb 😭
So basically she’s trying to blame the caterers for her wedding be a drunk hot mess because of her guests lmao hilarious the audacity
"Because there was no bartender, people just grabbing things for themselves and doing what they wanted". So she blames that on the caterer?!?!?! Maybe get your guest house-trained first.
When serving buffet style, you HAVE to ensure the servers are giving appropriate portions. If the servers give too much, of course you're going to run out. 🤷🏾♀️
Brides (and there mothers) expect their wedding to be perfect. They never are. Then they want to blame somebody for the lack of perfection instead of moving forward and focusing on everything that went right when thousands of things could have gone wrong.
One of the staff:
"There was thies guy, very drunk, who said me he always wanted to be bartender and told me to leave and he would bartender. I had to sit on bench all evenink..."
The smug way the mother was looking said everything about them. The two of them were awful. I suspect people would see this and think those two are people who would want to be 110% satisfied before anything else.
OMG I heard about this! After the hype of the wedding, brides sometimes get spender’s guilt and nitpick everything about their wedding to try and get a refund from the vendors (caterers, photographers, location, planners etc) 😭😭😭
Thank you Judge Judy for the rant on feelings. If the Plaintiff said I think, things would have gone differently. You cannot exchange the word feel for think.
Judy Judy for president!
Judge judy is always like "yeah yeah cry me a river" what's next?
Nobody's perfect. The caterer made some mistakes, which I think she'll watch next time. Operating a business means mistakes can happen at all level. She seems like in general she still does run a great catering service.
They want a free food!!😂
Drunk people eat 3 times more LOL
She said that the food was late and people were already drinking and therefore not much food was eaten by them. So how could there be almost no leftovers, if people were not eating very much ?
Next time make sure the catering company is experienced in dealing with Mega Karens and 100s of drunk idiots in the middle of nowhere.
Glad I had a small inexpensive wedding with food from the grocery store deli…celebrating 24 years next week! 💜
I feel like the plaintiffs were way too drunk to remember any of the events of the wedding that transpired. Just be happy for the new married couple and move on.
This is my line of work.
If someone books a buffet for 30 people, we prepare food for 30 people.
If 20 people show up, there's extra food.
If 40 people show up, some people go hungry...
(Or they ask us to make more food and they pay for it.)
I would be ticked if 10 more people showed up to my wedding. If their name isn’t on the list…..then nope.
These people wanted a cheap wedding, so they got what they paid for then complain. Professional waiting staff cost money.
For 160 people they would have needed a minimum of 3 Bartenders
For seated dinners, 1 server for every 2 tables. If each table seats 10 people, you can see that 4 servers are nowhere near enough.
For a buffet meal, the 4 servers would have been enough if they were trained professionals.
They should either have hired a professional team of servers and bartenders or draw up a signed contract with the caterer specifying the number of trained servers and bartenders they wanted, and the level of service expected from them. People create their own stress by being cheap and not planning properly.
Trying to blame the caterer for her friends and family's bad drunken behaviour.....what a nerve 🤬
Really interesting is that they don’t say if they liked the food, which I think should be the most important
My wedding cost about $600. Several friends gave the gift of service to us. One helped us plan the wedding/prepare food, one offered use of her chocolate fountain and she would pay for the chocolate/ and the fruit/marshmallows meant for dipping, two of her roommates offered to man the fountain to make sure all the fruits were fresh/make sure the fountain never ran out of chocolate, and a few friends gave steep discounts for their skills in being a photographer and a DJ. Another friend was a dance instructor who choregraphed and taught us an easy "first dance" set to the song of our choice (Songbird by Fleetwood Mac). I think we had about 150 people attend. It was so much fun!
Courts aren't in the feelings business. I'm gonna have to remember that one. I like it!
How are you dissatisfied with the food but mad that you didn't get leftovers??
I would use the caterer without hesitation. I wouldn't marry the bridezilla!😂
Wow it sounded like the catering business did an amazing job to feed all those drunk people as there were food and garbage everywhere…I need a catering business and I will for sure call this lady.
That husband/bar tender is like "you wrote a bad yelp about me?! You can sleep outside tonight!"
Solution 1, do not provide booze until after the food is served. Solution 2 have guests who can control themselves. Do I believe the caterer did a good job? No. A hot mess is not a good job. These two ladies, as with most people who show up in Judy's court. Unprepared! If you say one incorrect thing Judy clamps her jaws down and refuses to release.