{"id":183873,"date":"2025-11-16T16:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/183873\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T16:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:12:10","slug":"asking-eric-barely-anyone-has-rsvpd-to-my-work-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/183873\/","title":{"rendered":"Asking Eric: Barely anyone has RSVPd to my work party"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol id=\"articleLabel__list\" class=\"articleLabel__list\">\n<li id=\"articleLabel__listItem\" class=\"articleLabel__listItem\"><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/advice\/\" title=\"Navigate to Advice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Advice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul class=\"dateline\">\n<li class=\"dateline__published\">Published: Nov. 16, 2025, 7:00 a.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"asking-eric-rsvp-20251106\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CDUQTIKRHNHBJIUC6STCUDCPAU.jpg\"  \/>In today&#8217;s Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who isn&#8217;t sure how to plan for a party that very few people have RSVP&#8217;d to.(Dreamstime\/TCA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VMYD6FVY3NCUJPYGKAAWPKEV3I\"><b>Dear Eric:<\/b> I am organizing a workplace event for approximately 50 participants and requested that they RSVP. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UTNSZHPYCRFI5PGAJRVOFJR6DQ\">To date, only five individuals have responded. Should I assume that the remaining invitees will not attend? <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JNFL5F4TRNH7LLIHQXFYL2OGFM\">If some of them arrive without confirming, how should I manage the situation? Given my limited budget, is it necessary to prepare food for all 50 people?<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TBWZ6UBWUVD4PHH3AHWD3Y3MEI\">\u2013 Confused<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JKBWYZG73JA7XII524O7363UDY\"><b>Dear Confused:<\/b> Send out a \u201clast call\u201d reminder to RSVP and be sure to note that if people don\u2019t RSVP, you can\u2019t guarantee that there will be space or food for them. And then only prepare enough for the yeses, with a buffer of an extra 10 percent or so, to help navigate anything unexpected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CSB5RW4LEBEOVOXFK73BY2ZP7A\">(<b>Send questions to R. Eric Thomas<\/b> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/advice\/2025\/11\/mailto:eric@askingeric.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">eric@askingeric.com<\/a> or P.O. Box 22474, Philadelphia, PA 19110. 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