A Jeopardizing Move

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A wedding is a significant event in which couples only want the best of services to make the day memorable. Thus, wedding services that seem to have an impressive reputation are contacted and deals are finalized. The deals are done in good faith, goodwill, and trust. A contract is sealed and money is given to service providers to assure that they will indeed deliver. Given that most service providers are in demand, couples who pay for these professionals would have sealed the deal in the earliest time, which is usually a year before the actual wedding date.

When this couple decided to get married, their families only wanted to get the best services for their wedding. One crucial factor in the wedding, other than the solemnizing rites and reception, is the choice of professional wedding suppliers. Between the Low Profile Better Supplier (LP) and the More Publicized Supplier (MP), the latter was chosen. After a series of emails, the deal was sealed and MP received his down payment almost more than a year ahead of the wedding date.

Months later after receiving the down payment, MP suddenly emailed the bride informing her that he is backing out of the contract because he has an out of country shoot for that particular date. MP even said that he would just have his staff attend to the wedding. Of course, this suggestion was turned down. While the staff might be competent, the money was for the services of MP, not his staff. After being so stressed for several months, the couple decided to get in touch with LP upon the recommendation of the wedding coordinator. Sadly, LP was no longer available already.

Because a wedding is supposed to be a happy event and should be spared from negative distractions, the couple had no choice but to look for another supplier.  Lucky for MP that the couple opted to take the higher road because when he backed out of the deal, legal options were already being considered, which was the reason why his plan to return the down payment was met coldly at the onset.

As to the reason why MP reneged on his word of honor is that he found out that a celebrity wanted him to do her wedding overseas. Apparently, he opted for the highly publicized wedding of a Pretty Celebrity (PC) rather than a private one. Given that MP was out of the country for several days, he also bumped off few other weddings just to accommodate PC. The question is if ruining his reputation and professionalism was worth covering the wedding of PC.

“The older you get the more you realize that just because someone has an important job doesn't necessarily mean that they do it responsibly, or are even good at it. There are many 'D' students running around with high social status gained from their seemingly important positions. Integrity and proficiency are not a given. These qualities can only be proven over time.” ― Gary Hopkins

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