We had my daughter's 3rd birthday party at PSM Plano yesterday.
My daughter had a wonderful time and so did the rest of the children playing.
However, as a parent that party host made it difficult for me to enjoy the party.
I paid for the DIY because she wanted a Troll party.
Upon arrival the party host did not introduce herself even though I introduced myself. While we were setting up there were several things things that she said and did that made me very upset. I was pulling out the table cloths, And the 1st thing she told me was at the table cloths were not long enough. I had purchased 4 for that reason I just had not had a chance to pull the other 2 out. The only thing that really helps me with was separating the balloons. And that was because there was another younger girl there that was more helpful than the woman who stayed. The party was for a three-year-old so I wanted the snacks to be at eye level for the kids to have a snack and eat as needed. Knowing they needed to stay where the tables were and the parents would have been monitoring that as well. However, when I moved the snacks, her statement to me was "I'm just saying it's not a good place." So I had to move the snacks and the kids really didn't eat anything.
In my opinion when my guest arrived she was not very friendly to them.
When it was time to sing Happy Birthday, she turned the music down but did not help me gather the children. Then she told me that lighter was by the cupcake but did not help start singing the Happy Birthday song. She did not assist in passing out cupcakes. In fact another parent saw I was trying to pass out cupcakes, snacks and drinks and offered to help me.
With 20 minutes left of the party she'd started taking down all of my decorations and cleaning everything up. At the end of the party she told my husband " It's 330 time to pay and leave". The only thing she helped with was moving my guests out.
I did tip, however, I should have tipped the parents who were helping me run the party then the person who was leaning on the counter the whole time.
I am just grateful that my daughter was not impacted by the party host, and that she enjoyed her time.
Again, I understand I did a DIY party, and I didn't need her help. But at that point she needs just not say anything at all and let me do what I wanted if she wasn't going to be kind. Several guests made a comment about her demeanor. The customer service was just...
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