There are four glasses of water on the conference table and five leaders are here. What should you do?

There are four glasses of water on the conference table, and five leaders have arrived. This should be done: the tea has been set out in advance, and the tea will be served when the leaders arrive.

Scene 1: The tea has been set out in advance

It was set out in advance according to the 4-person meeting. If the fifth person comes, they will follow their own rules to decide who can sit down and who has the tea. of that seat.

The meeting preparer saw it and should make it up immediately, no problem.

Scenario 2: Serve tea after the leader has arrived

The normal approach is to start placing the tea according to the main position, because you are from the back, you can’t tell if you are supplementing the leader now.

You didn’t really prepare only 4 glasses of water, right? If you really only prepared 4 glasses of water, then I’ll scold you first and say you deserve it, and then I’ll give you an idea: don’t even have a glass.

Taboo: Ranking guests/leaders

There is no need to guess the position of the other party. If the leader with the smallest position is discriminated against, will everything be fine? Maybe it will be this little leader who will be working with you later. It will leave a knot in your mind that is difficult to get rid of. I will help you put on some shoes every minute.

Looking at the comment area, several respondents said that 4 glasses of water should be given to non-leaders first, and then asked if the leader has special needs. If you are in a service job, no problem, you are a differentiated service, such as first class on an airplane. But at the conference table, these leaders are all leaders. You can't just create differences. To put it bluntly, contradictions create contradictions. Did you know that the person sitting in the main seat today is SJ, and the person sitting next to him is Mr. X?

If you serve the great leader specially and discriminate against the four other leaders without distinction, will the other leaders be psychologically balanced? A petty leader will think, MLGB, you still have to treat me differently even if I drink a few glasses of water. I will remember your unit. Kneel down and lick the culture. I will let you know who I am next time.

What’s even worse is that the leader said: I want to be like them. Tell me, what should you do? The answer is no.

Let me talk about something really practical:

Generally, the other party will tell you how many people are there before they come. If the other party tells you 4 people and 5 people actually come, then should you prepare according to the 4 people? It's rude, as long as you make it up in time, it's totally fine. To put it bluntly, if you didn't fix the same problem, he wouldn't blame you if you changed it to another one.

A few glasses of water are okay, but the fruit plate is hard to improvise if one person is missing. Experienced receptionists always prepare a few extra copies and tell the secretary-general to be careful. If there are many people coming, they will make up for it before they are officially seated.

If there are not many guests, or there are only a few guests, then just ask the secretary to take the extra ones and share them.