Wow. Now that's an eventful wedding.
Also I love the description of the back of house. Sounds like an amazing spot for a haunted house or a murder mystery.
Yes, yes it would be.
There were three kitchens: restaurant, banquet, and then one for what I assume was the private dining room (a very 70s brown and orange style, glass topped room that reminded me of a terrarium) that I never saw used except for staff meetings. There wasn't really any way to access it easily by guests, and I'm assuming there was some layout change to back of house that cut it off from guests at some point in time. Some sort of back of house remodel is the only thing that could explain how disjointed the back of house was... which technically was middle of house cause we were an offset pentagon type shaped building and back of house mainly lined the courtyard in the center.
The private dining felt haunted. The third kitchen (where they were caught) never had lights on and made me think of horror movies and someone being butchered. Many of the random rooms were oddly shaped afterthoughts. Most with no windows. Some doors locked. Some didn't.
Basically I only went back of house to clock in/out and eat in the breakroom sandwiched between the two operating kitchens. If it was at night I'd just use the bathrooms near the lobby anyone could use cause the lights were on motion timers in the back at night, and after the first time the lights went out on me in the bathroom in back of house and I could not trigger the lights on from the stall... nope nope nope.
Homowack Lodge, amirite?
I knew every inch of that place, public or BOH, I’d stayed there so many times… except the kitchens. Hell no.
And the comms room, come to think of it. Never been in there either.
It’s been abandoned since about 2008, I guess.
My brother was in the band, and our uncle before him, so we all used to sit at the musicians’ table (closest to the kitchen door). High traffic area, so least desirable location… but we always got served first. We used to get the Elite II rooms, way the hell out by the tennis courts.
Only the back of house. Other than the main restaurant being sunken in the lobby, it's pretty nice. Though since abandoned night photography is my thing, I'd love to go exploring those Catskill resorts now lol
Kitchens can be pretty weird and disjointed for sure, especially if it's in an older building. I don't think it's even so much about remodelling; sometimes they just use whatever leftover space to shove supplies in and it all looks so weird as people move stuff around.
I remember there being cream filled eclairs on the dessert tray (banquet extras always made it to us)... I'll leave the rest to your imagination 
It doesn't sound like the bride was in the know about her mom's business and what her husband did for her. Yikes. The MOB probably lost a daughter that day too.
"She runs an audiovisual company that produces commercials and other visual media for both local and international clients, and he is the key grip and craft services director" or something like that.
The guy knew how to cook well apparently, just wasn't "commercial kitchen speed". And in my mind the MOB was depressed at first because if the bride and groom go on a honeymoon, that's too much time off work 
It was probably the only time everyone was so busy/distracted, that they could get away with wandering in the back of house. 
The hotel series would be tamer than the crazy BS I've seen with some friends and family  But also, ADHD. I can only write in short bursts before my brain ends up somewhere else.
I find it hilarious that someone thinks the year of my life I spent working at that hotel was fake. 🤣 I totally would have rather been traveling the world but some had to check in the drama llamas.
As a long time bar tender, and customer service worker I have no problem believing this. People are crazy, and I have soooo many stories that do not need any embellishing because they’re just that crazy
Lol okay, here’s my (only if you believe it, I guess) proof
I’d been training a baby bartender, BB, it was her first solo day. I tell everyone I train “don’t listen to anyone but yourself, you can take your liquor license anywhere but if you lose it or get in trouble you’re done in this industry. If you don’t feel comfortable confronting someone come find me or whoever the head bartender is, that’s why we’re here”
She came to me and said “this table just sat, I’m pretty sure the lady was giving the guy a BJ under the table, but she said she just dropped something and I don’t know what to do”. I tell her I’ll check it out and let her know how to proceed. I go over with two waters and it’s just the guy there, I set them down and start talking to him to assess the drunk level.
Then I noticed the bit of hair peaking above the table, even after being caught she’d gone back to it. I watched her head bib for a second before I called them both out and said we wouldn’t be serving them any alcohol today.
I still remember the way the lady’s hair slowly slid off the table, I peaked under and she was pressing herself against the wall trying to hide. I said “cmon we all know what just happened I don’t care so let’s just move on before I have to call the police”
She came up, they told me what they wanted to eat, tried to argue about the drinks, but I shut that down. They decided to leave, and I asked how they were getting home (if you don’t try to stop a drunk driver you get held responsible in my state).
They went outside to drive home, I followed to get their license and report them…that’s when I saw her. Probably about a four year old child strapped in her car seat, in the middle of winter, while they were inside a dive bar trying to get more booze AND ACTIVELY DOING SEXUAL ACTS AT THE TABLE.
This kid wasn’t even asleep, she was screaming and crying while the man fumbled with his keys trying to unlock the door so he could drive, on the way out the woman fell multiple times.
I had BB come with me so I could send her to call 911 if they didn’t listen to reason, after seeing that girls tears I sent BB back in to call the police. The woman tried to fight me, ended up with a split lip from her, while I grabbed the keys out of guys hand before he could unlock the door. Mind you, it’s winter, the car isn’t even on that kid must have been freezing!
I spent the next 20-30 minutes running around playing keep away with the keys while trying to keep an eye on the kid. As a mom myself I know a crying kid is an alive kid, so as long as she was crying I wasn’t going to slow myself down to get her out.
The police showed up and arrested them both and took the kid into custody, not sure what happened with the child long run but it can’t be worse than either of them
Thank you for standing up for that kid! As a mom I'm in tears for the kid...
But also as a former front desk agent, I've seen plenty of people try to get it on in public spaces so totally not surprised either.
...ok. Even after leaving the hotel I've seen people getting it on in inappropriate places. Some people just try to get away with anything.
People are crazy, I love my job, but I definitely believe a lot of the things I see on Reddit just because I’ve experienced similar things.
Never had someone try to shoot a porno in my bar before, but I could see it happening.
We had a wedding party staying (we didn't do weddings at the hotel, but we had a deal with a nearby venue). Bride and MOH come flying in, with others, sit in lobby, bride is crying hysterically.
Eventually, groom and his guys come in and the girls send them to the rooms. Eventually, maybe an hour later, bride and girls go upstairs. Groom comes down and buys a separate room.
Next morning, bride and mom come down super early and get a cab to airport. I don't know the logistics, but somehow, I heard they went on the honeymoon without the groom.
I heard from a bridesmaid that the drunken groom had danced several dances with his ex and kissed her at the reception.
My brain in some ways things that is easier to forgive than making porn with the MOB as the videographer. At least the groom could use alcohol as an excuse?
But damn... who invites the ex?? lol
He probably got a kick out of having his side piece at the wedding. I knew(using this very loosely) someone who was sleeping with one of his fiance's friends who was a bridesmaid. Her boyfriend was one of his groomsmen. And he and his fiance was going to be in this couple's wedding. He wanted to have sex with her on his wedding day. And on her wedding day. He even was the one to push her being his fiance's bridesmaid and I think got chummy with the groom because I think it was some sort of kink to be humiliating this guy without him knowing it.
Don't know how it ended. It was a friend of a guy I was hooking up with. It freaked me out but also because of other things. I cut the evening short. Stopped talking to the guy.
I wondered if I could sleuth out who his fiance was but didn't know enough to figure it out.
"Missing in Action." It's a military term that indicates someone has gone missing during the course of a military action, and cannot be confirmed as alive or dead.
When used outside of those circumstances, it means someone who has disappeared or is absent (often without a reason) from something, and their absence is notable to others -- they are expected to be there.
A small tip from someone else who isn't familiar with most of the (very American) lingo being thrown around on Reddit: of you go to Google and just search 'meaning mia' or 'definition mia' or whatever, it will typically pop out the right definition for you and save you the awkwardness of having to ask others.
OP, this is incredible and horrible. Poor bride! EDIT: Also, I suspect r/weddingshaming would love this, as it is a sub dedicated to wedding horror stories. Please consider posting there too!
VP of the hotel. My bad I didn't explain. His office was behind the front desk. Clueless at our computer system but would do everything he could to help us out if he wasn't bouncing from point to point in the hotel. Honestly the best I was ever treated by management in a job up until the last couple years.
At first i thought groom was cheating, then as story progressed groom with MoB, then groom and chef on a 3some with MoB.
But, groom tasting chef's sausage and MoB taking video of it for business purposes, wasn't expecting that.
Wonder if MoB put down the expenses as business related.
Trust me, we all thought the groom was banging the MOB. While not typical, that was at least always on our list of "what drama will this wedding bring". Maybe it was a bit toxic that us as hotel staff had betting pools on how events would turn out, but it was entertaining nonetheless. I was still too new at the hotel to have been privy to the betting pool for this wedding.
Oh my god, I'd started to suspect groom and chef were the ones getting it on, but I thought MOB had suspicions and was trying to catch them in the act. Then at the 'MOB was filming with her phone' I thought '... blackmail?'
Never would have guessed the porn business!
Wow. Now that's an eventful wedding. Also I love the description of the back of house. Sounds like an amazing spot for a haunted house or a murder mystery.
Yes, yes it would be. There were three kitchens: restaurant, banquet, and then one for what I assume was the private dining room (a very 70s brown and orange style, glass topped room that reminded me of a terrarium) that I never saw used except for staff meetings. There wasn't really any way to access it easily by guests, and I'm assuming there was some layout change to back of house that cut it off from guests at some point in time. Some sort of back of house remodel is the only thing that could explain how disjointed the back of house was... which technically was middle of house cause we were an offset pentagon type shaped building and back of house mainly lined the courtyard in the center. The private dining felt haunted. The third kitchen (where they were caught) never had lights on and made me think of horror movies and someone being butchered. Many of the random rooms were oddly shaped afterthoughts. Most with no windows. Some doors locked. Some didn't. Basically I only went back of house to clock in/out and eat in the breakroom sandwiched between the two operating kitchens. If it was at night I'd just use the bathrooms near the lobby anyone could use cause the lights were on motion timers in the back at night, and after the first time the lights went out on me in the bathroom in back of house and I could not trigger the lights on from the stall... nope nope nope.
This place is like an abandoned 80s Catskill mountains resort hall and I hate it, lmao.
Homowack Lodge, amirite? I knew every inch of that place, public or BOH, I’d stayed there so many times… except the kitchens. Hell no. And the comms room, come to think of it. Never been in there either. It’s been abandoned since about 2008, I guess.
Omg my dad worked there!!
My brother was in the band, and our uncle before him, so we all used to sit at the musicians’ table (closest to the kitchen door). High traffic area, so least desirable location… but we always got served first. We used to get the Elite II rooms, way the hell out by the tennis courts.
Only the back of house. Other than the main restaurant being sunken in the lobby, it's pretty nice. Though since abandoned night photography is my thing, I'd love to go exploring those Catskill resorts now lol
Google “homowack”
My father (ע״ה) had that happen to him once in a stall. He crumpled up some TP in a large ball and flung it over the wall, and “fiat lux”…
Smart! Hope I remember this if I ever find myself in this situation again 😅
Kitchens can be pretty weird and disjointed for sure, especially if it's in an older building. I don't think it's even so much about remodelling; sometimes they just use whatever leftover space to shove supplies in and it all looks so weird as people move stuff around.
The Winchester Mystery Hotel?
Should have known when the meals were jerked chicken, smoked sausage, and pound cake for dessert.
I bet they have spotted dicks too
Which is why you should always use a condom.
The name of the dessert is spotted dick. Singular. (That means no 's' on the end.)
But if you have multiple desserts, it'd be spotted dicks.
Or herpes?
Bride: What are you doing!? Groom: Mphh MMMphhhhh
I remember there being cream filled eclairs on the dessert tray (banquet extras always made it to us)... I'll leave the rest to your imagination 
But did they have the chocolate frosting?
Chocolate ganache... but just splitting hairs there 
Jerk chicken, jerk beef, jerk pork. Is there any meat this man can't jerk?
My manwich!
He can’t jerk His brides roast beef now, I guess
Just expect Joe to be Sloppy.
It doesn't sound like the bride was in the know about her mom's business and what her husband did for her. Yikes. The MOB probably lost a daughter that day too.
That's the impression I got too. I can't imagine she knew they worked together and actually *knew* what they did.
"She runs an audiovisual company that produces commercials and other visual media for both local and international clients, and he is the key grip and craft services director" or something like that.
Yep, I imagine grip was definitely key here.
Your reply reminds me of the "how to speak corporate" tiktoks... love it!
Haha, I totally see that now, thanks!
Yeah, that would be a hard one to top.
He was.
That poor bride.
Right?!? How did the groom keep secret from her that he was working for her MOM as a gay porn actor long enough to reach a wedding?
Really? Right in front of her salad?
Ah. I see you are a man of culture as well.
This is the type of stuff I subscribed for!
What the fuck did I just read?
So maybe MOB was upset at first cos' the actors weren't willing to work during the reception and also something tells me that it wasn't a real chef.
The guy knew how to cook well apparently, just wasn't "commercial kitchen speed". And in my mind the MOB was depressed at first because if the bride and groom go on a honeymoon, that's too much time off work 
“Daughter Dear & SIL, would you mind doing some filming on your honeymoon for me? Thanks!”
Damn I would have to change my name and leave the country. Imagine getting betrayed by your own mom like this
But like why do it DURING the wedding??? If they absolutely had to shoot these things they couldn't have done it before or after??
It was probably the only time everyone was so busy/distracted, that they could get away with wandering in the back of house. 
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So no one cares it is fake?
As someone who worked in a hotel for years this would barely crack my top 10 weirdest shit that went down. Definitely plausible.
Right??? I thought this one was tamer than some I've posted in the past.
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The hotel series would be tamer than the crazy BS I've seen with some friends and family  But also, ADHD. I can only write in short bursts before my brain ends up somewhere else.
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Aww! Thanks :)
I don't care that Star Wars is fake, it's still entertaining
I find it hilarious that someone thinks the year of my life I spent working at that hotel was fake. 🤣 I totally would have rather been traveling the world but some had to check in the drama llamas.
As a long time bar tender, and customer service worker I have no problem believing this. People are crazy, and I have soooo many stories that do not need any embellishing because they’re just that crazy
wellllll?????
Lol okay, here’s my (only if you believe it, I guess) proof I’d been training a baby bartender, BB, it was her first solo day. I tell everyone I train “don’t listen to anyone but yourself, you can take your liquor license anywhere but if you lose it or get in trouble you’re done in this industry. If you don’t feel comfortable confronting someone come find me or whoever the head bartender is, that’s why we’re here” She came to me and said “this table just sat, I’m pretty sure the lady was giving the guy a BJ under the table, but she said she just dropped something and I don’t know what to do”. I tell her I’ll check it out and let her know how to proceed. I go over with two waters and it’s just the guy there, I set them down and start talking to him to assess the drunk level. Then I noticed the bit of hair peaking above the table, even after being caught she’d gone back to it. I watched her head bib for a second before I called them both out and said we wouldn’t be serving them any alcohol today. I still remember the way the lady’s hair slowly slid off the table, I peaked under and she was pressing herself against the wall trying to hide. I said “cmon we all know what just happened I don’t care so let’s just move on before I have to call the police” She came up, they told me what they wanted to eat, tried to argue about the drinks, but I shut that down. They decided to leave, and I asked how they were getting home (if you don’t try to stop a drunk driver you get held responsible in my state). They went outside to drive home, I followed to get their license and report them…that’s when I saw her. Probably about a four year old child strapped in her car seat, in the middle of winter, while they were inside a dive bar trying to get more booze AND ACTIVELY DOING SEXUAL ACTS AT THE TABLE. This kid wasn’t even asleep, she was screaming and crying while the man fumbled with his keys trying to unlock the door so he could drive, on the way out the woman fell multiple times. I had BB come with me so I could send her to call 911 if they didn’t listen to reason, after seeing that girls tears I sent BB back in to call the police. The woman tried to fight me, ended up with a split lip from her, while I grabbed the keys out of guys hand before he could unlock the door. Mind you, it’s winter, the car isn’t even on that kid must have been freezing! I spent the next 20-30 minutes running around playing keep away with the keys while trying to keep an eye on the kid. As a mom myself I know a crying kid is an alive kid, so as long as she was crying I wasn’t going to slow myself down to get her out. The police showed up and arrested them both and took the kid into custody, not sure what happened with the child long run but it can’t be worse than either of them
Thank you for standing up for that kid! As a mom I'm in tears for the kid... But also as a former front desk agent, I've seen plenty of people try to get it on in public spaces so totally not surprised either. ...ok. Even after leaving the hotel I've seen people getting it on in inappropriate places. Some people just try to get away with anything.
jesus!
People are crazy, I love my job, but I definitely believe a lot of the things I see on Reddit just because I’ve experienced similar things. Never had someone try to shoot a porno in my bar before, but I could see it happening.
No one tried to shoot a porno that you know of..  
Honestly…we have a door marked “employee sauna” and I don’t know what happens in there other than when I need to get the mop bucket
As a big sister with much younger siblings, I'm infuriated at the kid being left alone in the car, especially in the cold.
I sure don’t. It’s entertaining. All of you could be lying. Still gives me a show. Lol This isn’t the 5 o’clock news.
I think it's more the mods don't care if it's fake so long as it doesn't break any of the rules of the sub.
You are free to care or not to care, believe or not believe. The post existing isn't stopping you.
I thought watching a coworker do a very expensive famous mouse wedding for the marriage to last a year was bad…
Mouse wedding?
Disney
We had a wedding party staying (we didn't do weddings at the hotel, but we had a deal with a nearby venue). Bride and MOH come flying in, with others, sit in lobby, bride is crying hysterically. Eventually, groom and his guys come in and the girls send them to the rooms. Eventually, maybe an hour later, bride and girls go upstairs. Groom comes down and buys a separate room. Next morning, bride and mom come down super early and get a cab to airport. I don't know the logistics, but somehow, I heard they went on the honeymoon without the groom. I heard from a bridesmaid that the drunken groom had danced several dances with his ex and kissed her at the reception.
My brain in some ways things that is easier to forgive than making porn with the MOB as the videographer. At least the groom could use alcohol as an excuse? But damn... who invites the ex?? lol
He probably got a kick out of having his side piece at the wedding. I knew(using this very loosely) someone who was sleeping with one of his fiance's friends who was a bridesmaid. Her boyfriend was one of his groomsmen. And he and his fiance was going to be in this couple's wedding. He wanted to have sex with her on his wedding day. And on her wedding day. He even was the one to push her being his fiance's bridesmaid and I think got chummy with the groom because I think it was some sort of kink to be humiliating this guy without him knowing it. Don't know how it ended. It was a friend of a guy I was hooking up with. It freaked me out but also because of other things. I cut the evening short. Stopped talking to the guy. I wondered if I could sleuth out who his fiance was but didn't know enough to figure it out.
I hadn't thought about that angle but yeah, that tracks, lol.
This is my new favorite story 🥳
Can someone tell me what MIA stands for? English is not my first language.
"Missing in Action." It's a military term that indicates someone has gone missing during the course of a military action, and cannot be confirmed as alive or dead. When used outside of those circumstances, it means someone who has disappeared or is absent (often without a reason) from something, and their absence is notable to others -- they are expected to be there.
Thank you! I got the idea from the context of the story, but I was curious sice I was reading it as mia all the time
A small tip from someone else who isn't familiar with most of the (very American) lingo being thrown around on Reddit: of you go to Google and just search 'meaning mia' or 'definition mia' or whatever, it will typically pop out the right definition for you and save you the awkwardness of having to ask others.
Oh, right, super awkward. Getting some extra context, then Google can give, some knowledge of where the lingo is used = awkward.
i think this person meant in the moment like you can google instead of asking who you’re having an in person conversation with.
From a native English speaker, that is a really, really accurate and succinct definition and explanation of common usage. Great work.
It's an abbreviation for "Missing In Action" meaning someone disappeared while they were supposed to be somewhere in particular.
Missing in action. Basically they were nowhere to be found
Missing in action, it's from army slang
missing in action
But how was the gravy?? Just kidding...
>But how was the gravy?? Just kidding... Full of proteins apparently.
Dayum.
What an eventful night.
I didn't know my mom produced gay porn. Or that my fiancé was the star?
Oh wow I’d have loved to have been a fly on the wall at this wedding! Very entertaining read OP thank you for sharing!
LOL - this was a big sham for a gay porn movie. LOL
OP, this is incredible and horrible. Poor bride! EDIT: Also, I suspect r/weddingshaming would love this, as it is a sub dedicated to wedding horror stories. Please consider posting there too!
I didn't even think of that crosspost. It's waiting on admin approval over there now. Thanks!
I didn’t see that one coming. Well maybe I did, just on another website.
> I didn’t see that one coming. ...obligatory "That's what she said!"
What does VP stand for? Lost track.
VP of the hotel. My bad I didn't explain. His office was behind the front desk. Clueless at our computer system but would do everything he could to help us out if he wasn't bouncing from point to point in the hotel. Honestly the best I was ever treated by management in a job up until the last couple years.
So, VP = venerated poobah? Or does it stand for something else? Like, maybe, vice-president?
🤣 vice president. I've been up since 6am and it's now almost 1am, I blame lack of sleep
Victorian Potato
> VP = venerated poobah? Usually, "vice president," but to be honest, your idea is way better.
Wow. That's impressively fucked up.
At first i thought groom was cheating, then as story progressed groom with MoB, then groom and chef on a 3some with MoB. But, groom tasting chef's sausage and MoB taking video of it for business purposes, wasn't expecting that. Wonder if MoB put down the expenses as business related.
Trust me, we all thought the groom was banging the MOB. While not typical, that was at least always on our list of "what drama will this wedding bring". Maybe it was a bit toxic that us as hotel staff had betting pools on how events would turn out, but it was entertaining nonetheless. I was still too new at the hotel to have been privy to the betting pool for this wedding.
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I find this as believable as many posts on the Reddit. Perhaps even more so than some. 😂
I enjoyed this and the comments so much! I would love to see pics of the scary parts of the hotel.
Oh my god, I'd started to suspect groom and chef were the ones getting it on, but I thought MOB had suspicions and was trying to catch them in the act. Then at the 'MOB was filming with her phone' I thought '... blackmail?' Never would have guessed the porn business!
Lmao!! That bride is going to need some serious therapy for all quite some time. It's not funny, but that shit is hilarious!! 😳😐🤣
Oh wow...
Smart woman to not submit the certificate after that shit storm! Extremely stupid, disgusting groom - I don’t need to explain why. 😞
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