On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Paul Mison wrote: > This touches on something that came up elsewhere, about meeting people > straight away. The problem is (or at least, has been in the past) that > there are regulars who arrive at 6 and inevitably form a small group, > and newcomers have to squeeze into that. Generally, of course, we do > look out for folks and try to get them to squeeze in.
If you're having a special 'open day' meeting in a part of the pub you've taken over, what about a pub-quiz kinda thing where teams are picked randomly, or, failing that, PS2 and Projector league... Still, I like the idea that you're lumped on a table with a bunch of other people you may not know, and you can win some token prize (like a stuffed camel or a round of drinks) - you're going to end up talking to people +Pete