Guest Behavior

Not everyone has had the same environment growing up

So these guidelines should be observed at all Quarter Auctions

  • Regardless of the Host or Event or Cause for the Quarter Auction, there are often two other groups of people at a Quarter Auction that go unappreciated. Those are the Food People and the vendors.
    • The Food People – usually part of the event staff or the standard kitchen staff for the venue, don’t price the food or drink to make an outrageous profit. They try to make it so that the guests of the Quarter Auction can find something to eat or satisfy their thirst. Yes, more than likely, you may find that something they are selling, you could buy for much less at Sam’s Club or Costco, but maybe they don’t have one nearby, or don’t have a membership. So, unless you have specific dietary restrictions, please consider purchasing from them. Please do not bring in a full meal and soda and drinks if food has been advertised. That would be like bringing McDonalds into a theater. The hosts don’t like it.
    • The Vendors – at many events, the vendors have to pay for their table or donate lots; the only reason they are there is so that guests can walk up, talk with them, browser their items, and possibly buy them. Please browser the vendors, before the start of the auction, and during intermissions!
  • When To Be Quiet – We all know that a Quarter Auction is also a social event. Depending on how the acoustics of the venue are, it can be perfectly fine to have a low-volume conversation with your table mates. However, there are certain times it is necessary to be quiet for other people’s sake:
    • At the very beginning – typically, the host will ask if anyone hasn’t been at a Quarter Auction. There will be some, often there will be many. While the host is explaining the rules and workings of the Quarter Auction, please keep it quiet so that everyone can hear them. You may also miss Variations for this quarter auction as well.
    • In Large venues, when the host can’t clearly hear people in the back of the venue calling “No Bid”
    • During announcements like 50/50 amounts, Intermissions, and drawing numbers.
    • During Thank Yous from the host to the vendors, food people, volunteers, and to the guests.
  • Alcohol – Some Quarter Auctions will have lots containing alcohol. Some venues may actually have a bar. It is important to note two things:
    • If a lot contains alcohol, guests under 21 can not win those lots. Please, if your child has a paddle, please do not not have them raise it, or raise it “in their place”.
    • Please do not open any lots that contain alcohol within the venue. Some venues do not permit open alcohol on premises, and by opening it, the guest.can get the host banned from the venue. Venues with bars typically do not permit “outside alcohol” as well. So, if you win alcohol at a Quarter Auction, keep it closed until you get home!
    • If the venue serves alcohol, please consume it in moderation. No one like a guest who has become a loud problem.
  • Enthusiasm – on the other extreme from loud problem guests are the people who don’t speak up at all! One of the responsibilities of every guest is to respond any time their paddle number is called. Jumping Up & Down and Screaming when you win is excellent, and keeps you awake and everyone else energized. Same with “No Bid” – the MC needs to hear you, and if you can say it loudly and disappointedly at the same time, that is even better!