Susan Santa-Cruz

Free items also can bring out the worst in otherwise well-behaved people, said Susan Santa-Cruz, major event planner and owner of Susan Santa-Cruz Communications in Pittsburgh.

For Roddey's Jan. 3 inauguration party that she organized, galvanized buckets with the logo Step forward, go to work for your county, were given out.

But they proved so popular that some people were grabbing two or more.

People just loved them, and I anticipated that, Santa-Cruz said.We had volunteers staged at various places asking people to just take one.People sometimes do not realize that if they take two, someone maybe 50 persons behind them in line will get none.

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A lot of planning went into the formal sit-down dinner party for 1, 250 people that Santa-Cruz organized for the opening of the Pittsburgh International Airport in 1992.In keeping with the theme, Fasten your seat belt for a first-class ride, the centerpieces were Lucite globes, etched with maps of the world.Jutting from them were sprays of orchids and an airplane whose wings bore the table number.

They were huge, Santa-Cruz said.Clearly not something meant to be snatched from the table, but some well-heeled people did just that.We had to stop them on their way out..

People get real funny about giveaways, said Susan Santa-Cruz, an event planner and owner of Susan Santa-Cruz Communications in Pittsburgh.

And sometimes, people try to walk away with things they be not meant to have, she said.

A lot of planning went into the formal sit-down dinner party for 1, 250 people that Santa-Cruz organized for the opening of the Pittsburgh International Airport in 1992.In keeping with the theme, Fasten your seat belt for a first-class ride, the centerpieces were Lucite globes, etched with maps of the world.Jutting from them were sprays of orchids and an airplane whose wings bore the table number.

They were huge, Santa-Cruz said.Clearly not something meant to be snatched from the table, but some well-heeled people did just that.We had to stop them on their way out..