db wrote on May 22^nd, 2009 at 6:23am:

One thing I learned to do the first night was physically show everyone how much stuff like dish soap there was and how much syrup we had for x number of pancake meals. Things like that. This tradition started on the trip we discovered one guy preferred pancake soup and coffee flavored maple syrup. His wife used half of the dish soap cleaning dishes for one meal. (They both thought there were similar sized containers for each meal.)

Yeah, I've learned to do this also anytime there is someone along who is new to our group.  It helps a ton!