Does this make sense to you?
By idowrite72
@idowrite72 (2213)
United States
December 12, 2008 9:49pm CST
The other evening my daughter and I went to the high school to listen to the music departments at the junior highs and high school do their Christmas concerts. The choirs and show choir from 3 different schools performed and it was very entertaining, if you like Christmas music. There were 3 young women sitting beind us, but down the row a little who talked almost the entire time that the performances were being given, and it wasn't a whisper, as though making comments, like many do at such events. Does it make sense to you that someone would be at such an event and not even listen to the music? Why did they bother coming out into the cold to sit and talk to each other? They could have done that in the hallway or on their phones. They were down the row from us, or I would have said something to them, but a couple of times, it was a little annoying. I was surprised that no one else said anything to them. Does it make any sense to you that they sat and talked all during the musical performances?
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4 responses
@deameon1427 (15)
• United States
9 Apr 09
I feel for you; Those are the kind of people that are either `there cause they have to be` or are just to cynical to enjoy a good concert. I used to sing in my schools choir and I would walk down and shush those people if they were doing that in my concert. inconsiderate little ... Just be happy that you did get to enjoy yourself, nothing worse then letting those people get to you.
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@idowrite72 (2213)
• United States
9 Apr 09
Thanks for your comments, deameon. I am one of those people who take a lot to get annoyed. What bothered me is the rudeness shown to the performers, especially since it was school kids. They work so hard to put on such a fine performance for their families and friends and for some the stage fright can be huge!
@Nhey16 (2518)
• Philippines
14 Dec 08
ohh how could there be a lot of people who doesn't even care if they're being annoyance to everybody, or they just doesn't really care at all.
maybe if i was in your situation, i would look for the security guards or ushers/usherettes and ask them to tell the person to stop talking or at least keep her voice down, coz everybody went there to listen to the music and not to her comments.
that person was lucky coz you were kind enough not to tell her about her annoyance, and you were just keeping your patience... :)
@idowrite72 (2213)
• United States
16 Dec 08
There really were no ushers and we were kind of upstairs from the doors. We could have gone out into the lobby and asked someone to come, but I would have just turned around and told them that we were trying to listen before I'd have gone to al that trouble. If they had been closer to me, I would have said something to them. Thank you for your comments,Nhey!
@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
13 Dec 08
That would drive me nuts, and I would have definitely said something to them. I hate it when people go to an event like that, and talk. they ruin it for everyone else who came there to LISTEN TO THE PERFORMANCE. I hate it when people do that, and I refuse to put up with it. There have been a few times when this has happened to me and I have pointed it out. The people were so EMBARASSED that I caught them that they shut up. Either that, or they got louder, and I just remained calm. Their boorish behaviour would attract others, so I woudln't be the only one upset with them, then they had no choice but to calm down, as they were only making themselves look bad.
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@idowrite72 (2213)
• United States
13 Dec 08
I did start to say something, but they were just far enough away that it wasn't a total bother. I was surprised my daughter didn't say something as they were closer to her. thanks for the response
@tuckerbabies (106)
• United States
13 Dec 08
That is very rude. Were they high school aged? Many of the kids these days don't give a thought about others. Maybe what they needed was a shushing, but you know they would have just gotten louder. No, it doesn't make sense.
