OK, SO last night i was at a Chorus Concert for my daughters school and witnessed something that has had me thinking a bit. The auditorium was packed with the families of about 60-65 total kids. not an empty seat in the house that i could see.
sitting center stage in the 4th row was a family with 2 small (7-9 ish) girls. By the end of the first song the 2 girls started talking to each other. not a word hear and there but full blown conversation. same thing during the second song. they were not talking during the whole song but for a good 15-20 seconds during each and these are fairly short songs of maybe 3-3.5 min each. at the start of the third song they started up again. guy in the third row turns his head and looks back at them. they stop talking. towards the end of that song they start yet again, he turns and does the normal theater shhh sound.
The lady with them, not clear at this time if its mom or not who has done nothing to this point about the talking looks at him and says pretty loudly don't shhh them, i will shh them if necessary... He says then do it already, turns around and keeps watching the show. She says something to the girls that i couldn't hear. and they are quiet for a song/maybe 2...
last song before intermission and they start up again, about 15 seconds into the conversation he turns, She (the lady) is staring at him. he looks at the lady and says you gonna shhh them or should i? she then begins a rant that includes comments like this isnt the opera its a bunch of kids singing crappy songs, its a free show what do you expect, feel free to move seats, and the like... next to her is another lady on on her side is a guy, he leans over and tells the guy to mind his own business and stop talking to the girls... guy says, i wasn't taking to the girls, i was talking to the lady that refuses to teach them manners. he then turns around again and does not reengage. the family then continue to talk and comment about him during the intermission and rest of the show while he sits quietly and only speaks to the lady he is with during the intermission... when the show was over, he stood and chated with the lady he was with and 2 older folks to her side for a few minutes. ie appeared he was hoping one of the people from the incident would engage but they just walked out the opposite direction without walking passed him or saying anything directly to him but clearly talking about him.
Who was wrong? what would you have done in that situation? no one else around said anything at all and just ignored the situation.
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