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Since Cyn is out of town, I took my friend Steve to the symphony. I hadn't seen him in a while, so that was nice.
The program featured pieces by Glass, which was nice, and Mahler, which was excellent.
The audience featured some very noisy people. First, let me say that I am fairly tolerant of noisy people at the symphony. I would never shush someone who was whispering in the ear of the person next to them (which I've seen done). But someone talking in a merely low voice is too much. I glanced over at the guy, and he shut up. Then the girl started thumbing through her program. Noisily. (I think they were there as a requirement for a class.) After the break they moved elsewhere. Actually, quite a few people left. During the intermission, I noticed a guy who had a very small girl with him. Couldn't have been three years old. I thought that was rather brave of the guy to bring her. How could he keep her quiet? He couldn't. Even way down at the end of the row, I could hear her coughing and sniffing and talking and vocalizing and slapping and clapping. I don't know how the people around them put up with it. I would have said something to him or moved. Or both. After a while he moved to the end of another row. I saw her leaning down over the seat in front of her. Shortly thereafter, I heard a loud bang. She stood up into the railing. And it rattled the whole railing. It startled more than one person. And then she started crying. And he stayed right there. I thought it was pretty standard that you take a crying baby to the lobby. What a jerk. Fortunately, she fell asleep after that.
The program featured pieces by Glass, which was nice, and Mahler, which was excellent.
The audience featured some very noisy people. First, let me say that I am fairly tolerant of noisy people at the symphony. I would never shush someone who was whispering in the ear of the person next to them (which I've seen done). But someone talking in a merely low voice is too much. I glanced over at the guy, and he shut up. Then the girl started thumbing through her program. Noisily. (I think they were there as a requirement for a class.) After the break they moved elsewhere. Actually, quite a few people left. During the intermission, I noticed a guy who had a very small girl with him. Couldn't have been three years old. I thought that was rather brave of the guy to bring her. How could he keep her quiet? He couldn't. Even way down at the end of the row, I could hear her coughing and sniffing and talking and vocalizing and slapping and clapping. I don't know how the people around them put up with it. I would have said something to him or moved. Or both. After a while he moved to the end of another row. I saw her leaning down over the seat in front of her. Shortly thereafter, I heard a loud bang. She stood up into the railing. And it rattled the whole railing. It startled more than one person. And then she started crying. And he stayed right there. I thought it was pretty standard that you take a crying baby to the lobby. What a jerk. Fortunately, she fell asleep after that.
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Date: 2003-03-31 12:52 am (UTC)From:I guess some people may have forgotten how to behave, but there are probably a percentage that NEVER KNEW.
Are the rates for babysitters that outrageous? I have no idea.
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Date: 2003-03-31 08:48 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2003-04-07 12:56 pm (UTC)From:I agree about people talking during performances and I think, also, it is a result of much TV. I notice at movies that people fell free to talk out loud to each other, just as they would if they were watching it at home.
A three year old child??? I'm surprised they let her in.