tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post2677396837515762631..comments2024-03-28T03:40:29.423-04:00Comments on Passage des Perles: Rant: Is She Really Going Out with Him?Duchessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-81324566649636910442019-05-15T18:46:51.225-04:002019-05-15T18:46:51.225-04:00Lily: Certainly the type of performance can draw d...Lily: Certainly the type of performance can draw different audiences. One of my friends loves to tell how his fiancé shushes people at the opera... in their seats, •during the intermission•, Maison Symphonique is a stunning hall.<br />Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-42596411521245424872019-05-15T12:31:22.630-04:002019-05-15T12:31:22.630-04:00My son recently attended an OSM concert at Maison ...My son recently attended an OSM concert at Maison Symphonique, The Planets by Gustav Holst. His favorite orchestral piece. He reports the acoustics there gave him goosebumps. I suspect the audience was better behaved ;) -LilyJohnInWIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13322982369574786579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-72678900492270046552019-05-15T07:50:08.137-04:002019-05-15T07:50:08.137-04:00All: Thanks, I am not alone! There are some areas ...All: Thanks, I am not alone! There are some areas where I am going to let my elder flag fly and shushing people who talk or use phones intrusively is going to be one. Really do not want to be a peevish person but that puts such a dent in one's enjoyment.<br /><br />Emma: Anywhere where there is a bar, plus music, you are going to have talkers or rustlers as people eat and drink during sets. But inebriated singers?! Way over the line. Good for your husband and I hope they learned something from that.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-52151612841164732932019-05-14T22:40:09.989-04:002019-05-14T22:40:09.989-04:00I share your pain. A jazz Christmas Concert at a j...<br />I share your pain. A jazz Christmas Concert at a jazz bar/restaurant was ruined by two drunken late shows who sang along, and babbled together during the second set. I tried a couple of Shhhhs! but they were oblivious. We asked the waiter to have a word with them - he declined. When it was over, my husband gave them a piece of his mind. They were surprised. When the venue emailed me "How did you like your experience dining at XYZ?" I let loose. I suspect that will be our last visit there.<br /><br />p.s. I love Joe Jackson.emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831705475681591440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-53128628539526994012019-05-14T17:21:44.460-04:002019-05-14T17:21:44.460-04:00Agree wholeheartedly! I have resorted to asking pe...Agree wholeheartedly! I have resorted to asking people to shut up or leave, in many different venues. Worst was a couple who talked through most of the first 30 minutes of Hamilton, in London a while ago. That is not a quiet musical! They gave me dirty looks but finally shut up. I also ask people to put their phones away. My husband is more tolerant but my blood starts boiling! Why oh why did they even bother to buy a ticket?! Only totally quiet experience I have had lately was YoYo Ma at the Hollywood Bowl, playing Bach sonatas for cello. You could have heard a pin drop. Heaven!royleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935701918629007223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-22665022154491007962019-05-14T14:45:00.635-04:002019-05-14T14:45:00.635-04:00Me again. I truly believe that screens are addict...Me again. I truly believe that screens are addictive. Like the woman you mention who was reading her emails during a concert which, I assume, she paid a fair amount of money to attend. Saw the same thing at a recent performance here. A woman across the aisle literally could not put her phone down, she kept picking it up all through the performance, it was compulsive. She left at intermission so I wasn't able to speak to her. The disrespect to the performers as well as other audience members is beyond my understanding. LauraHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03402103522466794364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-21095400955930533132019-05-14T14:32:56.987-04:002019-05-14T14:32:56.987-04:00Last US concert I went to, the gentleman (not) nex...Last US concert I went to, the gentleman (not) next to me decided that he didn't have enough physical space in his own seat so he overtook a good portion of mine by manspreading. Kept shoving his foot, leg and arm up against mine and encroaching on my space. I tried to shove back, but he didn't seem to noticed. He talked loudly with his (equally) inebriated mates during almost the entire concert and even talked 'at me' telling me how much fun he was having. Did not notice my displeasure, nor respond to my requests for him to stop talking during the music.<br /><br />Simply don't understand people's lack of basic courtesy.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-88894591359523467612019-05-14T13:52:54.213-04:002019-05-14T13:52:54.213-04:00Walked away that should be!Walked away that should be!Laura Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407623692994033212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-40864780641337757822019-05-14T13:51:48.038-04:002019-05-14T13:51:48.038-04:00At a classical music performance a few years ago t...At a classical music performance a few years ago the soloist improvised whey someone’s cell rang a little tune — brought the house down! We now often opt for lunch as a meal out and embrace the chaos if going out for cocktails by sitting at the bar! Indeed we have sometimes just opened a restaurant door and tired away from the wall of sound. Laura Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407623692994033212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-14264910184483411052019-05-14T12:03:44.331-04:002019-05-14T12:03:44.331-04:00LauraH: Maybe concert halls should post a number a...LauraH: Maybe concert halls should post a number and patrons could summon an usher. They would then say at the beginning, "Due to complaints about the distracting use of cell phones, we ask patrons to text us at this number if you are being disturbed by their use. Use of an illuminated screen is not permitted." (Anyone who must be contacted can set his or her phone to vibrate and exit to take a call.)"<br /><br />You would have to use phone to text the usher but so many persons are already on them. I would have had to push past a long row of people during the performance, to find an usher to deal with the man. I thought of doing it. The woman next to me was reading her mail.<br /><br /> lagatta: LOL, and thre was no intermission in the nearly 2-hour concert. <br />Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-88020236450399723652019-05-14T10:34:40.487-04:002019-05-14T10:34:40.487-04:00Duchesse, tomorrow two friends (including the rece...Duchesse, tomorrow two friends (including the recent widow) and I are going to the tiny Thai-Lao restaurant Thai Sep, a bit east of here. The food is very good and it is not at all expensive (and a byow - taking a good bottle) but it is tiny so it gets very noisy by 7 pm, not because of noisy clients, but a lack of proper soundproofing. So yep, we're going at the unfashionable "Early-bird" hour. <br /><br />And the ushers should know how to handle "Drunk in a choir". I can't imagine getting a bit happy BEFORE a concert, not because I'd act like that, but because I'd have to pee.lagatta à montréalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610410709900333230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-7082817553075892252019-05-14T09:12:35.562-04:002019-05-14T09:12:35.562-04:00Agree wholeheartedly. Poor behaviour at musical/a...Agree wholeheartedly. Poor behaviour at musical/artistic performances never seems to attract the attention of the staff, just as you say. Aside from talkers, my biggest peeve is the cell phone users. Using it in a darkened hall is like shining a flashlight, incredibly distracting and rude. But like you, I prefer to keep going while I can:-) And restaurants seem to be quieter at lunch which suits me better anyway.LauraHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03402103522466794364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-59163835657030721062019-05-14T08:42:28.205-04:002019-05-14T08:42:28.205-04:00Venasque:We now dine (in the evening) unfashionabl...Venasque:We now dine (in the evening) unfashionably early in restaurants, to avoid peak noise. "Choosing a quiet restaurant" is about impossilbe, unless it is so mediocre that it has hardly any patrons. As for concerts, very few persons display the greatest-hits-of-incivility this couple did. I believe a venue should add a request for quiet during the performance— as well as the usual announcement that prohibits use of devices.<br /><br />I agree wasting your money is a joy-killer! But I am going out. One day, we will have no choice but to stay home, but not yet.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-47197566789203358232019-05-14T08:24:31.203-04:002019-05-14T08:24:31.203-04:00I feel your pain sister. To be honest Mr. V and I...I feel your pain sister. To be honest Mr. V and I rarely go out - to concerts, to theatre, to restaurants. Because it's all about me, all the time. The music in restaurants is loud and thumping, people generally don't control their children, when you're at the theatre they talk and text (or worse, check what's happening on Facebook) during the performance and generally it's all a miserable, yet pricey evening out. There seems to be no understanding of the expected difference in behaviour when in public vs private. And none of this is because I'm older now, I've always felt this way. Now I'm not paying to be irritated.Venasquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07408402847632756910noreply@blogger.com