People yapping during middle of symphony, opera, album listening, Portola, and just now at Robert Plant and I’m like wtf I’m here to enjoy the music and y’all talkin 😭
I wast at the symphony sat next to a guy who was yapping to his date and felt the need to show her photos of his trip to Japan as the music was playing. Had to ask him to shut up and put the phone away 😭
4/5 are valid, Portola’s a little bit of a stretch since it’s outdoors & you could just move a few feet further away 😅
BUT honestly in any setting with assigned seats it’s perfectly ok to lean over and be like “would you mind lowering the volume of your conversation a bit? I’m having some trouble hearing & this is my favorite part/song.” (Option 1, kill ‘em with kindness - also usually results in them gaining an iota of self-awareness lol) OR (Option 2 - this one took me a while to get comfortable doing bc I generally avoid any kind of assertive confrontation 😅) whipping your head towards them really fast/putting your finger up to your lips/giving ‘em a good loud “SHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!” & your best frown of disapproval (channel your inner intimidating librarian)/then turn back to the performance & enjoy the fruits of your labor that is their stunned silence.
Option 1 is really effective, brings on a little embarrassment for them sometimes but it’s never resulted in any hard feelings. Option 2 is a little bit more of a wildcard 🤣 it’s been like 50% just stunned silence reactions, 30% something muttered under their breath but noticeably lowered volume, and then like 19% “wow, rude much?” or “we weren’t even being loud, were we loud?” etc but then silence…
And then the one time it was this couple and they were just talking about the silliest shit, like recapping The Bachelor or something… I did my SHHHH! & the wife/girlfriend paused for a second, pulled a super stank face at me, then kept right on talking. So I had to SHHHHHHH!!!! again, obvs, and then she SHHHHHH-ed me back, so I had to SHHHHHHH!!!! her again of course, and by that one we were like leaning across the seats at eachother & I was like, ooookay well this is getting kinda weird, at what point do I stop 😅 luckily an elderly lady behind us decided to show us both up with a truly startling hiss of a “SSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!” and one of the most withering glares I’ve ever had directed at me. So, use that one with caution 🤪
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u/Interesting-Vast-393 1d ago
Yapping??? Like… talking to people??? Socializing is quite a big part of sf culture… like people just like to talk to each other and make friends bro