I recently attended a show ( Miss Saigon) in the Christchurch Theatre Royal...fantastic show btw.
BUT
Sitting in front of me were 2 women who constantly jiggled in their seats, moved about and talked . They distracted me from enjoying the show as much as I should.
I vowed at half time to say something to them if it continued but for a while they actually sat still and shut up until near the end when they got even worse. I didn't want to cause even more disturbance to the people behind me by whacking them both over the head so did nothing.
After the show was over and just as I was moving out of our row I did tap them on the shoulders and say ythat if they ever went to another show the people behind them would appreciate it if they shut up and sat still as they had spoiled the show ( slight exaggeration) for everyone behind them.....I walked off and left them with mouths hanging open.
My question is 'How can one murder the person in front undetected during a show?"
and
How would you have handled it I wish I had said something earlier.
It is bad enough coping with someone tall sitting in front but this was 10 times worse.
Doesn't that pee you off. I was at a presentation recently when a well known radical woman was sitting in front of us who liked the sound of her voice more than she did the presenters. Apart from being very rude (the presenter was over here from Canada) but we couldn't hear. Eventually I tapped her on the shoulder and told her we couldn't hear and she shut up.
Wish I had done that 30 minutes earlier.
I remember taking my Grandaughter to a show at the Civic a few years ago and some boys behind us were kicking our seats.
Leah stands up in the middle of the show and loudly and assertively tells them to stop. A lady sitting beside me said hear, hear. Trouble is their poor Mum got shitty with them and we spent the rest of the show listening to her telling them off.
