[beady]

We went to a Jazz Concert tonight at the Savannah Center ,an evening of good music, by some talented musicians, a really enjoyable event,.........EXCEPT.......

During the entire concert people were leaving. Not between selections.... right in the middle of them. We were sitting in the second row of the balcony and clomp,clomp ,clomp down they came. The "leavings" continued till almost the end of the concert,when, with 2 more musical pieces left on the program, literally a whole section of people left the room. I was so annoyed, and very embarassed.

I think this is just plain......RUDE & INCONSIDERATE

If you are not enjoying the venue , at least have the courtesy to wait to leave between selection, acts, or intermission........surely not during the performance.

We all here in TV know that age has it's privledges for sure , but one of them is not the right to be rude and inconsiderate.

beady why would anyone go to a Jazz Concert if they did not enjoy Jazz music. Seems ignorant to me. I don't think I would attend something I feel I would not enjoy. :dontknow: Oh well!

[The Great Fumar]

BEADY
You are right on the money, The last show I went to at Savanna had the same thing happen .....apparently you don't have to be a genius to live in the villages...........
disgusted fumar

[Talk Host]

I think I may have posted previously that the night of the Irish Sopranos concert a large segment of the audience thought the program was over at the conclusion of one particular set of songs and got up to make a run for the doors. The somewhat embarrassed entertainers said, "the show isn't over." Do you know that these people did not sit back down, they continued to stand so that they had a head start when the show was really over. Beady is right, it is RUDE and EMBARRASSING. But, you know what, it's not going to change.

[chuckster]

You're right Jan, have been to many concerts and events at the Savannah Center and the same happens each time, an early race for the exits. My better half and I find it disgusting and have come close to saying something to the "early clompers" but thought better of it. Would hope they would read this forum and be embarassed for their actions.

What's the big rush to leave folks? RELAX!!!!!

[villages07]

Chuck,

I agree....it takes all of 10 minutes to clear the parking lot. It's not like trying to leave a 80,000 seat football stadium. What's the hurry????

[Boomer]

Are these the same people who seem to sit behind us wherever we go? -- a concert, a play, the movies, and yes, even The Church on the Square -- and talk and talk and talk throughout the performance, stopping only long enough to concentrate on unwrapping their mints or cough drops which are always wrapped in the noisiest cellophane ever.

Sometimes these people talk to each other. Sometimes they just do a running commentary, kind of a stream of consciousness thing like "That's funny." or "Wait 'til you see this." --or whatever else pops into their heads.

I give them my very best "look" but these types are oblivious.

[beady]

Jan: You know what you are right it's not going to change.

How very depressing ,that we are going to have to put up with that type of :edit: behavior.

Originally Posted by Boomer BeBack

Are these the same people who seem to sit behind us wherever we go? -- a concert, a play, the movies, and yes, even The Church on the Square? -- and talk and talk and talk throughout the performance, stopping only long enough to concentrate on unwrapping their mints or cough drops which are always wrapped in the noisiest cellophane ever.

Sometimes these people talk to each other. Sometimes they just do a running commentary, kind of a stream of consciousness thing like "That's funny." or "Wait 'til you see this." --or whatever else pops into their heads.

I give them my very best "look" but these types are oblivious.

I seem to find myself sitting near these same people Boomer BeBack. I look for some of the same couples who do this at practically every movie in Villages' theaters. I do not mind it that much when it is a lousy or boring movie like Semi-Pro but it is irritating when you really want to see what is going on with the show.

Unfortunately, though, I have found these talkers at every movie theater venue I have been at from Oldsmar, FL to the Scottsdale, AZ area to Minneapolis, MN to Schaumburg, IL to Reno, NV to Petaluma, CA. Once in a while they do have something really interesting to say like when the guy behind me while I was watching the Rene Russo/Morgan Freeman/Dustin Hoffman picture Outbreak on 3/12/95 at the Petaluma Cinemas asked his companion if he had noticed the 611 through 614 or so sequence with special attention going to#613. I have been rather obsessive about noticing numbers like 6 1 3 and 2 2 4 in movies since that March of 1995.

You do hear some interesting things at the movies as well as see them. Sometimes I go to movies to see what other people notice in them more than for the movie. Often went to the show in Palm Harbor and Oldsmar (near Palm Harbor) to notice what the audience saw on the screen and if they said anything.

[nanci2539]

Would it be helpful it it was announced at the beginning of the concert or show that people wait for intermission if they need to get up.

We recently went to see Jersey Boys in downtown Chicago and they did just that. An announcement came over the intercom asking folks not to get up and use the exit doors during the performance. And of course, they added to refrain from talking, shut off cell phones, etc. It didn't appear that people were offended or put off by such an annnouncement.

Maybe a letter to management suggesting this is in order

[Just Susan]

Hmmm, my sister and I were talking about this topic the other day. She had just returned from visiting our mother who lives in a retirement community in Fort Myers. She was commenting on the fact that our mother and father did a lot of hurry up and wait.

An example...they went to a dinner show. The show started at 8:00pm, the dinner began its service at 6:00pm until 7:30pm...they arrived at 4:30pm to get a good parking spot. They got one of the last good spots, as many others had already arrived for the same reason. Then they all waited. Many stayed in their cars...just sitting (this was not a tail-gate experience). They stood to leave at the last word out of the actors mouths and did so to avoid "the parking lot crush".

I guess I don't understand. If you have the time to wait endlessly on one end of an event...why not a little wait on the other end. :dontknow:

Originally Posted by Susan&Tom

Hmmm, my sister and I were talking about this topic the other day. She had just returned from visiting our mother who lives in a retirement community in Fort Myers. She was commenting on the fact that our mother and father did a lot of hurry up and wait.

An example...they went to a dinner show. The show started at 8:00pm, the dinner began its service at 6:00pm until 7:30pm...they arrived at 4:30pm to get a good parking spot. They got one of the last good spots, as many others had already arrived for the same reason. Then they all waited. Many stayed in their cars...just sitting (this was not a tail-gate experience). They stood to leave at the last word out of the actors mouths and did so to avoid "the parking lot crush".

I guess I don't understand. If you have the time to wait endlessly on one end of an event...why not a little wait on the other end. :dontknow:

Maybe, it is past their usual bed time? :joke:

[Just Susan]

Would a nap help?

[Talk Host]

Originally Posted by nanci2539

Would it be helpful it it was announced at the beginning of the concert or show that people wait for intermission if they need to get up.


Maybe a letter to management suggesting this is in order

An announcement (nay a plea) is made prior to each show for people to wait until it is over before stampeding toward the door. Alas....to no avail.

Originally Posted by Talk Host

An announcement (nay a plea) is made prior to each show for people to wait until it is over before stampeding toward the door. Alas....to no avail.

When I went to plays in San Francisco (A.C.T.) and Minneapolis (the Guthrie) they would often prevent people from coming into the play once it had started. The usher would stop them. Maybe, that is what some events in TV need volunteer ushers who would control traffic? Had no idea what kind of teeth though the ushers at these various plays could use to enforce the theater's rules? Take away season tickets or points or something?