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Parents - please do not talk during Christmas Shows

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Jujuonthatbeat · 13/12/2018 20:25

Thanks

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Grace212 · 13/12/2018 21:15

can't believe there are no replies...

widgetbeana · 13/12/2018 21:18

Shhhhhhh, no talking!

LostInLeics · 13/12/2018 21:20

Agree. We were at my daughter's primary school choir and orchestra concert tonight, and the couple behind me were talking to each other in loud whispers through all the solo performances. So disrespectful and rude. If grown adults don't have the attention span to sit quietly for an hour, they should do everyone else a favour and stay home.

BlueUggs · 13/12/2018 21:21

OMG....I so agree!!!

We have a celebration assembly every Friday and EVERY fucking time I go, 2 mums sit and chat all the way through it.
They sat behind me once......got told to shut up or go outside. So bloody rude!!!

MidiMitch · 13/12/2018 21:23

And the ones who hold their phones in the air filming which means if you're sat behind you can't see. Who watches the films anyway???? Just enjoy the moment!

starrynight19 · 13/12/2018 21:23

I agree , our headteacher actually had to stop the performance today to ask parents to either refrain from talking until after the performance or to leave the room Sad

Paddingtonthebear · 13/12/2018 21:23

Ditto parents sitting poolside who insist on yabbering away loudly during kids swimming lessons. So annoying for others and very disrespectful to the teacher who has to talk even louder to be heard

PerspicaciaTick · 13/12/2018 21:23

Also, don't walk out when your child has finished performing, leaving the rest of the children to perform to a rapidly emptying hall (and getting in the way of the rest of the audience).
If you know you have to leave early, stand near the door and make a discreet exit.

EleanorLavish · 13/12/2018 21:24

One of the teachers got up and said that the kids had all been practicing so hard, so if there was a noisy child (visitor) to please take them in to one of the classrooms to play with toys, as otherwise somebody would say their line and it might not be heard. Tbf, I’ve never noticed parents talking during plays at school before.

Sparklingbrook · 13/12/2018 21:27

I haven't had the 'joy' of a First school Christmas performance for years, but still remember the phones being held up and the talking, Angry

I used to find the whole thing quite stressful. Never got a seat with a decent view and the same parents always seemed to get the front row and seemed to have the whole extended family with them rather than just the 2 tickets allowed.

One performance DS1 accused me of not being there, because he just couldn't see me.

Greyingmumto3 · 13/12/2018 21:41

We actually had someone answering their phone at ours . Was the dress rehearsal so is accepted that it will be noisier as babies are allowed but still ! She then left as soon as her child had performed.

maggienolia · 14/12/2018 07:11

YYY to the swimming. Our instructor once stopped the class and said if anyone else spoke he would clear the poolside.
It is so inconsiderate.
Youngest DD is now Year 6 so only one summer play to go ...can't wait

SnuggyBuggy · 14/12/2018 07:15

I think some people have no self control and love the sound of their own voice

Sparklingbrook · 14/12/2018 07:18

At one, a Mum stood, waved her arms about and motioned to her daughter to 'sing up'. Hmm

I sort of miss it all now in a wistful sort of way.

hazeyjane · 14/12/2018 07:24

And don't shout "SHUT UP" and then mutter swear words loudly at your 2 year old who is screaming and bawling because they are bored....And still stay there until the bitter end! (Ah the nativity of 2016 will stay with me forever....not just because of shouty mum, but also it was the year ds threw baby Jesus in the crib like a rugby ball)

AChickenCalledKorma · 14/12/2018 07:29

Oh, this gives me the rage. There are always rude people talking and they are always in the row behind me.

I once sat next to a man who sat perfectly quietly through his daughter's solo and then got his phone out and made a call to another relative, giving a blow by blow account of how it had gone. During the performance. At normal speaking volume. Half the hall knew that Jessica "looked a bit nervous". Poor kid.

retainertrainer · 14/12/2018 08:02

Yes!! I was at DS’s play yesterday, each class performed a song but in the time it took one class to leave the stage and the next to enter people started yabbering away at full volume. So bloody annoying, can you not just shut the fuck up for an hour!!

Clutterfreeintraining · 14/12/2018 08:24

PerspicaciaTick - I've been ranting about this since the harvest festival!! My own ds is 16 so I haven't been to a primary school performance for many years but went to the Harvest festival to watch one of my childminded children this year and I was quite shocked at the number of people leaving once they'd seen their own child's bit. Same again at the nativity I went to see this week.
Actually, I'm now remembering large group music events that ds took part in where people started leaving after their children's performance so maybe it's not as new a thing as I'd thought. It just feels so inconsiderate to the children still performing.

SmellTheGlove · 14/12/2018 11:16

If an adult is talking and children are meant to be listening then the bloody parents need to do the same. Set the right example ffs. Lost count of how many times as a teacher I've been talking and the kids are listening and parents in the audience or waiting for their child are chatting away louder than me. I don't mind so much if they are dealing with little kids etc but adults talking to each other? Taking the piss.

hazeyjane · 14/12/2018 16:09

I thought of this thread this morning as I sat in ds's Carol service....as soon as it went quiet and the vicar started talking some parents let their children start playing loudly at the back of the church. It is always the same bloody parents, during the harvest festival they let them play a game of tag (!) during the piece being done by the complex needs resource base. It's fucking appalling.

DoveSecret · 14/12/2018 16:40

And take the screaming kid out too. They are worse than the talking parents. No need to stay there with a kid who’s obviously upset and spoiling the play for everyone else.

Paddingtonthebear · 14/12/2018 17:23

Also the people who bring tablets or iPhones for siblings to watch at school events or swimming lessons, restaurants, cinema, public transport, anywhere and then have the sound blasting out. Get some fucking headphones you inconsiderate twats.

DrCoconut · 14/12/2018 19:48

At DS's carol service they did some carols in other languages (it's a very multicultural school) and two twats people behind me couldn't stop talking about how it was foreign and they couldn't understand it. They had previously talked about their readiness for Christmas, plans for after the service, who had said what to who in their social circle etc. Luckily they weren't talking excessively loudly but still.

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 14/12/2018 19:52

I once filmed a prize giving day with the voice of another mum giving a bloody running commentary. She was not a nice woman so the comments were mostly rude ones about the children (even her own).

They should hand out Gobstoppers at the door.

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