To think this "complainer" is a twat

[mamma12]

I go to a weekly yoga class in a very middle class area of London. So there's this really cute group of old grannies who come to the class and at the end they always clap which I think is so sweet.

One of the women in the class made a formal complaint about the grannies clapping because apparently it interrupts her "yogic flow" and the teacher has banned the grannies from clapping in the class.

Today the same complainer left the yoga class early during the relaxation part and exaggeratedly stomped across the room and slammed the door behind her.

The grannies looked truly crest fallen at being informed of the ban and it's really pissed me off.

Define granny.?
I am my 40s with a 6 yo daughter. My colleague is the same age as me but with a granddaughter of 7

Old grannies - not fond of this at all.

Don't patronise people just because they are older than you.

Well, the OP did say old. So possibly they are old.

Complainant sounds a wanker

Sounds like the instructor could have handled it better. If the zen feel wasn't affected by the clapping then she/he shouldn't have stopped it. And if it was, she/he should have stopped it earlier. Either way, an instructor shouldn't let it be known that something had changed as a result of a complaint from one instructee about another.

The old grannies are all in their mid to late seventies and refer to themselves as "old grannies". Apologies if I didn't make this clear.

And sorry if that causes you offence but I do find them really sweet. In the sense that they will bring in cakes etc not in a "patronising" way.

I feel sorry for the grannies!

I do yoga, and I can attest to the fact that it attracts some unalloyed twats.

Why are they clapping?

I mean is there an actual reason for it, other than the class is over?

You get cakes at yoga?! My class could really do with less woo and more cakes.

Admittedly I've never been to a yoga class but if the complainer left the class 'early', does that mean they were clapping before the class even finished?

I used to do yoga with one woman who wore an armful of bangles that would clatter up and down the whole time. I think she thought she was bringing Zen to the room, but it was just selfish and annoying as fuck.

Lots of classes have people clapping at the end, it's a way of thanking the instructor and saying 'well done everyone' basically. If it's right at the end how on earth is it interuppting her flow?! Weird miserable woman. Stomping off loudly during the relaxation bit is infinitely more disruptive.

Yeah...less of the "really cute" shite.

Older women don't appreciate that.

Tell the yoga teacher that this woman is interrupting your 'yogic flow' with all her stomping and door slamming and could she be told not to do it again!

I've often come across people complaining that some noise, inside or outside the room, has 'spoilt' the class or even experience for someone. I like the way one teacher deals with it, preemptively, by including a sentence, something along the lines of 'we hear noises inside ourselves, and let them go. We hear noises outside ourselves, inside the room, outside the room, even further away, and let them go. They do not have any impact on us, on our relaxation'

I'm a bit hazy about the actual words, because I'm usually pretty relaxed by that stage. Anytime I hear anyone complaining about noise, I hear her words in my head. Brilliant.

Maybe raise a formal complaint that complainer interrupted your yogic flow by stomping and slamming in the relaxation part.
Someone at my slimming world complained about people mentioning that they'd eaten naughty stuff but still lost weight as it made people sad who hadn't lost weight. So we weren't allowed to mention naughty stuff we'd eaten any more.

completely off-topic, but did you know that the word Yoga is linked to one of the few recognised Proto-Indo-European words*, and as such dates back to Neolithic times, so is over 5,500 years old?

• Yoke - to join.

Sorry but I wouldn't like a bunch of strangers watching me in my class and clapping (wtf) at the end

Weird!

Worse to have stomping and door slamming when rest of class are trying to relax surely? The grannies are just being nice and appreciative. Was she leaving during the relaxation to keep her yogic flow in tact, in anticipation of the clapping?

My class could really do with less woo and more cakes.

Same here!

I interpreted it as the older women participating in the yoga class too.

Some people who do yoga are a bit precious i find.

I'm a really cute old grannie - who does yoga and bakes.

There's no hope for door banger twat - she's never going to understand yogic principles.

Everyone should join in with the sweet grannie claps at the end.

We used to do a light round of applause at the end, after the 'namaste' bit.

Rhubardgin I read the op as the ladies attend the class & applaud at the end, not watch & applaud those exercising.

You should clap next week :) . And formally complain about stomper.

Sigh- clapping is odd, but why not - I've been in classes where saying thank you was pretty normal...

It's yoga, it's not proper yoga unless at least one person farted during a stretch, or fell over, or had to suppress a fit of the giggles at something ridiculous is it? All my favourite yoga teachers have been intensely practical people anyway, so I can't imagine them being sorry to lose a stomper.