# To the people who talk in lectures... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 22, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-people-who-talk-in-lectures/276111 "2004-11-22T14:58:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-people-who-talk-in-lectures/276111/21 "2004-11-23T14:08:05Z")
> [@SentientMeat](#): > > My physics _alma mater_, where I learned holography. Is the holo-microscope display still on the 4th floor? I don’t know. There’s some sort of display on every floor right in front of where the lifts are, but they all seem too boring to check out 😛 > [@](#): > > The [award winning](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/04/uk_britain0s_worst_buildings/html/10.stm) Appleton Tower, you mean. Yeah, it’s a dump. I’m still there for some lectures this year too, _curses AI_. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-people-who-talk-in-lectures/276111/22 "2004-11-23T16:24:28Z")
I’m taking two grad level seminars towards a certification, and there is a pair of chatterers – same two women, one about 23 and the other 35 – in both lectures. These classes have only 15 and 20 people in them, around a conference table, and these two never shut up. The one professor can silence them with a look of death, but the other, who is nearing retirement, says nothing. This pair have escalated from whispers now to loud commentary and open mockery on other people’s comments. It’s a real joy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-people-who-talk-in-lectures/276111.md?page=1)