# You Rude Bitch You Ruined My Kid's Concert.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-rude-bitch-you-ruined-my-kids-concert/106103>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 28, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-rude-bitch-you-ruined-my-kids-concert/106103 "2002-04-28T12:39:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-rude-bitch-you-ruined-my-kids-concert/106103/21 "2002-04-30T20:56:27Z")

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> I’m having a hard time understanding how the sound of a nail file could be heard when a full band is playing.

You’d be surprised. I was attending the [San Francisco International Film Festival](http://www.sffs.org/fest02/) last week and we were watching a film–nothing really loud, but about normal volume. This guy in the row in front of us but on the other side of the house has his program rolled into a tube and is rubbing it back and forth across his unshaven face.

Result: **SHUKA-SHUKA-SHUKA-SHUKA-SHUKA-SHUKA** Unbelievably loud, and the guy is oblivious. Almost got up but after a couple of minutes (and a pronounced _SHHHH!_), he stopped. That’s why whispering or any noise is inexcusable, not because it’s necessarily loud (which it can be, still), but because it is so distracting, especially if its spatial orientation (right behind you, over on the side, etc.) is in opposition to the audio source you are trying to listen to.

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-rude-bitch-you-ruined-my-kids-concert/106103/22 "2002-04-30T21:07:52Z")

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Ehheehhhhh…spatial orientation…ehhhhehhhhhhhh.

I personally prefer the old Mad Magazine’s Don Martin sound effects- \*\*Skritchit Sktritchit \*\*.

😃

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**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-rude-bitch-you-ruined-my-kids-concert/106103/23 "2002-04-30T23:05:50Z")

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This type of behavior annoys me no end. I see it all the time.

The best thing to do is what the elementary school music teacher did **during** a concert. Keep in mind these are fourth and fifth graders, and there’s not a person in the house who isn’t related to them. They chatted and buzzed between numbers to the point where he delayed the next song as long as he could, then, after a protracted wait while these troglodytes never got a clue, he finally got everyone’s attention and told them,

“These are your children. They have worked hard all year and are proud of what they’ve accomplished. Please be polite and show them that you support their efforts.”

I like this man a lot. I’m glad he’s teaching my son.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-rude-bitch-you-ruined-my-kids-concert/106103/24 "2002-05-01T08:02:56Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Cartooniverse \*  
> \*\*I personally prefer the old Mad Magazine’s Don Martin sound effects- \*\*Skritchit Sktritchit **.**

Good old Mr. Fonebone… RIP

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