tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post5984271641675324107..comments2024-03-18T20:41:56.222-04:00Comments on Kinderkuchen for the FBI: Cell phonesDr.Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-12968720279515619092009-10-27T15:45:20.545-04:002009-10-27T15:45:20.545-04:00For the latter you could request a seat change.
...For the latter you could request a seat change. <br /><br />I was really glad to see Cecilia's reaction. Usually people just go on like nothing had happened.Dr.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9856058.post-56743321823607673472009-10-27T14:50:06.157-04:002009-10-27T14:50:06.157-04:00Some years ago my wife and I were in Chicago for &...Some years ago my wife and I were in Chicago for "Otello" with Fleming and Heppner, with seats in the first row of the balcony. Barely twenty bars from the end of the performance, a cell phone rings from down around one of the rows close to the orchestra pit. I was waiting for the conductor to spin around and impale the offender with his baton, but stuff like that [unfortunately] never happens. It ruined what is perhaps one of the most poignant moments in all of opera.<br /><br />As far as I'm concerned, it's not possible to be TOO militant when it comes to telling concert patrons to shut off their electronic devices.<br /><br />Now, if we could only do something about those portable oxygen machines and their constant "whoosh-whoosh." It's especially grievous here at higher altitudes.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06877408572713743323noreply@blogger.com