What was happening was a public address, in front of about 70 people, at an informal gathering, where say, 30% of the attendees were in fact, children.
Children, as you may have observed, are quite noisy and excitable and do not always appreciate social etiquettes like being quiet when some boring old guy is giving a boring old speech.
[Side note: Perhaps this is what makes children so endearing and care-free, the fact that they are completely oblivious to any punctilio of our (conformed) adult world.]
Anyway the dude with the microphone was addressing the crowd and there was this woman amongst said crowd, who took it upon herself to be the unofficial manners police and shoosh everyone for not paying attention.
Ironically, she was so focused on the noisy children and so busy shooshing them, that she was not giving proper attention to the speaker herself.
I found it really quite difficult to decide what was more annoying. Yes, people talking during a public address is quite a nettlesome situation, but the hostile nature of this woman’s shooshing eclipsed that of the incivility of the naïve children’s ongoing chatter.
At least they had an excuse.
She was just so perturbed. I was, as you could imagine quite entertained by the one-sided condemnation and by the assumptive prediction that the knots in her knickers would take a lot of concentration, time and effort to untangle.
Some. People. Should. Just:
and mind their own business...It has to be said, I’m not entirely against the public shoosher. Especially if shoosher in question is shooshing someone on my behalf. But in such a situation like this, where this woman had absolutely no obvious reason to take this upon herself and even less obviously, any reason to be as dismayed by the noise levels of a crowd....
Well, I think she either:
A) Needs to get laid
or
B) Needs to loosen her knickers
I think both things would probably do her good. Some people just seem to hate children making even a peep. Once shopping in a local supermarket, my toddler was singing happily while sitting in the trolley (singing, not crying or screaming) only to have some grumpy old man come up and ask me to "shut that kid up". Miserable old bugger.
What I find so hilarious is that these women are completely blind to the fact that their 'shooshing' is more distracting and disruptive than what the kids were doing in the first place! I reiterate and reaffirm my hatred of many older women! They really seem to think that simply by being alive they have earned the right to be rude, obnoxious and uptight!
Just on 2 years ago I went to church to farwell my dad's partner of 38 years. This beautiful lady was 88 and of the old school. Table clothes, stockings everyday, perms, pearls, hom emade ecliars & scones and never a drop of alcohol. My dad and she lived in her inlaws home from the 1800's. Needless to say she had a HUGE extended family. And on this day they were all in the church.Just when one person was giving a solemn talk, children busrt into NOISE, babies crying and children laughing and running around - Some were glacing at each other with the 'öh I never'look going on - BUT we all knew that THAT noise - of children and family- was the only noise this beautiful lady loved.It meant everything to her - She would never have 'shoosed'them. Oh the timing was perfect :)
Get laid. Obviously.
But okay, this is generally my go-to solution for most situations, so maybe option B?
Damnit, I'm confused.
And since when are children endearing??
Pfft.
- B x
I don't like the noise of a "shooosh".... it's so.... fucking annoying.
but a firm "HEY! SHUT THE HELL UP! I CAN'T HEAR OVER YOU!" has always worked for me. especially when I put my mean face on.
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I don't really mind noise, so noisy children or shushing really has no effect on me.
But getting laid is always good.
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I wish I could 'SHOOSH!' my upstairs neighbours right about now! :)