Why do people ...
... have to talk and eat in the theatre during the performance ?
I went to a matinee performance of 'The Importance of Being Ernest' last week - one of my favourite Oscar Wilde's - so was really looking forward to it.
The minute the lights went down, the five old dears in the row behind me started - chat, chat, chat - about Coronation Street. I turned and gave them my very best Paddington Bear 'Hard Look' - which worked for a while - then off they went again. This time accompanied by rustling - and munching - of crisps, licorice toffees and Werther's !
See - I even had to have the descriptions and the debate over who ate which - the crisps were 2 x Cheese/Onion, 1 x plain, 2 x Smokey bacon !
A second 'Hard Look' and a 'shhh' had no effect what so ever.
At the end of the performance I thanked them, politely, for spoiling it for me - which rendered them speechless - at last!
Hang it all - it was only two and half hours including intervals - surely the human body can do without food for that long and shouldn't good manners have stopped the chit chat ?