We were at a classical concert recently with lots of quiet parts in the music. We were somewhat distracted by a regular soft clicking sound several seats away from us.
I talked to the manager about it afterwards. As I expected we were not the only people to notice the sound. The manager said it’s a sensitive situation because it’s a lady’s oxygen tank. She said next time the lady will turn it down to the lowest setting so it goes less often and they’ll ‘try to muffle the sound’.
It’s hard to know how much difference these measures will make. I think the manager said they already did try to muffle the sound but it didn’t work very well. She also said we could ask to change seats. But the sound carried a long way so I’m not sure how far we’d have to move to not hear it. And that won’t help all the other people in the vicinity. Read the rest of this entry »
10-06-2008 |
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