My brother-in-law and his long-time girlfriend graduated from high school yesterday, so it was a pretty big day for the family. We were all very excited, of course. My sister-in-law and I sat together at graduation and we were talking and laughing a bit when this bossy old lady turns around and tells us, "Be quiet, please." I apologized and she just continued to look directly at me and said it again in a very patronizing way and just stared coldly at me. I apologized again, thinking that we may have been a bit animated - nevermind that the ceremony hadn't actually started yet! I was only mildly annoyed, but as the ceremony progressed I got more and more angry. She and her family would chatter away, but anytime someone behind her said a word, she would try to get their attention to shush them. She actually attempted to censure my father-in-law, which really made me mad. Then, to top off this woman's rudeness - after her granddaughter or whatever got her diploma, she and her family got up and left! The auditorium was packed, so a lot of people had to move to make way for them. It was all just unbelievable.
Meanwhile, the family is getting quite a laugh out of the fact that I am the one who got shushed. They are a rather boisterious bunch, but I am very quiet and shy - and as I'm 30 years old and have been teaching for the past year, I'm usually the one doing the shushing. Ha!
Anyway, enough of my ranting. I've just never been treated like that before - at least not since I was 3 years old! I wish I weren't so polite and had just stared back at her to make her as uncomfortable as she was making me. Ah well. Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday!!
Meanwhile, the family is getting quite a laugh out of the fact that I am the one who got shushed. They are a rather boisterious bunch, but I am very quiet and shy - and as I'm 30 years old and have been teaching for the past year, I'm usually the one doing the shushing. Ha!
Anyway, enough of my ranting. I've just never been treated like that before - at least not since I was 3 years old! I wish I weren't so polite and had just stared back at her to make her as uncomfortable as she was making me. Ah well. Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday!!