The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139767   Message #3209110
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
18-Aug-11 - 06:00 PM
Thread Name: Mobiles - no place at a festival
Subject: RE: Mobiles - no place at a festival
I agree, DC. How does it differ from reading the lyrics in a program?

Last year I experienced a new wrinkle. I was at a concert by a dulcimer player from India, and a number of people had brought their children. Near me was a boy who had on a bracelet that glowed in the dark. He was bored and restless, and he constantly moved his arm forward and back, causing the bracelet to execute wobbly, glowing figure-8's in the dark.

If I closed my eyes, I would dose off. If I saw the wiggling bracelet, I felt seasick. Meanwhile, dozens of mobile device winked and flashed all around me. Finally the DH and I got up and left.

On the way out, the ushers murmured "We don't blame you."