Some People Should Just Stay Home

Over the weekend, I took a date to see "Hairspray" at the Fox Theater here in Saint Louis. It was a terrific show. It's a lot of fun, great music and a really good message about racial relations in our country. I didn't know what to expect, and was pleasantly surprised. So was my date that was cynical from the get-go. She all but assured me that she would fall asleep by intermission. I turned to her when the lights came up, thinking we'd be making an early exit. Instead, she said "This is awesome!"

Sitting to the left of me was a guy that ruined an otherwise pretty good evening. This guy must have known someone in the cast, or was just released out of prison and breathing fresh air for the first time in 30 years. He was just a bit too excited to be there. He clapped every 2 minutes, and whistled like he was at a wrestling match. Those really loud whistles that only a handful of people can do, that cause your ears to bleed. This guy did it over and over and over all the way to the end of the show. WHAT AN IDIOT!!!!!!!!! Don't do that crap!!! It's insanely rude to whistle all the way through a show, especially when people are on stage singing. Are guys like this just totally clueless or what?

Then to the other side of my date sat an overweight man who breathed like he had a Darth Vader mask on the whole night. He was breathing SO loud I'm not sure how she was able to focus on the show at all. Not to mention that, he was in HER space, in her seat. Good Lord! If you're that big, you need to make sure you're on isle seat or something, not crammed in the middle of other regular sized folks. Again, completely rude.

Ugh!!! Ok, I'm better now.