another shot from yesterday's sojourn at the immersive van gogh exhibit. most of the people in attendance were nice and considerate. when i was looking for a circle i could stay on, i had to look at the other people in their own circles just so i don't block their view in case they were taking photos. at one point as i sat inside my circle, i became aware of a young lady who was hesitant to pass in front of me. i was taking a short video at that point and i looked at her and pointed behind me, and she smartly got that i meant for her to pass behind me (she would have to tread on my circle which was quite large) instead of in front of me. as she passed, she said 'thank you' and i said 'you're welcome'.
different story with a group of five (to the right of this photo but not shown here as i cropped them) who were taking selfies and they kept moving back so that they kept blocking my view. so i said, move and block my view some more and i kept saying "excuse me please". they just looked at me and continued their shenanigans. one of the attendants standing inconspicuously in the shadows saw them and asked them to try to mind other people. one of them said, "we're just taking selfies!" really!
when i was in high school, my mother, an uneducated daughter of poor farmers, told me (when i came from a classmate's dinner party where her parents commented that i was so well mannered and cultured) that class is not acquired, it is inherent in a person whether poor or rich; that just because a person went to a museum does not mean he/she is cultured, that a person may have gone to the most expensive school but it doesn't mean he/she is educated. the way my mother taught me and my siblings to dress properly as well as good manners, always earned us kudos from the moneyed parents of my friends.
i can't remember where i heard it from, but someone has said that "smart phones are turning people into assholes".
Too bad for the experience with the selfies.
What you describe, to me, is rather common sense. Which, nowadays, becomes more and more uncommon - if I may. Maybe common sense is changing. Maybe it is just that 'generation gap'. But still, not caring about the others will eventually lead to much misfortune.
This photo gives us a real sense of what your experience was ....minus the a$$holes. Beautifully done @monikozi I used to have a boss that said"common sense ain't all that common" and I can't tell you how many times that has been proven to me or how many times I have repeated it!
You have nicely captured a sense of your experience. I got to experience the Van Gogh Immersive experience when it was down here in Miami. I enjoyed it alot.
Your mother taught you well -- and we should all learn from her! Imagine the lady on the bench as a "framed" piece taken with her facing the painting and that's interesting, too.
Too bad for the experience with the selfies.
What you describe, to me, is rather common sense. Which, nowadays, becomes more and more uncommon - if I may. Maybe common sense is changing. Maybe it is just that 'generation gap'. But still, not caring about the others will eventually lead to much misfortune.