To Those Who Incurred My Wrath Yesterday...

**Begin Rant**

First of all, I want you to know that I've never had anything against you personally. I really don't know anything about you, except your names. If anything, I have always been completely neutral in my attitude toward you. But yesterday, my neutrality shifted.

That lesson was really well done. It was well organized and I could tell that Kami put a lot of work into it. She had a lot of information to give, and she really knows what she's talking about. People were asking questions and making helpful comments, and that lesson would have been quite successful, if it hadn't been for you. 

Yes, I mean you. You 4 or 5 women who sat in a little clump and held your own private conversation throughout the entire lesson. You weren't even trying to be subtle about it. You didn't even whisper. In fact, when your conversation became a persistent buzz, Kami tried to talk over you, and you just got louder! You women, who are my age and older, and who should really know better than to display such a blatant lack of common courtesy! Even if you were talking to each other about the lesson, why in the world could you not wait until after the lesson was over? Or, if it was that urgent, why didn't you go out into the hallway? There were people who actually wanted to listen to the lesson. And don't think Kami didn't notice what you were doing. I saw her glance in your direction more than once. She seemed to be pretty disheartened and flustered by your behavior. I was so close to turning around and openly "shushing" you, had I not been worried that such an act would have embarrassed Kami. So I kept my silence. 

I said nothing, until I got to my mom's house for dinner and ranted about it to my mom and my sister. And then I came home and ranted about it to my husband. And now I'm ranting in a blog post, which I know full well that none of you will read, because you don't have the link to my blog. Consider this to be one of those letters that people write and never send to the person (or persons) in question. It's just a way for me to get my feelings down into words so I can move on. 

I would just like to say this: Had I been the instructor, I would have not hesitated to pull one of 3 classic moves: 1) I would have stopped talking, and stared pointedly in your direction until you noticed and shut your face holes, 2) I would have called one of you by name, and asked if you had comments that you wanted to share with the class, and 3) I would have asked you to take your conversation out into the hallway. Sounds like high school, right? Well, apparently you all got caught up in some sort of "inconsiderate high school girl vortex" and only those high school teacher tactics would have had a chance of being effective. 

I'm hoping that this was a one time occurrence, and that next week will be better for everyone. In fact, my hopes are pretty high because this is the first time that this has been a real problem. Oh sure, some people will get caught up in little conversations, or make comments to each other during the lesson, but they are usually whispered and brief. We're not perfect, no one is. But let's try a bit harder to keep it down from now on, shall we? I can't guarantee that I will be able to hold my silence if it happens again. No one wants that, right? Of course not. Thanks for understanding. 

**End Rant**