Where were the "moderators"?

MotherOfDragons
Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:09:19 +0000

Hey, I just went to a ladies’ luncheon event at a hotel ballroom among affluent suburban (predominantly white) women, and they kept talking throughout the speaker’s presentation. They only shut up when the winners of raffle tickets were announced. It was pretty rude!

I’m seeing this a lot, too. My mother in law will start an entirely different conversation with someone else at the table if she decides she’s done listening to the original speaker. Just talks right across them like they weren’t there. I was boggled by the behavior, but I’ve also seen it on cruises where people were at a large table.

I think it’s an etiquette and consideration issue, not a racial or cultural issue.