Singaporeans at Performances

My opinion of Singaporeans at performances has hit a new low.

Is it just me or have I been unable to attend a performance nowadays without picking on the good, bad and ugly present. Or rather bad, badder, ulgy.

So what have they done to get under my skin tonight at the Singapore Indoor Stadium? For a start,

Punctuality
The same old bug bear about Singaporeans. I am not sure why people pay good money for a performance they want to attend only to come 15-20 minutes into the show. Maybe they really have a valid reason, to top of their disrespectful behaviour, they sure make no effort to be inconspicuous when coming into the hall, standing in the aisle, cutting across the view of others to get to an usher and other such intrusive behaviour.

Disregard for Audience Behind
We attended a show for children. The Indoor stadium provided booster seats precisely to enable kids not to have their view blocked by taller adults. So we positioned EJ behind another child so he will not be blocked. And after a while, we noticed that most kids were all in the same column of seats precisely for this reason. 5 minutes into the show, the family in front of us decides to change the order of the universe and move their kid. Now we have a monster of a mother blocking EJ's view. To add insult to  injury, she decides to keep holding her camera up to take photos of the show.

People who do not Understand the Meaning of NO RECORDING
There was a sign at the entrance that read, " No video and audio recording". The number of people recording the show was amazing. There was a lady 2 rows in front of us who was recording a video of every single song of the show. From my view point, there was always a 2 hands a camera in my field of view. That is really irritating! And a lady in row 2, must have watched the entire show through the view finder of her camera. Why can't the ushers and security do something about these 'rule breakers' even after informing them, I do not know. These people deserve to have their cameras confiscated or their clips deleted on the spot as a form of punishment. It is precisely because they get away scott free that they never learn.

Standing
I can understand if the kids get excited an stand...but a parent? before the end of the show during the last dance sequence, the mother in front of us (again) decided to stand to get a good video shot of the proceedings on stage. This was with her hands raised overhead for maximum elevation. Even after I tapped her and indicated for her to sit down, she sat with her hands still overhead. This lady is both so inconsiderate and so dense not to realise that my asking her to sit down is to get her not to block our view behind her.

I must say I really hate to attend a performance in Singapore. Try it once and it is not difficult to understand why.