[Ansteorra] Re: Just a Question

[Scott and Susan]

I was standing behind Count Master Finn Kelly and his Mistress wife, they
too were dissappointed at the gentles and such gabbing during court. For the
most part when the requests came to hush, they were ignored. Since the court
was planned to be a long one, the less interruptions from the populace I
figured the better. Since I have not gotten to play on a regular basis in a
year, this was also the case at the court when I was apprenticed. I really
just wished that people would give the respect that they would expect. I was
always taught that if you wanted to catch up with someone that you saw at
court, you would take the chance after court, or just simply step away with
them.
Ldy Susannah Blackthorne, AOA,APF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Jones" <bigbeartx at msn.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 1:32 PM
Subject: [Ansteorra] Re: Just a Question


> Greetings Lady Susannah Blackthorne!
>
> I agree that court is many times very hard to hear.  This can be caused by
> many reasons, including the acoustics of the site, baronial "mumble mouth"
> (wherein everythign said during court is held at the level of a private
> conversations, instead of at a volume to reach everyone attending), or
> background noise.
>
> I admit to being one of the hangers on in back of court most of the time.
> And yes, from time to time I have conversations during court.  It's hard
to
> catch up with most of my friends in the SCA at events and many times court
> is when we happen to run into each other.  I do try, and many of us try,
to
> at least take that conversation off to the edge of the crowd and have it
in
> somewhat hushed tones.  But, conversations can get louder than they
should.
> And when asked politely to keep it down because court was going on, I have
> yet to find someone who ignored such a request.
>
> When you told the people who were talking during court that you were
having
> a hard time hearing and would appreciate it greatly if they either kept it
> down or moved a bit further away, what was their response?  Were you
> ignored?
>
> I do not take into account dirty looks, btw.  Our Peers and Nobles, and
> other ragtag rapscallions are immune to such things.  Take it from an
> experienced Peer and Noble Rangler (P&NR Union, Local 596), directly
> confronting the situation garners the best results.
>
> If that doesn't work, try to distract them with something shiny.  *grin*
>
> Gio.
> Bjornsborg.
>
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