Dear Manners: I attended a live performance at the theater. There was a very tall woman sitting right in front of me with her hair in an updo, and she was actually five or six inches taller.
You couldn’t see the stage at all unless you were leaning uncomfortably from side to side, and every time she moved her seat, I had to move as well. I couldn’t think of anything polite to say to her about this, so I did my best to just look around her.
Do you have any suggestions for this situation? Can we at least ask tall people to be considerate of others when getting their hair done in the theater?
In fact, the venue was a former movie theater, so the seats were not for watching the stage performance, but for watching the big, high screen. I would also like to mention that although I did not directly interact with her, this person seemed very nice to interact with her friends.
Gentle Reader: Yes. Because she probably looked great and was widely admired by them. They didn’t have to sit behind her.
Miss Manners has witnessed the awards ceremony many times and is aware that extreme hair and costume choices may be photogenic, but the comfort of seated companions who want to watch the performance The feathers are ignored, or at least they want to avoid having their aggressive feathers visible during the performance. That’s what I’m doing.
Miss Manners praises fashion, but reminds readers of the need to be considerate of others when sharing close seats. Oversized ornaments should at least be removable.
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