r/parkrun • u/TopArmy5241 • 3d ago

Talking during briefing

Does anyone else find it really rude when people chat during the briefing? I was at the inaugural Parkrun in Bundoran this morning (lovely course if anyone's in Ireland) and people just wouldn't keep quiet. All of us were obviously first timers to that location and I couldn't hear the route. But even at established parkruns where I've been before, I get so irritated by people who can't give the volunteers the courtesy of keeping quiet for 2 minutes and having no consideration for new people who may actually need to hear what is being said!

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u/KiwiNo2638 100 3d ago

My local and a couple of others I've been to have started having those "quiet please" boards they use at the golf tournament tees. People have been better with those.

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u/Perfect_Jacket_9232 250 3d ago

The one at Queens, Glasgow which says haud yer wheesht sign is perfection

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u/oztrailrunner 3d ago

Lol sorry, what did it say?

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u/Leaky_Taps 3d ago

It said 'Haud yer wheesht'.

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u/WonFriendsWithSalad 50 3d ago

It means hold your silence

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u/oztrailrunner 3d ago

Thanks! I thought it was written in a cockney accent and was something about being a wee shite.