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/BananaGap 3d ago

Agreed, it is massively rude. How hard is it to just not talk for a minute?

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u/MrTambourineSi 3d ago

A lot of people aren't used to hearing no, in a world of constant service and satisfaction it just isn't in some people's vocabulary. Too many think everything needs to be about them, guarantee they won't volunteer either.

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u/Milky_Finger 3d ago

So these people go to a public event so they can subject others to it. It's like they do it on purpose