In the seventh inning of a competitive baseball game last weekend, somebody a few rows ahead of me at the stadium took it upon himself to try and single-handedly start a wave, getting everybody in the section to stand up and yell because he told them to. I thought for sure he would fail — people are here to watch the game, right? Nothing happened at first, but he was undeterred and kept yelling and exhorting and gesticulating — "One! Two! Three!" — making it impossible to follow the action on the field. A few people began to follow his lead, then a few more, and then several people nominated themselves to be his henchmen and began yelling at the other spectators too. Eventually enough people in our section stood up on cue that the section to our right followed suit, and then it was happening.
I blame the media
I blame the media
I blame the media
In the seventh inning of a competitive baseball game last weekend, somebody a few rows ahead of me at the stadium took it upon himself to try and single-handedly start a wave, getting everybody in the section to stand up and yell because he told them to. I thought for sure he would fail — people are here to watch the game, right? Nothing happened at first, but he was undeterred and kept yelling and exhorting and gesticulating — "One! Two! Three!" — making it impossible to follow the action on the field. A few people began to follow his lead, then a few more, and then several people nominated themselves to be his henchmen and began yelling at the other spectators too. Eventually enough people in our section stood up on cue that the section to our right followed suit, and then it was happening.