Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I enjoyed your insight and you’re right about me being a writer who’s prone to posting about such a response. As a concert reviewer I often get a glare or a look of curiosity from fans when I take out my notepad, so her response wasn’t that surprising.

I really appreciate you looking at it from the other perspective, too. As best as I remember, the fan was serious about telling me to put down my notepad. And ever since that moment I’ve always wished I could have had a follow up chat with her to better understand why she did what she did. I’m constantly fascinated by human behavior and especially concert fan behavior. But it’s a challenge to document concert fan experiences because the environment is often full of different variables that make it hard to clearly understand everyone’s true intentions and emotional triggers. But I know it’s possible and that’s why Live Fix exists. And, as always, I’m open to your suggestions on how to get an accurately gauge and document concert fan behavior.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I enjoyed your insight and you’re right about me being a writer who’s prone to posting about such a response. As a concert reviewer I often get a glare or a look of curiosity from fans when I take out my notepad, so her response wasn’t that surprising.

I really appreciate you looking at it from the other perspective, too. As best as I remember, the fan was serious about telling me to put down my notepad. And ever since that moment I’ve always wished I could have had a follow up chat with her to better understand why she did what she did. I’m constantly fascinated by human behavior and especially concert fan behavior. But it’s a challenge to document concert fan experiences because the environment is often full of different variables that make it hard to clearly understand everyone’s true intentions and emotional triggers. But I know it’s possible and that’s why Live Fix exists. And, as always, I’m open to your suggestions on how to get an accurately gauge and document concert fan behavior.

The fact is, people throw out comments, jokes, observations, suggestions all the time that are seemingly off centre, or miss their mark. These are usually forgettable moments for the recipient or observer. In this case, a seemingly off colour remark has landed a person on your shit list and earned them a cyber-flog.

Have you considered that your own response to this simple social interaction can shed some light into some of your own insecurities. Do you see yourself as apart from the crowd most of the time and it really hit home when somebody suggested you join the crowd?

I think this person just felt the need to reach out to somebody, and you were it. I even doubt the person actually thought you should put down the notebook, but rather, it was an excuse, or reason to talk to you and flash a smile, especially if the body language was genuinely positive… Sounds like you took the interaction a bit too literal, but it would only seem fitting being that you’re a writer….

The fact is, people throw out comments, jokes, observations, suggestions all the time that are seemingly off centre, or miss their mark. These are usually forgettable moments for the recipient or observer. In this case, a seemingly off colour remark has landed a person on your shit list and earned them a cyber-flog.

Have you considered that your own response to this simple social interaction can shed some light into some of your own insecurities. Do you see yourself as apart from the crowd most of the time and it really hit home when somebody suggested you join the crowd?

I think this person just felt the need to reach out to somebody, and you were it. I even doubt the person actually thought you should put down the notebook, but rather, it was an excuse, or reason to talk to you and flash a smile, especially if the body language was genuinely positive… Sounds like you took the interaction a bit too literal, but it would only seem fitting being that you’re a writer….