Need some peace and quiet

I told off 3 oldER men. oppps...

I was at a seminar 2 days ago.The 3 older men in the professional field next to me kept talking. At first, i tolerated since the MC was introducing the background of the speaker. They would probably become silent when the speaker spoke.

They didn't.

I continued to tolerate since speaker was still at his opening speech. Maybe they would stop talking when the speaker went into his topic of the day.

Nope, they continued to chat. About the cars they bought (even showing each other the pictures), children living abroad, their trips somewhere..... I didn't mean to ears drop but hey, they were not  whispering. Did they forget that they were in a seminar instead of the coffee shop?

The participants in the row front also turned back to stare at them but they probably were too into their 'old-friend' catch up that they didn't notice.

I thought it was a bit too much. Although it wasn't nice to tell off older people but i think i need to because I paid a fee to come here to learn about the tax topic and not some strangers' life happenings!

So I turned to them and said with a smile "Sorry gentlemen for interrupting but i can't hear what the speaker is saying'. They did a mouth-covering gestures and apologized. 

From that moment onwards, it was peace & quiet....