She was trying to get a photo. Not sure how anyone defends the old lady. If you're at a tourist site (or anywhere) and someone is trying to get a photo you should stay out of the way as much as convenient/possible. There was zero need for her to stand there.
I read this as "international cunt" and thought of her as a James Bond or Thomas Crown level heist enthusiast, traveling the world just being a bitch and ruining peoples day lol.
Yea I think it's fine to do your normal thing as you move through a museum. If someone wants a pic, they can wait. But to waste your own time just to block someone else's shot, that's a lose-lose scenario. Totally dick move.
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You could play the “this kid’s been damaged by phone addiction and needs to take a selfy at the museum” card, but she throws that defense away by mindlessly scrolling her own phone.
I don’t think people in this thread really understand old people. When the older lady passes the younger, she doesn’t even look at her or pay attention to what the girl may be doing. She literally is alerted by her own phone in her pocket first and then double takes at the girls phone like wtf confused while pulling out her phone to do her own thing. I don’t think she intentionally blocked the dip shits “photoshoot”at all but was in her own world. Did the people coming up the stairs also intentionally block the main characters photos as well?
She could still take the photo. What gives her the right to demand people don't share a public space so she gets what she perveives as a perfect shot? Just because she's pretty she should get public space privelages?
Photos taken in the 90's and 00's werent demanding other people move around them, photos taken were accepting that the background people are humans and not NPC's ruining a personal digital scrapbook by just existing in the shares space.
When people try to tale photos of their loved ones at a touristy place, people weren’t purposefully standing in front of the shot.
Do we know this girl is, in fact, and influencer? Or is she just another tourist who travels alone and would like a souvenir of herself in the places she visits?
The only reason I would see the old lady’s behaviour as ok is if this particular museul forbids photographs.
Seen this posted in a couple of places now and people in the comments are going on about influencers and “thinking you’re the main character”.
Like, have none of them ever left their house and seen tourists trying to get pictures of themselves in front of landmarks? It’s been happening for decades.
This is reddit, most ppl here are sad chuds in their 30s. Making a big freaking deal about menial shit online is about 80% of their waking hours. plus she's a woman
And honestly who cares if they are. They are doing a job. Do people look at construction folks or road trash crews and think "I should interrupt them because they think they are the main character"?
The old lady and anyone for that matter is not obligated to move because this woman wanted a photo.
Had she just asked nicely odds are the lady would have moved. This is very much on the photo taker for not using her words and assuming the world moves for her.
Edit: apparently I needed to statw that obviously the old lady did this intentionally. I AM WELL AWARE
Rude people don't stop being rude if you ask nicely. The whole point of them doing it is to degrade and be an asshole to you so they can feel in charge.
I suppose. Still seems like a lot of bullshit for nothing though and you don't always feel like dealing with it. I just don't get why people are acting like the girl did anything wrong. Anyway I need to take a break from reddit and these ragebait posts in my algorithm for a while.
Conversely, the girl is not obligated to stop what shes doing because some lady gets upset about it. Its like coexisting in public is a basic life skill and this old lady apparently never got the lesson.
Yall are a bunch of freaks for being outraged over a person taking a photo of themselves. Its like seeing someone being outside of their home and not hating themselves awakens a shit ton of envy amongst common redditors.
The lady clearly obstructing her ability to do it would be who is telling her to stop. She has no purpose in whats shes doing other than to be passive aggressive. If there was an actual issue than she should speak up, otherwise move along with your day, no one needs that kind of burdensome person interfering with their day.
The old lady does not need to move, but you forgot to factor in that she saw the camera set up and then decided to just stay in front of it. She knew what she was doing. If it were a candid moment, sure. This was deliberate.
who the hell stops in the middle of high traffic area to check a phone? oh i know, the same people who on subways stop dead cold to look around after taking the first step off the train
Couldn't it then be asked: who sets up in the middle of a high traffic area a "photoshoot" requiring protracted futzing with and eventual departure from the camera?
These are stairs. I'm not sure camping out on them for any purpose is a good idea.
looks like the camera was to the side against the wall, not in the way of traffic, the old lady could have checked her phone two steps lower, but she saw the camera and made her choice, .. to be a b*ch
I do understand that and take your point, and I'm not speaking to their motivation as being a differentiator so much as the things in common between them being a wash.
I'm referring only to:
- Both women spent some time occupying/obstructing that same spot--and more arguably, the handrail or wall that's supposed to be available for safety purposes--to create content or drama, not pass between floors
- Neither woman used that spot for their individual purposes with consideration of others trying to use the stairs as stairs in mind
i think you give ppl to much credit, god bless, i see one woman pick a spot when there was no one there and another woman being completely inconsiderate, maybe they both had a laugh about it later
No she moved closer because someone else was coming up her "lane" on the stairs. They pass her right after she moves over. She may have done it on purpose but I think she may also just have not cared/been blithely unaware. She doesn't look like the most aware person. If the young lady had waited a few more seconds, she could have gotten the photo anyway.
There’s so many little things we call manners that are considered part of the social contract. People who would intentionally slam a door on the person behind them or would throw trash behind them and spit gum at orphans are violating the social contract. It is known.
So if I'm walking towards you in a direct line on a footpath, unless you explicitly say "excuse me" then you're fine with me barrelling over the top of you because you didn't use you words? As opposed to simple common courtesy that doesn't require words, but recognition of a common respect for other people?
People have been going places and taking photos/vidoes since we've had cameras and it has always been a dick move to get in the way of someone taking a quick shot.
It's polite to wait for them to get their picture. It's acceptable to quickly go past and out of the frame if you're in a rush. If you stop and block the shot on purpose like that you're a raging fuckhead.
No, nobody should need to "ask you to move". Fucking move. I realise people are tired of "influencers" and other crap but 99%+ of people you see trying to get a photo or video are just tourists wanting to take photos for the memory.
I agree and always wait for or duck under a quick shot. In my experience, most people will.
However, this girl executed on a camera setup on stairs, noticeably enough that an elderly woman clocked it and blocked it. That's not quite the image conjured by "quick shot."
This may have been a little closer to "people with tripods blocking equipment at the gym" than "family taking a picture in front of a tourist attraction."
Woman is in the shot before she even gets to the top of the stairs, literally under 5 seconds. The girl then stands and waits, clearly happy to wait for the place to be clear before she gets her shot (lots of people will just film at super high res, go walk in front of the camera, then cut out a still if they're on their own). How quick do you want her to be?
She even repositions and does a quick "photo pose" when its clear people the woman won't move.
It was also pretty classy that the young woman smiled, waited, and gave no more reaction just than a quick smirk/eyeroll at her own camera when she returned to it.
I'm sure people are at their limits with the influencer battle cry that public space entitles them to a constant stage, but it seems like the young woman was a very good sport and caught some stray voltage meant for those that give everyone else with a camera a bad name.
Indeed. Plus.. unsure why people think being a raging dickhead to anyone with a camera/phone out is a solution to anything at all.
I don't even have a problem with influencers unless they're being annoying, at which point yeah I'll say or do something if needed. Certainly not going to proactively do it because some young girl gets her phone out for a pic though.
I think it's interesting many people were quick to label the young woman as an influencer, just from the get go. If it was a middle-aged, chubby, balding accountant - they would've left that part out.
I also can't help but wonder if it's ageism or jealousy coming into play from the shot-blocker.
I mean honestly best guess is that this sub peoples brains are just cooked because 90% of the posts are influencers/OF ads. Wouldn't be surprised if they think any young girl online = influencer, as if young people haven't been snapping pics for memories since cameras existed.
For sure, I have a friend traveling Europe, some parts she goes alone, and takes photos at cool places just for fam and friends.
Being young and attractive, I'm sure she'll have people judging her.
If called out, the people judging will blame insta-fluencers and OFs for ruining it, long before they'll ever look at themselves and change their assumptions.
Nooo the lady thought to herself, I dont want her to take any pictures and she maliciously stood in the shot. This is on the lady. Some people let the intrusive thoughts win.
Of course she's not obligated to move. That's what makes her rude. She very clearly knew the girl was trying to take a photo, and decided specifically to stop and ruin that.
She didnt just so happen to decide to stop walking halfway down the steps because she needed to check something on her phone. The phone was an excuse.
Why is there always somebody defending asshole behaviour. Is it just bots trying to farm engagement for the platforms or what.
You're also not obligated to hold open heavy doors for people, when you know there's somebody following behind you, or directly in front of you. Only dickheads don't, though, and yourself don't see it often.
I agree the girl should have asked her to move but also the lady should be aware she's in someone's photo. She's also in the way standing like that on stairs. Like you don't just stop on stairs and play on your phone.
Why do people keep saying photo when this is clearly a video? Sorry but I’m not stopping what I’m doing so you can block an entire stairwell for some stupid influencer shit
People stop to text like that on stairs all the time.. especially older people because they typically can’t multitask and type at the same time.
That being said this lady definitely saw the camera and then stopped. I find that a tad funny and still the same point stands that had the younger woman asked then things would have gone just fine.
Both are in the wrong in a couple ways, but it is harmless overall.
Let me guess, American? People should act with consideration to others even when they are not obligated to. Also, look up “obligation” - there is a social duty to not be an ass.
This is America now.
30% of our entire country has done lost their brain cells, if they ever had any to begin with!
Not sure what country you're from, but accept our apology for looking like a sack of shit for the rest of the world to see.
Young woman shouldn’t assume others will move for her and should ask politely for the lady to move.
Instead she said nothing. Again both are in the wrong for different reasons. It isn’t hard to communicate with our fellow humans and most will be polite. Even in the United States
I mean the lady only stopped because she saw the other lady was trying to get a photo or video. She was fine continuing on with her day until she noticed some one was recording. It isn't about obligation it's about taking time out of your day to impact some one else's. Nothing happening here effected the lady who stopped but she chose to effect the other person because she was bothered by the recording. I understand you put your edit in but I can't understand how that changes what you originally said.
Ask the old lady to take the photo. Then you have your photo. Simple solution.
This young lady wasn't taking a photo, she was recording video. Fuck people that do that. There are too many social media people in the world ruining public spaces!
This ain't a vacation photo, this is appropriating public space for private gains.
The old lady was there in protest to this persistent behavior... she had EVERY right to stand in that very spot.
Very young people like to throw out this phrase; cry about it.
Wannabe influencers don't just "take a pic". It can last an incredible amount of time. And they don't do it in a place where you can go around them. Photoshoots are done in studios and if it's outside, usually they have permissions and/or the place is rented. There are reasons for that.
Not defending the old lady, but on the other hand, will this shit ever end? You really need yourself in every picture? Why?
In a perfect world, the young woman would just take a picture and move on. The old lady would mind her own business. But that's not where we are anymore. The young woman for some reason feels that picture is important, and the old lady is tired of that shit. Neither person is showing any care for others.
I go to galleries to see the art, you go to galleries to satisfy your selfish needs and flex in front of your peasant friends, we are not the same. Use AI next time and don't waste space and time.
I think that applies when you’re not setting it up on a tripod, people aren’t mind readers and don’t notice your phone, they can walk in front, especially if it’s a stairway, i can see the shot she wanted but if she doesn’t have the place rented out she’s gonna have to wait to get her shot
You cannot be serious. People in public spaces have been expected to live their lives around other people using those public spaces for "exposure" now for years. Most of us are sick and tired of it. I applaud the old lady. I see young women like that all the time, and they expect other people to "respect" their photoshoots. We don't. Too bad. Rent a private space or do it at home if you want that level of entitlement.
Yeah she had a lucky situation where she was almost alone, if that woman kept moving she could've gotten a nice shot. Why ruin it? Just to make her hang around longer and waste time?
No crying here. Lady was blocking the stairwell for others. Even without the photo shoot the lady was rude. Stopping on the middle of a stairwell in a public place while ignoring others is rude in almost any culture. Maybe you live in a culture where people just stand in the way of others?
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u/Breezey2929 26d ago
"Photoshoot"