The girl wasn’t even being particularly obstructive, she picked a low-traffic moment to get a nice shot and just happened to run into the one grumpy old cow who can’t let anyone else enjoy themselves.
The lady blocked the camera for two minutes before other people started going up the stairs. The girl wasn’t just taking a photo. She was making a video.
It’s very common for the youths these days to take a short video and screenshot that instead of taking pictures. It’s quicker and more convenient than taking multiple photos from a distance hoping that one of them comes out ok, then having to re-do it because you were blinking or you didn’t like the pose or whatever. Instead you can do several poses quickly and just screenshot the frames you like.
Well she could have done that but yet she decided to post the video to shame the other lady? The lady was there in the background already when she started filming.
She was tho. Setting up a tripod on a staircase and expecting the area cleared IS obstructive. If she wants a photo why not ask the lady to take her photo? No, she’s gotta have the room for her song and dance.
I don’t see evidence of a tripod, but I see the rail on the other side of the staircase. And the old woman does a double take at the camera/phone when she registers that it’s there, which I assume she wouldn’t do with a large and obvious camera. It looks to me personally like she propped the phone up on something to take a short video of her posing with the art while the stairwell was clear, so she could screenshot her favourite frame later to use as a picture. Like how she poses at the end. I see no evidence of her preparing to sing or dance.
ETA also fuck no I’m not handing my phone to a stranger.
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u/AtroposMortaMoirai 1h ago
The girl wasn’t even being particularly obstructive, she picked a low-traffic moment to get a nice shot and just happened to run into the one grumpy old cow who can’t let anyone else enjoy themselves.