Tourist demands resident move away as she takes a picture of her husband in a busy area, resident refuses to give in to her entitlement: 'You don't own the pavement'

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jul 15, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

Back in the day, when people didn't have smartphones and the only camera you could take to your vacation was a film camera, you knew that every picture mattered. You only had a limited number of moments you could capture from your trip, so you took every single one very seriously. You had to make sure everyone is standing still, that your hands are not shaking, and hope that no one blinks the moment you press the button.

You had to make sure nothing was in the way, because it can be quite disappointing to come back from a magnificent trip and get the pictures developed, only to find out that most of them were blurry or had people crossing right in the middle of the frame.

But these days are behind us, which is why we all have thousands of pictures on our phones that look identical to one another. We can press that button as much as we want to ensure we get at least one perfect picture, and nothing stops us from taking even more if that is what we want.

Which is why people like the tourist in the story below are so annoying sometimes, because they act as if their picture is the most important thing in the world.

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    Tourist got annoyed because I got in the way of her photo

    Yesterday I was walking in my home city when a tourist, a good 10 yards or so away from us, decided to start yelling at me and
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    my partner in French (I live in England). When he asked her what her problem was she responded in English saying 'I'm taking a photo.
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    You're in my way.' I turned back and saw that she was trying to take a photo of a man who was literally around 50 yards away from us!
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    If I see somebody is taking a photo of somebody else I will do what I can to avoid it but seriously how am I supposed to know this
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    woman was taking a photo of her mate 60 yards away? He was behind us and I didn't see him. She could have been doing anything
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    on her phone and I'm not a mind reader. We were also in an extremely busy public place and it was ridiculous for her to expect nobody would get in her photo.
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    Anyway I told her she doesn't own the pavement and just walked off.
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    Mediocre-Studio2573 I'd be like oh you want me in the photo and stand there posing for her.
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    riri2530 OP D n I should have done that. I'm surprised my bf didn't actually because he's the kind of guy who would.
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    blaedmon I just walk thru idiots like this. If they make a scene or say something, congrats - now I'm going to ask U repeat yourself
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    while I slowly walk towards you. If it's reasonable, I'll walk around. But if you're doing it on a d .n footpath... you are really very, very dumb..
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    riri2530 OP The thing is because these two people were so far away from each other I didn't even realise she was trying to take a photo on him. It was also in a pedestrian area as well with heavy traffic so I honestly don't get why she thought nobody would be in the photo.
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    I did walk straight up to her camera and she shuffled off to the side before I told her she doesn't own the pavement.
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    Prestigious Leg7821 As someone who has to navigate the tourists on London Bridge regularly, I just walk thru every photo shot, I feel it gives them a realistic experience with a city worker, and if I did navigate them I'd walk about 500m further trying to dodge them all.
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    Kdoesntcare I'm kind of on the other side of this. I go to local car shows and the number of people who see you with a camera pointed at a car yet walk directly in front of you is insane. Even worse are the people who decide to stand in front of the car.
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    riri2530 OP She was taking a photo of somebody 60 yards away from her. There was no way I would have known what she was taking a photo of. In fact I didn't even see her until she started yelling at me.
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    No_Bag_9911 It's not like it was on film and cost money. Just click again lady
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    DynkoFromTheNorth Asking you to move? Okay. Yelling and demanding? This woman needs another hobby.
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    Excellent Coconut_81 I just ignore people taking pics. It's their problem to get a clear shot, not mine.
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