Behaving in a public space

[Diablo2000]

A funny thing happened today when I was getting back to work in the bus, I was there minding my own business when I notice the guy next to me cellphone's was in that "selfie mode", I really thought nothing of it just looked the other way, I was looking to see if the guy selling frech fries on the street was there selling so that I could buy some (I was very close to my stop, and sadly he wasn't) that's when I looked back at the guy phone and realized that the he was taking a picture of me.

Now I am not one those who will scream it was a violation or what not, but being a very private person still felt a bit bad about it.

Now the point of this created thread is not to tell my tale, but to discuss a bit about the behavior in public spaces, since I admit that the only reason why that guy took that picture was the fact I was acting some what odd, out of standard.
In what way to you ask? Simple, I was listing to a podcast I was finding very funny. The only thing I did was well... laugh.

I have no ideas, rather than ignore other people and just keeping do what do, but I find there's a actual discussion to had here.

 

[Vault101]

is english not your first language? I found your post a bit hard to follow...and you know...[i/]coming from me of all people[/i]

anyway

Now the point of this created thread is not to tell my tale, but to discuss a bit about the behavior in public spaces, since I admit that the only reason why that guy took that picture was the fact I was acting some what odd, out of standard.
In what way to you ask? Simple, I was listing to a podcast I was finding very funny. The only thing I did was well... laugh.

thats still really friggen weird though, its not like he was capturing anything in taking a photo...and it is a violation of privacy, I mean there are times for example...

during the height of the 50 shades craze an older lady (the exact kind of stereotype in regards to the demographic) was reading it...except she'd covered the damn thing in baking paper [i/]and I could still see it[/i] it was fucking hilarious...had I had a proper phone at the time thats the kind of thing I might have covertly taken a photo of (but hidden her face of coarse)

 

[Diablo2000]

is english not your first language? I found your post a bit hard to follow...and you know...[i/]coming from me of all people[/i]

anyway

Now the point of this created thread is not to tell my tale, but to discuss a bit about the behavior in public spaces, since I admit that the only reason why that guy took that picture was the fact I was acting some what odd, out of standard.
In what way to you ask? Simple, I was listing to a podcast I was finding very funny. The only thing I did was well... laugh.

thats still really friggen weird though, its not like he was capturing anything in taking a photo...and it is a violation of privacy, I mean there are times for example...

during the height of the 50 shades craze an older lady (the exact kind of stereotype in regards to the demographic) was reading it...except she'd covered the damn thing in baking paper [i/]and I could still see it[/i] it was fucking hilarious...had I had a proper phone at the time thats the kind of thing I might have covertly taken a photo of (but hidden her face of coarse)

Yes, english isn't my first language. But the main problem is usually how I choose to word things rather than my writing, which in itself is wobbly at times.

 

[ZedOmega]

A funny thing happened today when I was getting back to work in the bus, I was there minding my own business when I notice the guy next to me cellphone's was in that "selfie mode", I really thought nothing of it just looked the other way, I was looking to see if the guy selling frech fries on the street was there selling so that I could buy some (I was very close to my stop, and sadly he wasn't) that's when I looked back at the guy phone and realized that the he was taking a picture of me.

Now I am not one those who will scream it was a violation or what not, but being a very private person still felt a bit bad about it.

Now the point of this created thread is not to tell my tale, but to discuss a bit about the behavior in public spaces, since I admit that the only reason why that guy took that picture was the fact I was acting some what odd, out of standard.
In what way to you ask? Simple, I was listing to a podcast I was finding very funny. The only thing I did was well... laugh.

I have no ideas, rather than ignore other people and just keeping do what do, but I find there's a actual discussion to had here.

...let me get this straight, the guy took a picture of you while you were laughing at a podcast? I'd say laughing at something you're listening to is normal public behavior and has been since the days of the Walkman. I'd be kind of nervous about someone taking a picture of me laughing, though.

I wouldn't worry about grammar on the Internet of all places, though. This is the era of the text message and the Facebook post.

(Edited to clarify my repsonse.)

 

[Diablo2000]

A funny thing happened today when I was getting back to work in the bus, I was there minding my own business when I notice the guy next to me cellphone's was in that "selfie mode", I really thought nothing of it just looked the other way, I was looking to see if the guy selling frech fries on the street was there selling so that I could buy some (I was very close to my stop, and sadly he wasn't) that's when I looked back at the guy phone and realized that the he was taking a picture of me.

Now I am not one those who will scream it was a violation or what not, but being a very private person still felt a bit bad about it.

Now the point of this created thread is not to tell my tale, but to discuss a bit about the behavior in public spaces, since I admit that the only reason why that guy took that picture was the fact I was acting some what odd, out of standard.
In what way to you ask? Simple, I was listing to a podcast I was finding very funny. The only thing I did was well... laugh.

I have no ideas, rather than ignore other people and just keeping do what do, but I find there's a actual discussion to had here.

...let me get this straight, the guy took a picture of you while you were laughing at a podcast? I'd say laughing at something you're listening to is normal public behavior and has been since the days of the Walkman. I'd be kind of nervous about someone taking a picture of me laughing, though.

I wouldn't worry about grammar on the Internet of all places, though. This is the era of the text message and the Facebook post.

(Edited to clarify my repsonse.)

I'd think is normal, but then again, I heard stories about people getting in akward situations for laughing at a podcast in buses and other public places before. (This podcast I was hearing does bring up this type of story every once in a while about this in their e-mail section) So it's not like I wasn't expecting sooner or later getting in one of those.
But the whole thing was weird and fast, well mostly because I had to bolt because I reached my stop... Still fell very uneasy.

 

[Keoul]

Yeah that guy taking pictures of you was definitely in the wrong.
Sure you laughing in public might seem a bit weird but it's not any weirder to me than someone talking on their phone, to everyone else you're just talking to yourself especially if you have earphones on.

Still pretty damn weird to take a photo though, maybe it's just me but I don't think you should take a photo of someone unless you ask first and they said it was okay.

 

[MetalDooley]

As someone who doesn't particularly like getting my photo taken anyway the situation the OP described would have seriously pissed me off and I probably would have challenged the guy on it.At the very least you should ask someones permission before taking their photo.The proliferation of camera phones has to be one of the most annoying things about modern life because no matter where I go now I'm surrounded by people taking bloody photos

I admit that the only reason why that guy took that picture was the fact I was acting some what odd, out of standard.
In what way to you ask? Simple, I was listing to a podcast I was finding very funny. The only thing I did was well... laugh.

There's absolutely nothing odd about laughing in public especially as I'm assuming you had headphones on and were clearly listening to something.Frankly what the guy did was much more odd in my eyes

 

[Someone Depressing]

That's a little bit creepy, and I personally would have objected to it.

I like to think that I act normally, not strictly "normal" but I don't actively act strange. But laughing in public isn't strange, not even by yourself.

 

[Kae]

I would have glare at him as hard as I could, then maybe raised my voice and said "What the hell are you looking at?!"
He probably would have gotten scared after that, the combination of my voice and my scars make me fairly scary, as for acting weird, I wouldn't know people always look at me as if there's something wrong with me no matter what I do, so I find it better to scare them away because they are annoying pests.
People also tend to yell insults at me when they pass by on cars which is weird, I've asked other people if this happens to them as I assumed it was normal and they say it's not and that it only happens to me, which kinda pisses me off but I'm normally able to calm down and not go after them, I feel sorry for whatever asshole gets the bad luck of catching me on a bad day because I'm pretty fucking sure I'd drag him out of his car and beat the the shit out of him[footnote]The place where they normally do this is filled with stop lights so catching up to people in cars isn't really hard.[/footnote].

In any case my point is that people are annoying assholes so you better scare their asses away or learn to ignore them.

 

[BarbaricGoose]

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He probably just thought you were totally hot. Now maybe it doesn't make you feel any better that a stranger you sat next to on the bus may be jerking off to a picture of you taken in "Secret," but... where am I going with this. Yeah, it's weird. It's really weird.

I'd be quite unsettled. Probably ask 'im why he took the picture.

 

[Twintix]

Well, some dickhead slapped my boob on purpose while I was visiting the States. I know it was on purpose because it was the middle of the night, the streets were empty, he deliberately held out his hand when walking past me and he shot me a smug smile afterwards as he jumped into his car. If I hadn't been suffering from sleep-deprivation and had no interest in making a scene, I probably would've socked it to him. Irritatingly, I feel like he somehow won, whether I'd hit him or not. He copped a quick feel. He got what he wanted.
Other than that, I haven't really experienced any bad behavior in the street.

That guy taking your picture without permission is seriously creepy, though.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

As someone in film school who has to carry permission sheets around if enough of a person is in the frame of a scene without prior consent; I get why people value the privacy of their image. A few times while shooting documentary interviews we've been asked to stop. I'll politely go through the footage and show them where they were in the frame and if it still is too much for them (typically they're just in the background for less than 3 seconds), we do another take and erase it in front of them. That usually satisfies them although it is a tremendous inconvenience for the day's effort.

Although I am unhappy with it if it got to the point where I'm deleting clips, I understand it. When people grab at my camera angrily, that's when I get defensive. We're aware of what we're doing, let's talk about it. Don't jump right to violence.

But that's for work. When its just me, out on my own I don't take pictures or video of people. It is rude for one thing and also it really falls apart if they ask why I'm doing it and I don't have a justifiable reason. So if I wasn't making a documentary about the transit system, the right thing to do is ask permission.

 

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

I live in a place where people regularly shout on their mobile phones, sometimes about the people surrounding them.

Yeah... don't do that. I don't mind because I have loud parents and I went to a loud school, but that kind of shit can get annoying.

Other than that, just don't be a tit! Also no drama queens; I have a friend who relishes in embarrassing me in public spaces >.>