I was enjoying the Thanksgiving vibe at this diner I was at, so I decided "I'll film some stuff for my YouTube channel. Because I love the holidays so much and I wanna share vibes with people." I only got to film a few minutes before this mewling baby of a grown woman starts whispering to her boyfriend and cutting glances at me. Boyfriend gets up. He goes somewhere, I don't know, I'm not really interested in these two. He comes back. And shortly after that, the bartender comes creeping over to have a look at my "filming rig." And he's all "Hiiiii~ whatcha doin'?" I explain that I'm filming, he explains that I can't film guests. Obviously I wasn't "intentionally" filming them, I don't give a fuck about them. They just happened to be in my shot. But because it's this time now in history, you can't even tangentially film someone. People don't wanna end up on camera even by accident. So I do as I'm told and put the phone away. But that boy clearly spread some news because even after my phone is out away, the fucking MANAGER comes out and tells me that I can't film. He doesn't know I was already told, I guess, that's just how fast tattle-telling spreads. This man went and told anyone he could get an audience with.
So there goes my Thanksgiving content. I literally can't stomach my food, so I ask for the check. Coulda just fuckin' ran. What are they gonna do, ban me? Fair enough, I'm not coming back to your fucking sweatshop hash house and J wouldn't have even if you let me film. I only needed it for the day. But because I'm not a dependent baby, I give what is owed of me. I pay my tab, obviously no tip for the pigs. He tries to get me to take home a $12 slice of pie in a takeaway box, he words it as if it were free. Nice hustle on the upsell, Latwinx, but I've worked in diners too and I read up on this place. I decline. It's like Thanksgiving never fucking happened for me.
Moral of this story? "Damn the femorrloids?" No, because a lot of you here are guilty of the same cowardice. When you do things like keep people from viewing your profile. It didn't used to be like this. You've all seen the 7-11 Disney World video. You could film strangers ON PURPOSE and they didn't go crying to management. It makes no sense. We have never been more connected on the Internet. More encouraged to show and share. But at the same time we've never been more DISCOURAGED to record.
What is the absolute worst that could come from me filming people? Just the filming. I film you, and then I leave. What's the WORST that can come from that? I'm not following you around, you just happen to be nearby and I'm filming you. And then what? You go viral?
You people, you cowards. You have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear, all you have is cowardice. Cowardice, and more power than you deserve.
So there goes my Thanksgiving content. I literally can't stomach my food, so I ask for the check. Coulda just fuckin' ran. What are they gonna do, ban me? Fair enough, I'm not coming back to your fucking sweatshop hash house and J wouldn't have even if you let me film. I only needed it for the day. But because I'm not a dependent baby, I give what is owed of me. I pay my tab, obviously no tip for the pigs. He tries to get me to take home a $12 slice of pie in a takeaway box, he words it as if it were free. Nice hustle on the upsell, Latwinx, but I've worked in diners too and I read up on this place. I decline. It's like Thanksgiving never fucking happened for me.
Moral of this story? "Damn the femorrloids?" No, because a lot of you here are guilty of the same cowardice. When you do things like keep people from viewing your profile. It didn't used to be like this. You've all seen the 7-11 Disney World video. You could film strangers ON PURPOSE and they didn't go crying to management. It makes no sense. We have never been more connected on the Internet. More encouraged to show and share. But at the same time we've never been more DISCOURAGED to record.
What is the absolute worst that could come from me filming people? Just the filming. I film you, and then I leave. What's the WORST that can come from that? I'm not following you around, you just happen to be nearby and I'm filming you. And then what? You go viral?
You people, you cowards. You have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear, all you have is cowardice. Cowardice, and more power than you deserve.
