This is a high class problem, I know; but I have to say it……I’m often irritated by the picture-taking habits of tourists.
I’m annoyed by those who must pose for photographs with silly gestures, and even more so when the scene they are upstaging is sacred, somber or spectacularly beautiful. In front of a gorgeous mountain peak or canyon? The altar of an 800-year old and still operating cathedral or synagogue? The site of Nazi crimes against humanity?
Is it narcissism or is it cultural or is it generational? I don’t know, for I see enough exceptions to undermine any stereotype I begin to formulate.
All I know is that it’s embarrassing, maddening, or both.
There seems to be more of this since the development of small cameras and the proliferation of selfie sticks which do away with the need for these embarrassments to require an accomplice. Now tourists can pose inappropriately without any help from their friends.
JER
ALL OVER THE MAP 