Respect My Privacy: No Photos Please!

With everyone owning smartphones nowadays it is impossible for one not to take photos of everything whenever they feel like it. They feel the need of using the power of the camera in their phones to tell the whole world about literally anything, but they have forgotten the danger of showing everything: how it may harm someone that you don't even know; and how you may summon harm towards yourselves. 

I totally agree that taking photos means creating memories - but does the one that the photo is being taken want to be that part of the memory? See - if the agreement is not mutual, it is not the right thing to do. Okay, let me put it in simpler ways:

Level one:

You are walking down the street and you noticed someone taking snapshots of you. How do you feel?

Adding the intensity (Level two):

You are a 20-year-old young lady buying something in a grocery shop. When you are about to pay, you noticed the 50-year-old shop owner uncle taking your photo. How do you feel?

Level three: 

Someone close to you got into an accident. His/ her photos with broken nose/ bruises and wounds were all over social media sites. How do you feel?

Level four: 

You got into an accident and passed out. Of course the sight won't be pleasant. You woke up and found your pictures all over the net. How do you feel?

I bet that other than level one, I believe your anger and frustrations will only increase level by level. I don't think anyone in the sane mind would like the incidents I mentioned above to happen to them. You don't want such thing to happen to yourself; yet why do you keep on taking others' photos without permission? Have you thought about the consequences? 

See - the news will at least blur the faces of victim, and if permission is not given, they will not show the interviewee's face on screen or paper, not even the name. But here you are acting the "civilian hero reporter" and feel the urge to spread the news to others. Yes - you can inform that there has been an accident - but there is no need to take the photos of the poor victims, you are only adding insult to injury! You need not be a busybody - the authorities will inform the victims' family, and they would appreciate that you didn't take those poor photos! Who would want his/her misfortune to go viral?

Puls, it is not fun making fun of others if the other person doesn't find it funny. It is sad.

Keep your camera for selfies and sceneries, and if you find something interesting you want to share, think twice if it would hurt others. 

Manipulative.

These days I just could not find time to organise my thoughts. It's now one week till the end of semester and I still have 5 projects to deal with. No, I'm not here to complain about the work load. I'm here to complain about my group member(s).

From first year till now, I am the leader in almost every assignment or group work. Even if I am not the "official" leader, I am the one taking the initiative to work it out. I am lucky to have a partner in crime - she can understand what I mean and produce the work with quality. She is a good one, but still, she is a follower. The other two members - one with a sudden bursts of indifference, and sometimes will find fault in my ideas (she is still bearable because her work is okay); one lacking in professionalism and quality of her work, plus the tendency to go wayyyy past deadline that I have set. It's tiring like hell - to have these people dragging me when I have 6 subjects to take this semester, not to mention individual assignments as well. I asked for ideas but it usually end up with me suggesting, and end up me structuring, me conducting, me dividing the jobs, me checking, me proofreading, me printing, not to mention that the others only have to do their assigned parts while I have to do my assigned part (which usually carries the most weightage) and the "leader" job that I must do.

Picture this:

I am in the midst of doing another assignment when one of my members ask:"Hey have you divide the parts that we have to do for this course?" Or "Hey have you checked the part I submitted? Anything to correct?" 

Hey dear sister, I have things to do and why should I be the one dividing parts? Can't you tell me which part you want to do, or you are confident in doing?  I need time to work on my part as well, and here you come asking me if I have checked your part or not? Have you ever consider that I have to split my time up to check four parts of assignment and you only have to do one? Can't you be more sensible and offer help?  Or at least give me some space and shut the fuck up? I ain't need any one to order me around if I am the leader!

And when I ask you to do corrections, DON'T GIVE ME THAT BITCH FACE! If you are not concerned about the marks that you will receive, or the quality of the work that you are submitting in, I DO! And don't go around giving me excuses or praising me that I SHOULD DO MORE JOB BECAUSE I AM COMPETENT AND SMART AND SOOOOOOO RELIABLE AND YOU ARE NOT! GODDAMN HELL YOU ALSO GOT DEAN LIST AWARD AND YOU RESULTS ARE NOT THAT WORSE THAN ME! 

And when I set the deadline at 10 pm means 10 pm! WHY IS THERE NEVER A TIME THAT YOU ARE PUNCTUAL?! Don't tell me that you are sorry! I have had enough! 

I don't understand how can a person not improve a single bit for the three years I have known her. I simply cannot. Every time I see the face I feel like making her vanish into thin air, or gnawing my own eyes out so that I won't be reminded of her existence. Why should I be the one tolerating with her toxic behaviours? I ain't no saint because when I try to tell her to change, she wouldn't listen. I ain't no friend because I did not feel appreciated. What kind of a friend am I to her, if she dares to use her toxic tactics on me? It's better if she is not in my group. At least I wouldn't have extra emotional burden to top up my piling assignments and projects. 

Please make my live easier, can't you?