to be upset about being filmed by a teenager in the street?

[sugarcoat21]

I've just walked my 7yr old to school and a secondary school school pupil filmed both of us as she walked past with her friend. As they went past the girl holding the phone said "it's outstanding" in a sort of game show tone if you know what I mean. Obviously they were taking the piss out of me. After they passed I shouted, did you just film us but they were to busy watching it back to hear. My 7yr old was confused by what had happened and asked me if they had filmed him because he looks funny! I assured him they were just silly girls. I'm worried what will happen with the video now, I don't want my son and I possibly plastered on the net in these circumstances.

I called the school who said without a name they couldn't do anything so I'm considering calling the police. Am I over reacting?

I would of loved to of taken the phone from them but I refrained

Well thank goodness for that! They're not doing anything illegal.

I think calling the police would be an over-reaction, but YANBU to be uncomfortable or worried about this. I think that photographing or filming someone to mock them on the Internet is an appalling thing to do, but it's so common now that it's natural to be worried about it.

It might be legal to film random people on the street, but it's incredibly rude.

Sounds more like Pokemon to me too.

I cant stand cocky cheeky kids like this. If you are sure they were definitely filming you to take the piss id say somehhing.
Id go out of my way to collar them.
Id say i saw you filming me and my child and making fun of me. And ive told your school,so now im taking a photo to identify you!
Migjt be a massive overreaction but how cocky are kids these days with their phones. Id never have dared to openly make fun of an adult as a teenager.

Teenage girls can be nasty piss-taking little bitches. On my first day back at work after second maternity leave, two of them filmed me at the bus stop giggling saying how fat I was, wasn't huge, a16 at most. I was heartbroken and sobbed when I got home, I really wish I had said or done something, but I think ignoring the spiteful little cows was for the best. They can film me now, I don't care, I'm the fittest and slimmest I've ever been Try to forget about it and move on.

Do you know what school they went to? Could you describe them? If so then I would contact the school - see if there is anything they can do.

They were without doubt filming us. Giggling and smirking after saying "it's outstanding" aloud as they approached us. It was so obvious they were taking the piss and attempting to film my reaction. I'm not that self conscious of my appearance as someone here has suggested. I might of been 6 months ago before I lost almost 4 stone, in fact I'm feeling the best I have in years.

I would've ignored them. You were walking down the street. Even if they caught you on camera you weren't doing anything. You're filmed walking around everytime you step outside.

Anyway they might not have been filming you. I was taking a panorama shot the other day on my horses fields (needed a pic of all the land) and I'm pretty sure some guy who stands on the lane watching thought I was filming him and anyone in the car park to the buildings next to us probably did too.

My friends teenagers are always selfieing and I often do a double take because it looks like they're sat opposite me filming me sitting there doing nothing lol.

They were probably filming themselves.

Either way even if they were filming you, I'm sorry but you're massively over reacting.

We've probably all been filmed at one point or another without ever knowing it.

As long as I've got my clothes on, I can't get fussed about it.

Just forget about it. It is probably two teens larking about. When i was younger me and my friends used to pretend we were Private investigators/detectives and would follow random people, hiding behind walls etc keeping up a continuous commentary. If we were caught we just ran away. We followed loads of people to their homes and made up stories about what they might be going to do. It was all just stupid and harmless but now i am older and more sensible i can see it might have been scary for some people and might have got us into trouble. Young people do the strangest of things but they don’t usually have malicious intent behind it.

That doesn't sound like a very nice experience but I am confused as to why saying 'it's outstanding' is taking the mickey out of you. I might be missing something.

They filmed my reaction to them taking the piss out of me, luckily I kept calm and didn't give them what they were after. I wonder what they will do next to try and get a reaction from someone just walking down the street. Surely this isn't expected to be the norm now is it?

As you said, they were probably trying to get an "amusing" reaction from you. They failed, so they'll most likely just delete the video. A video of a woman and her kid walking past and doing nothing is pretty boring, after all.

So, you did the right thing, and I would do the same thing again in the future. I'm sure it's nothing personal against you, they're not breaking any law, they're just kids being dumb. You are older and more mature, and ignoring it is absolutely the best course of action.

Were they wearing school uniforms OP? If so I would be more inclined to contact their school rather than the police.

I also dont understand why you think, "Its outstanding" is taking the mickey out of you. I am genuinely confused as to why you are this upset.

I think you should find something else to worry about. Just daft kids. Take no notice.

Maybe the OP is upset because of what her little boy said? The girls were just being annoying as teenagers often are but still...

A couple of years ago I was filmed by two blokes sat in a beer garden. Well, one bloke filming one bloke pointing out things for him to film. He said loudly and pointed at me. "Look, look, look. Fucking state of it. Jesus... I was with my kids. I was really upset. They were treating me like a piece of shit presumably because I'm fat. I walked on but something came over me. I walked back to the pub, went into the garden snatched his phone and threw it on to the road. Then did the same to the other bloke for good measure. They both just sat there like . They had fuck all to say when confronted with their victim.

If the OP was genuinely distressed by this incident - irrespective of the filming activity - it's possible it could be considered a form of assault, in which case it would be fair to report it to the police.

A couple of years ago I was filmed by two blokes sat in a beer garden

That's private property - a different situation legally.

If you look at any of the youtube videos, it's always the reaction that makes it go viral, never the people themselves. If you just ignore them, they'll delete the video and forget it, no-one would be interested.

Same with the online shaming of cyclists and motorists doing stupid things. It's the reaction that causes the interest and makes it go viral. If you are driving and do something stupid that affects a cyclist and then just carry on (assuming you havn't caused an accident) or say sorry if the cyclist catches up - no-one cares, it's forgotten. It's when the person makes a song & dance about it or loses it that it goes viral.

As someone who was bullied/abused for years about my weight, I'm an expert at not reacting and just walking on without comment.