Brit tourist seething as influencer makes absurd request to little girl in pool
The outrageous actions of a content creator seeking the perfect social media image in Thailand have led a Brit tourist to brand her a 'b****'
A British holidaymaker has hit out at influencer culture for going too far as she urged content creators to let children play.
The comments from @carlyleighgyally on TikTok came as she sunned herself by a beautiful pool in a resort in Thailand.
Carly turned to her social media to express her outrage after a young child who was playing with her dad in the water was asked to move so an influencer could get a perfect picture. She explained: "This family's here and there's an adults only pool literally 50 metres round the corner where there are no children.
"This little girl who's playing with her dad in the pool, she's on his shoulders, she's the best swimmer I've ever had in my life and she's like five. I think it's really wholesome and sweet."
But when a woman arrived and set herself up with a tripod, she wasn't happy that the stunning backdrop to the beautiful pool - a lush green landscape - was being "spoiled" by the family playing in it. "This f***** influencer pointed to the edge of the pool and was like: 'Can you go over there?'," raged the TikTokker.
"'F*** off'. If you want a private pool to film content... go rent a villa."
Much to the dismay of the holidaymaker, the "wholesome" family had moved when told and were now not fully enjoying themselves. "Now they're really uncomfortable at the side of the pool, they're not doing what they were doing anymore," she said. "I'm so annoyed at this b****."
This unnamed influencer isn't the only one to annoy the public - earlier this year another content creator was slammed for asking a 12-year-old boy enjoying the sea view from Bondi's famous Icebergs Pool in Australia to move so she could pose. TikTok users were quick to agree with Carly this time around, with one telling her: "My partner makes it his mission to cannonball all influencer shots".
Another jaw dropping influencer story was shared in response to her video from a TikTokker called Jen, who said: "My fiance proposed to me on holiday and had paid for the hotel to set up an area with flowers, candles and MARRY ME lights. The area was blocked off with a sign saying 'private event'.
"After he proposed, we sat drinking champagne and these two influencers came over and started taking photos next to us! One of them even moved the private event sign out of the way! So I told them where to go."
"Influencers in the wild are the worst people ever," added Carly of her original video. "You can't tell children to move, it is the worst humanly thing I've ever seen anyone do."
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