Smile, please. You're on camera. This is not a joke. It seems that there are now more cameras than human beings in your community. I used to be annoyed when my children came into the toilet when I was using it. Now I worry about them coming in with camera phones. The last time it happened, I shouted, "I hope you're not filming this for You Tube." They replied, "Of course not, that's not so last month."
Escaping to a bar, I complained about this camera-filled world and many listeners shared their stories.
A Londoner told me about a woman in England who threw a cat in the street. When the surveillance(监视) video went public, she received so many death threats that she needed police protection. It seems that, if you cause an animal some pain, the population rises up to beat you to death.
A man from New York told a story of how a truck had knocked a tree down. A 23-year-old woman was hurt in the accident. However, a surveillance camera revealed that she had thrown herself down on purpose to get money from the driver. "You have to admit, the camera was the hero in that story," the New Yorker said.
Of course, there are disadvantages, too, the Londoner added, explaining that the UK now had about four million surveillance cameras. "I feel like cameras are looking at me all the time." he said.
However, my attitude really changed after someone suggested: "If you had a large body of filmed work, why not register(登记) as an actor?" So I phoned a friend and got to know that all film or video actors with speaking parts could earn at least $782 per day.
Woohoo! Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go and do some "stupid dad tricks" at home.
