People should be BANNED from taking selfies in public places, say young Brits sick of self-obsessed craze
Some 68 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds said they are sick of people constantly photographing themselves
MORE than two-thirds of young Brits believe selfies should be BANNED in public places.
In a poll that could mark the death of the selfie craze, 68 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds said they had grown sick of “annoying” and “vain” people constantly photographing themselves.
A further 42 per cent admitted to “defriending” people on social media because of the number of selfies they post on holiday.
In total 84 per cent of people claimed to dislike selfies, which are now considered more annoying than people stealing sunbeds abroad.
However 37 per cent of those polled said they spend at least five minutes a day taking selfies- equivalent to more than 30 hours a year.
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And 15 per cent of young people also confessed to wearing a full face of makeup on the beach to be ready for any unexpected snaps.
There are growing calls for the cities such as London to extend selfie bans after Wimbledon, Wembley, Arsenal’s Emirates stadium and the O2 Academy in Brixton clamped down on the trend.
The figures sparked a campaign by mobile provider Three aiming to stop tourists taking selfies and instead start taking "fronties" – by turning the lens on the outside world.
Three spokesman Tom Malleschitz said: “We hope that in line with the feedback from the great British public, people start turning the camera around and taking fronties instead of selfies.”
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