10+ Times Strangers Were Asked To Take Someone's Picture And Disappointed Everyone After

So you've arrived at the place you've been dreaming of visiting for years and you know you've got to capture the moment. This moment is so great a selfie wouldn't do it justice, so you ask a helpful stranger to take a snap for you. The picture, however, doesn't turn out as magical as you thought it would. Instead of an awesome photograph you were planning to put in a frame and hang in your living room, you get a random selfie of a confused old lady... Sounds familiar? If not, scroll down to see the pictures of people that have experienced this. And next time you hand a stranger your phone to take your picture, double check that they definitely know what they're doing. (h/t)

#1 Sweet Old Man At The Beach: "Would You Like Me To Take A Photo Of You Two Love Birds?" My Wife: "Yes Please!" Nailed It

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#2 Shoutout To The Woman Who Offered To Take A Picture For Us

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#3 This Is The Disadvantage Of Traveling Alone. I Asked A Stranger To Take My Picture

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#4 We Rarely Take Photos Together During Our Travels But When We Do Want One, We Usually Ask Someone To Take It. This One Is The Best Of The Worst

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#5 When You Ask A Stranger To Take A Photo

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#6 When You Get To Meet David Stirling And He Agrees To Take A Picture With You And Then You Hand Your Phone To A Complete Stranger To Help Get The Job Done

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#7 We Asked A Stranger To Take A Picture Of Us At The Willis Tower In Chicago... Thanks, I Guess

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#8 Boo-Ti-Ful!

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#9 I Asked Someone To Take A Photo Of Me After I Completed My First Pacific Ocean Swim, And He Only Caught "Half" Of Me

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#10 Thanks For Offering To Take Our Photo, Random Lady

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#11 This Sweet Old Man Offered To Take A Picture Of Rickey And I This Morning In SF. They Came Out Great!

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#12 Asked A Lady To Take A Picture Of Me And My GF On Holiday... It Was Only After I Checked The Picture...

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#13 A Stranger Offered To Take A Photo Of Us On The Summit Of Tryfan. Good Work Sir!

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#14 Asked A Really Tall Guy To Take A Picture Of Me At The Top Of A Mountain On My Hike Yesterday And...

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#15 The Other Night We Asked A Lady To Take A Photo Of Us, But The Camera Was The Wrong Way And She Took This Masterpiece

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#16 Still Chuckling At This: We Asked A Passer-By To Take A Picture Of Us With The Statue Of Liberty...

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#17 When You Ask A Stranger To Take A Picture Of Your Family And She Forgets You Have A Son

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#18 After 3 Days Of Hiking Mt. Guiting Guiting In The Philippines, We Rewarded Ourselves With A Nice Dip In A "Pool". We Asked A Local To Take A Picture Of Us All Refreshed From Our Adventure. I Specifically Asked Her To Please Make Sure To Include The Background In The Picture And Yep She Did! Did Not Disappoint

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#19 I Asked A Tourist To Take A Photo Of Us With The Three Sisters

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#20 An Old Woman Saw Us Walking Together And Asked Us If She Wanted Her To Take A Picture Of Us But She Didn't Know It Was On Panoramic

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#21 A Random Boy Saw Us Struggling To Take A Selfie And Offered His Assistance. Thank You, Kind Stranger

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#22 When You Ask For A Picture From The Very Italian Grandpa In The Park

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#23 A Couple Weeks Ago A Random Stranger Offered To Take A Picture Of Me And Daws At Oktoberfest And Ended Up Snapping This Selfie Of Himself

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#24 The Stranger We Asked To Take Our Picture Made Us Look Like A Meme

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#25 We Asked A Stranger On Our First Trip To NYC This Weekend To Take Our Picture. She Nailed It

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#26 Five Years Ago We Asked A Woman On The Streets Of Lewes, Delaware, To Take A Photo Of Us. Time Flies When You No Longer Rely On Strangers To Take Your Photos

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#27 God Bless This Man Who Offered To Take A Picture Even Though He Didn't Know What An Iphone Was

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#28 "Excuse Me Sir. Can You Please Take Our Picture?" Did Not Think This Through...

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#29 Off To School They Go

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#30 Perfect

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#31 Asked Stranger To Take A Photo Of Me And My Family. We Aren't Even In The Picture.

#32 Asked A Stranger To Take Our Picture. Got This Instead

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#33 Asked A Stranger To Take A Group Photo And Then...

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#34 Me When Asked To Take A Picture For A Stranger: Multiple Angles, Uses The Rule Of Thirds, Makes Sure Lighting Looks Nice, Takes 1000 Different Pictures, Etc... What I Get When I Ask A Stranger To Take A Picture Of Me:

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#35 So I Asked A Random Stranger To Help Me Take A Picture. Perfect Composition

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#36 So This Woman Offered To Take A Picture Of Us And I Can't Stop Laughing

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#37 Hiked Up Cathedral Rock And Asked A Stranger To Take Our Picture. Thanks For The Memories, Ma’am. I’ll Cherish This Forever

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#38 The Moment A Stranger Offers To Take Your Photo In Front Of The Beautiful Baroque-Facade Building And Your British Politeness Kicks In When Asked "Is It Ok?" Erm... "Lovely, Thank You So Much!"

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#39 Asked A Stranger On The Street To Take A Pic Of Me With My Family And This Is What I Got

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#40 This Nice Old Man Offered To Take A Picture Of Us Together

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#41 A Man Offered To Take A Picture Of Us And This Was The Result

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#42 We Waited Half An Hour To Get This Photo With Scrooge McDuck Because There Was No Way We Were Waiting 75 Minutes To Meet Mickey Or Donald Duck... This Is How Our Photo Turned Out

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#43 And Then We Said To The Stranger "Could You Please Take A Picture Of Us And The Entire Christmas Tree?" Then The Stranger Asked "Is It Fine?" Well Okay, Fair Enough...

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#44 Asked A Stranger To Take A Picture Of Me With The Mona Lisa...

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#45 Met Brandon Vera And Asked A Stranger To Take A Pic...

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#46 This Old Woman Offered To Take A Picture Of Me Brooke And Grace And This Is What We Got

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#47 A Man Just Offered To Take Brooke And I Pic At The Concert And This Is What We Got

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#48 My Friend Just Posted This: Thanks To The Kind Lady At The Next Table That Offered To Take A Picture Of Us At Our Anniversary Dinner Last Week. We'll Cherish This One Forever!

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#49 Over The Summer, I Asked This Stranger To Take A Photo Of My Friend And I. Instead, He Took This

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#50 Asked A Kind Stranger To Take A Photo Of Me With The Eiffel Tower. He Pressed The Button When I Was Mid-Sneeze

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#51 On My First Plane Ride, This Woman Offered To Take A Pic Of The Sky For Me But Accidentally Took Selfie Instead

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#52 A Stranger Asked To Take Our Picture And They Turned Out Better Than I Could Have Ever Imagined. It's My Lock Screen

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#53 The Time I Met Conor McGregor And Asked A Stranger To Take My Pic With Him Smh

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#54 I Asked A Guy To Take A Photo Of Us In The Hunters And This Was The Result

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#55 Note To Self: Never Ask A Phillies Fan To Take Your Commemorative Family Photo While Visiting Their Stadium To See The NY Mets Play

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#56 I Post One Of My Favorite Photos Ever. This Was Before The Days Of Digital Photos And The Ability To See The Result Before The Film Was Developed. Oh Well

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#57 Asked A Random Stranger At The Bar To Take A Picture Of Our Group. Turns Out He Was Blacked Out And Had A Better Idea

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#58 Photo Fail

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#59 Asked A Stranger To Take A Group Picture Of Us... She Did Such A Great Job!

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#60 A Stranger Offered To Take A Picture For Us And This Was The Result

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#61 A Stranger Offered To Take A Picture Of Me And Honestly It Could Not Have Gone Better

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#62 Thanks Random Stranger! I Asked Him To Take A Photo For Me & This Is What I Got

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#63 I Hiked 9 Miles Up A Mountain And Asked A Stranger To Take A Picture Of Me... Slightly Disappointed

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#64 My Grandpa's Girlfriend Got A Great Picture Of The Family On Father's Day

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#65 Nice Time I Reach The Summit Of Somewhere Beautiful Check That The Stranger You Asked To Take Pic Did It Right!

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#66 Asked A Stranger To Take Our Picture, Turned Out Like This

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#67 We May Have Gone To A Yankees Game. We Obviously Can't Prove It

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#68 This Is What Happens When You Ask A Stranger To Take A Photo. Bewbs

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#69 Asked A Stranger To Take Photo For Us

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#70 I Asked A Stranger To Take A Photo Of My Family In Hawaii. This Is What I Got Back

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#71 When You Ask Someone Else To Take A Photo

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#72 When You Ask A Tourist On Bourbon To Take Your Group's Photo

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#73 I Asked A Stranger To Take Our Family Picture Tonight At Dinner. This Is The Result. Wow, Thanks Lady!

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#74 What Happens When You Stop Taking Selfies...

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#75 We Asked A Guy To Take Our Picture. He Tried!

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#76 We Asked A Stranger To Take A Picture Of Us And This Is What We Got

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#77 Asked A Stranger To Take My Picture In Front Of The Trevi Fountain And She Basically Turned Me Into The Mr. Krabs Meme

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#78 Asked A Stranger To Take A Pic Of Me And The Aussies At This Cool Spot And This Is What He Took. Thanks Stranger

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#79 *Asks Stranger To Take A Pic Of You*

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#80 When You Ask A Stranger To Take A Picture For You...

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#81 Lol What Happened When I Asked A Stranger To Take A Picture Of My Friends And Me

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#82 This Dude Who Was Supposed To Take A Photo Of Us But Took A Selfie Instead

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#83 This Is What Happened When I Asked Someone To Take A Picture

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#84 Ok, So Worst Picture Ever Taken By A Stranger We Asked...

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#85 This Is The Pic We Asked A Stranger To Take Of Us...

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#86 Asked A Stranger To Take A Pic Of Me With The Lincoln Memorial... I Think He Thought I Was Just Into Lincoln’s Sneakers!

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#87 Abstract Art Or Photo We Asked A Stranger To Take?

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#88 We Asked A Stranger To Take This Pic With Two Real Pirates. In 2017, Who Still Takes Pics Like This?

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#89 Asked A Stranger To Take Our Picture. This Is What We Got

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#90 More Just Asked A Stranger To Take A Pic Of My Sister And I. She Said "Oh Ya It's So Cute!" Where?

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#91 When You Ask A Stranger To Take Your Picture

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#92 I Asked The Wrong Stranger To Take A Picture Of Me And Dad. LOL

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#93 So We Asked A Stranger To Take A Photo Of Us...

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#94 We Asked A Stranger To Take Out Picture. I Ain't Even Mad

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#95 Asked A Stranger And...

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#96 Asked A Stranger To Take A Picture Of Us On The Beach And He Took A Selfie By Accident

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#97 How Your Picture Come Out Even When The Stranger You Asked To Take The Pic Says "Perfect"

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#98 Asked A Stranger To Take Our Picture

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#99 Stranger Asked If We Wanted Him To Take A Photo. Thank You, Stranger. Appreciate It, Stranger

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#100 A Lady Offered To Take A Picture Of Me In Front Of A Statue And I Got This

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#101 A Man Offered To Take A Picture Of Us Today And He Accidentally Clicked The Front Camera

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#102 I Met Paul Ryan Once. He Offered To Take A Photo Of Me & My Family. He Accidentally Took A Photo Of His Face. This Man Ain't Gonna Save Us

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#103 A Stranger Offered To Take A Picture Of Andrea And I. Good Effort

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#104 This Man Offered To Take A Picture Of Us Last Night And This Is What I Got Out Of It

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#105 3 Years Ago This Man Offered To Take Our Photo In Central Park And This Was The Result

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#106 My Trip To Mexico. Not The Best Picture. Could Have Been Better!