BostonGeorge
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The context is as follows...
My brother has Down's syndrome and will be tackling the Tube ALONE for the very first time next week. He's a little nervous about it, but somebody is going to see him off at the origin station gate line and meet him at the destination station gate line. I decided it would be useful if I filmed the route he should take when he arrives at the destination station (King's Cross in this instance). No sooner than twenty seconds after had I gotten off the Northern line train and turned on my Insta360 to film the route, an approaching member of staff informed me I am not allowed to film on the station. Naturally I asked why not, and he cited "security reasons", which blew my mind somewhat, seeing as tens of millions of people use King's Cross every single year. It's surely one of the most filmed/photographed stations in the world - it's not as if I had wandered into Area 51 with my handheld camera. Anyway, even following an explanation why I was there and what I was doing, he still said I would need to write to Transport for London to get their permission to film. I called him a jobsworth - I don't regret it one bit, by the way. I also made the point he wouldn't have even stopped me if I was using my phone camera to film, which he conceded was likely true, and then went on to explain it's my "specialist type of camera" that is the problem (it's an Insta360, for goodness sake).
Anyway, is there any point in my arguing the toss with this guy? Is he technically correct? Is he being overzealous? Or is he just being a pain in the backside for no good reason? I just want to help my brother, you know, and I don't really need this nonsense.
My brother has Down's syndrome and will be tackling the Tube ALONE for the very first time next week. He's a little nervous about it, but somebody is going to see him off at the origin station gate line and meet him at the destination station gate line. I decided it would be useful if I filmed the route he should take when he arrives at the destination station (King's Cross in this instance). No sooner than twenty seconds after had I gotten off the Northern line train and turned on my Insta360 to film the route, an approaching member of staff informed me I am not allowed to film on the station. Naturally I asked why not, and he cited "security reasons", which blew my mind somewhat, seeing as tens of millions of people use King's Cross every single year. It's surely one of the most filmed/photographed stations in the world - it's not as if I had wandered into Area 51 with my handheld camera. Anyway, even following an explanation why I was there and what I was doing, he still said I would need to write to Transport for London to get their permission to film. I called him a jobsworth - I don't regret it one bit, by the way. I also made the point he wouldn't have even stopped me if I was using my phone camera to film, which he conceded was likely true, and then went on to explain it's my "specialist type of camera" that is the problem (it's an Insta360, for goodness sake).
Anyway, is there any point in my arguing the toss with this guy? Is he technically correct? Is he being overzealous? Or is he just being a pain in the backside for no good reason? I just want to help my brother, you know, and I don't really need this nonsense.