* Abigail and Marisa, 2 older 20-somethings, are walking through the city and see a beautiful mural on the side of the building
* They want to take a picture, so they ask a passing teenager, Jessica, to take one for them
* They pose normally by the wall, smiling
* Jessica starts critiquing their pose and offering suggestions, like:
* Having one of them crouch down
* Having them make serious faces
* Having them turn completely around so they’re not even facing the camera
* Taking the picture from the ground pointing up at them
* Asking “aesthetically pleasing” strangers to hop into the photo
* The suggestions get more and more ridiculous, with Abigail and Marisa following along half-heartedly, confused but willing to trust a teenager’s “expertise”
* They tell her that she doesn’t have to spend all this time on them and that they only wanted one photo, but she insists
* Finally, Jessica hands them the phone back and says, “I took a few but the lighting really wasn’t good.”
* They look at the photos and see that they’re practically professional quality
* They thank her, still bemused, and turn to walk away
* Ends with Jessica catching up to them and saying, “I have a couple of hours if you want to talk captions!”
* Marisa says, “we don’t even have Instagram”
* Jessica stares in shock and says, “then what did you just waste all my time for?!”
Main message: people’s obsession with image and getting the perfect picture to post online.