We genuinely think that this could be a Top 10 internationally-recognized worst public pet peeve! It’s no shock that people don’t just jump with joy at the idea of someone shining a flashlight into their eyes and filming them in a dark restaurant without their consent… we’d also prefer to eat our Maki in peace, without the impression that the 6 a.m. sunrise has come early. We can also all mentally picture the type of obnoxious ‘phone-eat-first’ individuals who use every piece of fish as an opportunity to film a full-on video production in public, instead of simply snapping one picture of all the dishes and politely slipping their phones into their bags.

Maybe it’s an age thing… however, I’m in my early 20s, and I have had a similar experience with two moms who were using their flashlights as a temporary lamp in a dim sushi restaurant. Now, their intentions weren’t the same, but we, too, eventually had to politely ask them to turn their flash down, because as sweet as they were, we preferred our sushi with a side of soy, not a side of 30 lumens…