Selfie Sticks Banned at Wimbledon

 

It may be a rage to click selfies at sports events but Wimbledon is in no mood to oblige, banning selfie sticks at the prestigious event for their "nuisance value" and causing obstruction in spectators' enjoyment.
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has added the devices to the list of items banned from its annual grass court championships.
Selfie sticks are metal rods that can extend up to about 40 inches, to which smartphones or compact cameras can be fixed. They allow people to take wider-angle pictures of themselves that can include more people and incorporate more background in the shot.
The problem is that the inventors of the sticks have created a device that is not only deeply irritating to those not using them but also a handy weapon

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In America, selfie sticks have been banned from events as diverse as the Kentucky Derby horse race and the Coachella music festival, while neither the Palace of Versailles in France nor the Colosseum in Rome will allow visitors to use them