A Thousand Words

June 24th, 2005 / #complaints, #highschool

I just got back from getting my senior portrait taken at the local photography studio. It took about 50 minutes, 45 of which consisted of standing in the waiting room and reading car magazines.

During my wait, I got to listen to the conversations of multiple whining menopausal mothers who thought that the process was taking far too long. Granted, the sitting took a good while, but on the post card they received in the mail months ago that remained ignored until presently, it warns of a wait of about an hour.

Did they realize that Bryn-Alan Photography is in charge of each and every senior’s portrait every year? And did they realize that the photographers can only work in one studio because that is all they have? Probably not, as they are not necessarily in positions to be privy to that knowledge.

They failed to take into consideration the fact that these people were not sitting in the back and playing Yahtzee – they work their tails off to get children in and out in an attempt to make things go quasi smoothly.

I realize that I’m treading potentially hypocritical ground here, but I thought that such a social observation would be necessary before any of you jokers walk in to get your senior portrait and start complaining.


There are 4 comments. Such a lively discussion!

  1. Vince spoke up on October 15, 2005.

    My wait was less than 5 minutes, hahaha.

  2. Angus spoke up on October 15, 2005.

    Can I complain that they take more than one picture…those poses were really, really, gay… as in homosexual.

  3. Trizis spoke up on October 15, 2005.

    what pictures of angus are NOT homosexual? certaintly none of the ones on my wall.

  4. Angus spoke up on October 15, 2005.

    You told me you would burn those!

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