With our last week of preparations, I've been trying to be as thorough as possible with ANYTHING we may need to have with us. Yesterday I decided that we needed to make a few extra passport photos to bring along with us. So we venture to Walgreens at Woodward to pay the highly overpriced $20 for 4-1" pictures. Tammy, their photography specialist, prepared the set and motioned me to come forward. I sit in the chair, give my best smile, and she snaps a few shots. Tammy takes a few moments to look at the picture and then tells me that I can't smile for passport pictures because the "passport people" are very picky about that. What??? I have been the owner of two smiling passports now with no known problems. So I'm looking at the camera, not sure the face to give. Somewhat confused, I'm taken back to senior pictures. You know the ones where you look at the camera somewhat mysteriously and it supposed to look good... Okay, back to Walgreens....So she's got her little point and shoot camera in hand and I am certain she takes at least 20 seconds pushing several buttons, zooming in and out, looking at the screen... In the mean time, it's getting even more and more awkward for me trying to know what face to give. At this point, I've probably tried out several different facial options. Come on Tammy, this is a passport photo. You're shooting with a point and shoot. Take the picture!
Roger goes in for his pictures, she looks at the picture, and then informs us... "You know, passport pictures never are the best pictures...." Ouch!
We wait in the store for close to 30 minutes and I ask her if she thinks they will be done soon, or if we should maybe go eat and come back. She tells me that for some reason the background turned out a little gray because she felt rushed during the pictures. Rushed??? Really? She was going to need a little more time to do a little "whiting out".
A few minutes she hands over the picture...
Yes, folks, I do have my booking shot if ever needed!
Thank you Walgreens and Tammy for taking your job so seriously! We need more folks like you!
3 comments:
cracking up as i picture you in this story!
oh my gosh! this is funny stuff, charity! glad i could benefit from your story this morning. and sorry you don't exactly look yourself. =) i, too, have smiling pictures in my passports of old. bless her heart! at least you can mark it off of your to-do list. ;-)
Too funny! I bet you wished you could just grab the camera from her and do the job yourself. :) Good luck getting everything prepared for your trip! So excited for you!
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