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August 26, 2005
Passport photo
I don’t like to complain about unpleasant store clerks. Actually, I do, but it always makes me feel guilty: Dealing with the public is no fun and neither is earning poverty-level wages.
So yesterday I called a nearby Kinko’s (or FedEx Express, or whatever they call themselves post-merger) and told the guy who answered the phone that I needed to have my passport photo taken.
"You guys do that, right?"
"We sure do," he said cheerfully. "Come on down."
When I arrived, I was informed that "we don’t have our camera today." Uh, okay. I asked if there was another Kinko's nearby. In fact, there was. When I arrived another expressionless and unapologetic employee told me they were out of film.
"When do you think you’ll have more film?"
He shrugged.
Eventually, I got my passport photo taken -- though not at Kinko’s. The moral of the story is this: Okay, there’s no moral. But still. It was pretty annoying.
Posted by teb at August 26, 2005 09:33 AM