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One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine

Contributed by Vitreous_Soul on Wednesday, 17th March 2004 @ 08:47:50 PM in AEST
Topic: hbadday




So it begins, another sweatshop day
Is my mind prepared to jump in the fray
Filled with dread I pass through a sliding door
Reluctantly I step onto the sales floor

To be called a certified photo specialist
Certified lunatic more accurately fits
Flourescent lights burn and ignite this retail hell
Shining bright upon mindless hordes of clientelle

It all seems so simple, yet there's so much trouble
Is it so hard to decide single or double?
When orders are late they get mad and start cursin'
I glare at them and say "i'm only one person!"

In they walk, here it comes, it's just another roll
Blankly look at me and ask "habla espanol?"
They hand me their camera, ask to see the functions
I give a smug reply "where are the instructions?"

Bad pictures abound, you can take it to the bank
One of every six rolls will surely come out blank
Five-year-old film they find at home amidst clutter
Twenty-four shots of a finger on the shutter

How can anyone buy Advanced Photo System?
Ignorant consumers can't seem to resist them
Why do they wait a week to come and get reprints
So much cheaper at first; it just makes too much sense

Impatience grows rampant, frustration is grinding
Nightmares bring the sound of film advance wheels winding
And thus the day drags on, opposite of heaven
No solace found 'til the hour strikes eleven

Still the bitter taste lingers on, from this day so vile
Unprepared for when I next traverse the (Wal)green mile




Copyright © Vitreous_Soul ... [ 2004-03-17 20:47:50]
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by Rakerman1999 on Wednesday, 17th March 2004 @ 09:12:06 PM AEST
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lmao...another fine day at work. I love the way you wrote this my friend.
Very well done

Larry


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by Kie on Wednesday, 17th March 2004 @ 10:49:35 PM AEST
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I have to tell you that I bit a whole in my jaw to supress my laughter. I wouldn't allow myself to laugh because you had a horrific day but I must admit it was truly funny. I really loved this poem and I liked this writing style alot. Lots of humor in it although it sounds like a bad day. I also learned some stuff about film and ummm I admit i'm like one of those customers who takes film in like after two years being on top of the refrigerator! Now hang in there because tomorrow will be better right? Say it with "Yes of course it will be".... Kie


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by Jenni_Kalicharan on Wednesday, 17th March 2004 @ 10:54:57 PM AEST
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Lmao...this was funny....well done, VS.... I loved the title....it is very appropriate....
Jenni


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by blueheart on Thursday, 18th March 2004 @ 01:01:17 AM AEST
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I loved the way you looked at your day with such humour.


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by venkat on Thursday, 18th March 2004 @ 06:22:18 AM AEST
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first half humorous, second half serious..aghhaha..welldone V.S
venkat


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by Eve on Thursday, 18th March 2004 @ 08:10:47 AM AEST
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Me, laughing? 'Course not. No, I've never worked in a one hour photo, but I can understand this. I've seen the people at the counter. This has fantastic use of sarcasm. =D

Keep writing or work two shifts,
-Eve.


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by shelby on Thursday, 18th March 2004 @ 10:07:23 AM AEST
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LOL VS I can picture this well(no pun intended tee hee) I think you handled your hell day well! Enjoyable poem
michelle


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by katyqueen35 on Thursday, 18th March 2004 @ 11:12:31 AM AEST
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lmao.sorry can't help it.great write though.


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by Necromant on Thursday, 18th March 2004 @ 12:24:28 PM AEST
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Right now i'm feeling a bit terrible because I couldn't stop laughing. I'm realy sorry for you having a bad day but the way you wrote the poem is hilarious! I really liked it! Keep it up hope you're next day be better ;)
Anne :d


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by forever_lonely on Thursday, 18th March 2004 @ 12:46:33 PM AEST
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hahah excellent though i work some where different the context is the same in every way, customer relations .. my ass sometimes i just want to say... i dont flipping create the items i did take the flipping pictures i didnt create the system i just work on it, and thus we walk into the valley of retail afraid of what next the darkness of customers shall place upon our backs

Grat write dan left me with a cheshire cat smile on my face

Luke


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by Vitreous_Soul on Thursday, 18th March 2004 @ 06:52:06 PM AEST
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By all means, feel free to laugh! If there had been a category called "having a humorously bad day" then I would have used that! Glad you liked it though, laugh away my friends! I was laughing hysterically when I wrote it!

Truly,
-V.S.


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Thursday, 18th March 2004 @ 10:02:36 PM AEST
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*grins*
So this is what goes on behind the developer's curtain/counter . . ?
How intriguing!
Oh, the perils of wage-slavery . . . hehe. This has given me an idea or two for recounting some woeful workdays of my own . . .
Thanks for sharing.


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by lovingcritters on Saturday, 20th March 2004 @ 05:35:11 PM AEST
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Oh Dan it's not nice to laugh.
But when I had my own shop in Vail.
I dealt with customers pell mell.
Some days I would have like to kill

That's against the law.....that' nil
Dont' let them get you down.
It's not you fault...just let it run
from your back like water off a duck!
And Good Luck
This was a great poem all right!!!
consue


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by STRaNGe_LiNDSeY on Saturday, 27th March 2004 @ 02:35:38 PM AEST
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haha That was great. Great use of words to share the misery of the job...i couldnt imagine. Good luck. You had me rolling. LOL :)


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by Avarice_Riot on Wednesday, 31st March 2004 @ 02:10:13 AM AEST
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Lol, I was laughing through the whole thing. Excellent piece :)


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by Stitch on Sunday, 25th April 2004 @ 06:56:18 AM AEST
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VS, THIS is precious. I love it. It's filled with everything a good poem should have from beginning to end. Fantastic! What is someone with your IQ doing in this place? Looking for your purpose? Reminds me of my days at Sears. Delightful!
Stitch


Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine (User Rating: 1 )
by Cancer on Tuesday, 27th July 2004 @ 10:39:50 PM AEST
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it could be worse. you could work in the customer service department (or whatever department handles refunds and exchanges) at wal-mart on the day after xmas.

but still, a sh*tty day and a damn fine scrawl. i'm not usually big on rhymers, but it didn't take away from this one at all.

51




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