Ok, so you know how Hooters has...well...hooters? I think we need to create a place called Abs. But it's not just Abs, it's ABS. It sounds all sigh-ey when you say it right. Try it with me.....Abs! (Has a nice ring to it, huh?)

Anyway, Abs (sigh) will serve coffee and chocolate and there will be Desperate Housewives or some such girly show on the big screens and the men will be shirtless and wearing little paper hats and aprons. They'll write their names on a napkin when they come to your table so you don't forget it and they'll be all good smelling and half naked. You know, like the Hooters girls are giggly and half naked.

And there will be iced coffee with whipped cream and THAT'S the reason women will flock there like geese (you know, like guys go to Hooters for the wings!)

~Ary

Dear P.B. Guy,

First off, I'd LOVE for you to read this and NEVER come into my store again. Your 4.75 a week isn't keeping us afloat.

Second, throwing around words like "contrasty" and "fill-flash" doesn't make me respect you or look up to you. Saying things like "Where'd you get THIS printed?" in a condescending tone is going to get you put directly on the FUCK-YOU list. I don't respect you, one look at the pictures on your website would send me running! I mean, RAINING guitars?! Are you high? I think you're just intimidated because I'm half your age and twice as good.

And third, after all the patronizing criticism of my work today, your film will never, EVER be early again.

Good day.


I SAID GOOD DAY!


~Ary (The one with a good handle on fill-flash.)

Oh come ON! ALL you got was a CD? I hate how everyone expects the world handed to them after their wedding for $20.


BLOW ME, tuxedobooks.com!






-Ary

Wow, Facebook, that's harsh! Uncalled for, even. Geez!

The following is the result of my recent attempt to purchase books through half.com. I placed my order for 3 books on March 26. Within about a week, I received one book in the mail. I thought the other two were probably shipping from a different location, so I waited. It eventually became clear to me that they were not coming, so I initiated this conversation:

4/16/09
Comment/ Question: I received only one of the three books I was expecting.

4/22/09
Comment/ Question: I contacted you a week ago asking where the other two
books are and haven't heard anything. I'd really appreciate it if you
could look into it and let me know.

4/24/09
Your order should have been delivered by now. I will initiate a refund for the missing shipment since we do not have another copy in stock.

We do not use tracking numbers for any of our shipments so we will be unable to notify you of the exact whereabouts.

Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience and let me know if there is anything else that I can help you with.

Thanks,
Stacie
Customer Service

5/1/09
When might I expect this refund?

5/4/09
I apologize that the refund never went through. I am going to issue it again. If you do not receive a confirmation email with the details of the refund within one business day please let me know. Half processes the refunds, so I will have to talk directly with them if it does not go through. Again, I apologize for the inconvenience.

Stacie
Customer Service Manager

5/6/09
You've refunded me for the one book I did receive, and not for the two I didn't. I received (book 1). I did NOT receive (book 2) or (book 3).

5/7/09
Ok the correct books were refunded. Sorry about the mix up. Look at the bright side though, you just got your whole order refunded! Enjoy!!

Thanks,
Stacie
Customer Service Manager

Enjoy?! Enjoy WHAT, Stacie? You know what the funniest part is? SHE hates ME for this. She thinks I'm bitchy and unreasonable, and apparently ungrateful too. The one book I did actually get, the FREE one, was 75 cents. Score! I hate idiots, pretty hard.

They're everywhere

So... this morning I got a photo via e-mail for the purpose of making prints. The photo I got was thumbnail-sized, and the customer wanted an 8x10 print. Obviously, to us at least, that wasn't going to work out. So Ary gave them a call to let them know that what they sent wasn't ever going to be good enough for the print they wanted. She was promised that a bigger version would be located and sent.

Later, she got a call from the same lady saying that she had the picture and needed to know what we needed her to do with it before sending it. Because she knows how stupid people can be, Ary asked if it was the same one that they'd already sent us. Yeah, it was. So this idiot sent us an unprintable file, and then when we told her we couldn't do anything with it, she called US to see what she could do with it.

And people wonder why our attitudes are bad.

What NOT to say at the photo shop

We keep lists. Lists of things that piss us off, lists of things that make us happy, and most of all, lists of things that make us laugh. It is entertaining to go back through these lists after it's been so long that you'd normally have forgotten. I'd like to share our list of idiots.


1. What does white borders mean? - 7-3-07 (Well, there are borders, and they're white.)

2. Can you make a print of this without ruining it? – 7-3-07 (I'm sorry, the original will be destroyed during the scan.)

3. “Do you think MeijerS would be cheaper?” – 7-26-07 (Note the capital 'S' at the end of Meijer. This is because we HATE THAT.)

4. Idiot: “Can you crop this?” Me: “Sure, what do you have there?” Idiot: “A picture.” 9-11-
07

5. Me, while standing behind the counter, all official-like: “Can I help you?” Idiot: “You work here?” – 10-24-07

We've gotten lazy about keeping up with this particular list, but hopefully we'll get better about it so that we can share. Noodle knows there's always someone to add.

-Jess