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[sid] => 39082
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
[time] => 2004-03-17 20:47:50
[hometext] => A darkly humorous take on a work day gone bad.
[bodytext] =>
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
[comments] => 17
[counter] => 471
[topic] => 63
[informant] => Vitreous_Soul
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[alanguage] => english
[acomm] => 0
[haspoll] => 0
[pollID] => 0
[score] => 30
[ratings] => 7
[editpoem] => 1
[associated] =>
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One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
Contributed by
Vitreous_Soul
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Wednesday, 17th March 2004 @ 08:47:50 PM in AEST
Topic:
hbadday
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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
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Vitreous_Soul
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2004-03-17 20:47:50]
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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 |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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 |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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 |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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. |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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 |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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. |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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 |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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. |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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 |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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 |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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. |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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. |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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 |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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 :) |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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 :) |
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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!
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Re: One Hour Photo, Eight Hour Migraine
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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.
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