Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Job #8: One Hour Photo Lab
The summer between college and grad school I worked at a One Hour Photo Lab in a Meijer Superstore. The pictures were rarely done in an hour and I would repeatedly have to explain that 'One Hour Photo' was our name and not necessarily a written guarantee.
In case you're wondering, yes, no matter where you get your pictures developed, someone looks at them. And if they're interesting enough, they show them to their co-workers. And if they're really really interesting, they print an extra copy and throw it in a special drawer behind the counter.
I saw the occasional naked picture over that summer. Never a whole roll of naked pictures, usually just the last couple, as if to use up the film after a vacation with the family. "Honey, I've got two pictures left, take your top off."
To be honest, though, if you were to rifle through the interesting picture drawer, you'd probably find more pictures of classic cars that impressed my co-workers than of anything else.
