I've made a new friend!

[Rhythm Thief]

Or perhaps not. I had some passport photos done earlier in one of those booths. As well as little pictogram instructions, a voice like Stephen Hawking's talked me through the process ... "insert four one pound coins to continue", "ensure your face is within the red oval", that kind of thing. That was all fine, but as I left it said: "Please collect your photos from the slot outside the booth. Thanks for using Photo-Me. See you later." ...

... "See you later"? What, am I going to invite the thing out for a beer or something? On the other hand, I'm quite flattered; I mean, it must meet a lot of people and I bet it doesn't try and befriend all of them. I think I might ask it if it's got a more attractive sister or something.

 

[ianrauk]

lol.. I had to do my passport photo's last week. My booth voice was a Laydeee.. She said at the end of the process "I hope to see you again soon"... yeah baby... in 10 years time..

 

[Baggy]

Better give it a wide berth just in case the next time you go past it says: "Where were you? I waited four hours for you the other evening and you didn't turn up."

 

[PpPete]

 

[TVC]

These photo booths are all tramps, best get yourself checked out down the doctors in case anything develops.

 

[Fnaar]

It's just trying to get you to take a photo of your todger in the booth... try it next time!

 

[Night Train]

Maybe it knows that the photos won't be acceptable by the pass port office and you will need to take them again. One way of making another £4 out of you.

 

[661-Pete]

The last time I had to use one of those - infernal - things, I needed to go twice. It's so devilish difficult to get a passport photo exactly right these days - teeth and smiles are definitely OUT, and woe betide if you so much as nod your head.... What I'd got wrong, in the first set, was that my face was too large to meet regulations (the first booth I went to, didn't have one of those red oval thingys. The second one, did). Anyway, £4 down the tubes.

At least this gives me an excuse to post that youtube link again. Go for it, Rab! Actually, even if Rab hadn't been thwarted by the pure evilness of the booth, his piccie would've been sent back, anyway, today: smiles and grins are no longer allowed.

 

[Keith Oates]

My computer has emotions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Arch]

Perhaps the photo booths have been made by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. Share and Enjoy!

 

[Yellow Fang]

There was a computerized voice checkout system at B&Q. I'm sure it sounded a bit annoyed with me, like I'd done something wrong.

 

[postman]

Why not hang about and see what develops .

 

[theclaud]

The computer that anounces the trains at New St station says that it is sorry for any delays. How can a computer have emotions?

I'm glad I'm not the only person that's irritated by this...

 

[tyred]

The last time I was stopped at a police checkpoint, I had all sorts of fun and games trying to persuade the policeman that it was me in the photo in my driver's licence. I'm almost ten years older, have lost about 4 stone and now have my hair shaved. I asked him if he looked any different from he did ten years ago.