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Rhythm Thief

Legendary Member
Location
Ross on Wye
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

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
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

Cake connoisseur
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."
 

TVC

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

At least this gives me an excuse to post that youtube link again. Go for it, Rab! :tongue: 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. :biggrin:
 

Keith Oates

Janner
Location
Penarth, Wales
My computer has emotions :smile::biggrin:;):sad::sad::biggrin::ohmy::thumbsup::tongue::evil::tongue:xx(:angry::wacko::angry::smile::biggrin::ohmy:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Yellow Fang

Legendary Member
Location
Reading
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.
 

theclaud

Openly Marxist
Location
Swansea
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

Squire
Location
Ireland
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.
 
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