Your Picture Is Too Small!

[ralerin]

As many if not all of you know, when you take a 2" by 3" square picture and try to blow it up to an 8"x10", the details will come out all blurry and not look the same, right? This was lost on an Eastern European gentleman and his daughter tonight, who were PISSED off that I spent so much time making the man's childhood dog brighter and adding in the dog's name and making it look pretty but that I couldn't make the details not fuzzy.

"Go back to 'All Greens!' manager S2 said as they left and were out of earshot.

Bonus: I'm Getting Married In The Morning

One of my customers is getting married tomorrow and I guess tonight was his last night as a single man. Guy is old enough to be my father and future wife is old enough to be my mother and he was sloppily drunk enough to fall/fawn over me. I told S to refuse him beer if he came up to buy any, he was in at least 4 times over the course of the day and was going out to the bar with his buddies later.

Not to drag this into Fratching territory, but I don't see the point of being drunk on your last night "single". Neither me or Boyfriend can see ourselves holding huge stag/hen parties and getting sloppy drunk; besides, with Boyfriend's medical conditions any drink, even one, would kill him. Me, I just know I would turn into a raging bitch drunk.

[searssoulslave]

Eh, I drank on the night before my wedding; I acted like a fool and had a great time. I just think it depends on the person. If you're the kind of person who instantly forgets all restraint and is looking for a last minute fling after a few drinks then you should skip them.

[Amina516]

I didnt drink the night before or during. I actually wanted memories of the special moments. LOL.

[Fire_on_High]

Not to drag this into Fratching territory, but I don't see the point of being drunk on your last night "single".

I've long been of the opinion if you have to be smashed to face the thought of going to the altar..."UR DOIN IT WRONG!!!!"

Depending on your worldview. it's either one of the happiest moments of your life, or finalizing paperwork to make a good arrangement all official-like. Why treat it like being walked to your execution?!

[bainsidhe]

And SC thinks being sloppy drunk and declaring he's getting married will make the women swoooon over him?

[PepperElf]

that's why i take my photos on the largest setting possible

so if i want one blown up to say... 18x24 the picture won't look like ass.
the guy working on the project commented about that too. said they get a lot of people who use tiny photos and don't understand you can't enlarge them without having them look bad. and he was glad my photos were big

[lordlundar]

Why treat it like being walked to your execution?!

Haven't you ever noticed that while the traditional colour for the bride is white, the symbol for life and purity, the traditional colour for the groom is black, the symbol of death?

[Bunny the Veggie Slayer]

Haven't you ever noticed that while the traditional colour for the bride is white, the symbol for life and purity, the traditional colour for the groom is black, the symbol of death?

IIRC white is only considered 'traditional' because Queen Victoria got married in White. Before that women married in formal dresses of dark colours - greys, blues and blacks.

[Rapscallion]

Haven't you ever noticed that while the traditional colour for the bride is white, the symbol for life and purity, the traditional colour for the groom is black, the symbol of death?

I can't remember which but it's either in China or Japan where white is the colour for mourning.

Funny old world we live in.

Rapscallion

[AtDIelement]

My father was taken out the night before his wedding and he said he was a mess the next day... That's why I told my buddies not to take me out the night before, but like a week before my wedding. That and my fiance would kill me if I was hungover at the wedding.

[Magpie]

I can't remember which but it's either in China or Japan where white is the colour for mourning.

Funny old world we live in.

Rapscallion

I thought it was most of Asia actually. To avoid spoilers, there is a part in M*A*S*H* where one of the local girls is confused by a wedding dress, thinking that it's for mourning.

[MoonCat]

Lots of other cultures don't go with the white dress, either, but stick with their own traditional garments. Just sayin'...

The photos: We get people bitching about that for the newspaper, too. I was always told it's easier to make a large pic smaller than the other way around. People send in full-body photos, or pics of eight people when only one person's face should be in the ad (usually a death notice). We only use face shots for the obits, these are not big photos when they print. FYI, someone's driver's license pic scanned into the computer is NOT going to look very good in the paper!

[ArcticChicken]

I can't remember which but it's either in China or Japan where white is the colour for mourning.

Funny old world we live in.

Rapscallion

The one I know for sure is China, and brides get married in red, IIRC.

I'd love to get married in red, as I look positively stunning in red, but my boyfriend's family is Catholic, and they might have a collective heart attack, so I'll probably go with green or blue. Of course, we're not getting married for at least four years, so I don't really know what our wedding is going to look like.

[Magpie]

I'd love to get married in red, as I look positively stunning in red, but my boyfriend's family is Catholic, and they might have a collective heart attack, so I'll probably go with green or blue.

Hey hey. Lots of us Catholics aren't fond of conspicuous consumption. Just sayin' (Actually I don't see why someone would have a heart attack over red and not over green or blue. Wouldn't red or orange be easier to sell people on, since they're current wedding colours, and I don't know of any culture that still uses blue?)

[Solumina]

Red is also the traditional wedding color in India and they are another country that uses white as a color for morning.

I've been rather surprised at how accepting my family has been of my choice to wear red, I thought they would make a fuss but other than J's grandmother everyone has been very supportive, even my father's very conservative, traditional, catholic family, though they are less thrilled that it is only knee length.