I need a photo for a passport and I decide to take my own, crop it, and print it at Walgreens. This is the exact process I went though last time I needed a photo for my passport card (which by the way the postal worker commented on saying , “this is a really nice photo where did you have it done”) minus the Walgreens part. See before I worked at this photo company and I just printed it myself on a Qss Noritsu chemical printer. Now that I no longer work for, thee company that shall remain unnamed, I have to seek alternative photo printing services. So I went to my local Walgreens with my photo (on usb) in hand and go to print it. I’ve done all the work, it’s 5″ x 7″ at 300dpi. All I need this middleman to do is print it off. I accept the $2 charge for printing and I come back when they “promise” it’ll be done (by the way the self serve machine did use the exact word “promise”, which I guess was a lie). Apparently Walgreens has this bullshit policy where they wont print off my photo, instead they want me to have them take it. Why? don’t you think the photo I took of myself is better than the shit you’re trying to sell me… I’ve seen what your photos look like… they look like hell… partially because I look like hell. They couldn’t print my photo because they want me to pay more for a shittier photo. Like I said I worked at a photo place and I know that the process they use means that one 5×7 costs about 10 cents to print out. But because Walgreens is greedy and they suck apparently a 2000% mark-up isn’t enough. That’s right I handed them the file and all they had to do was print it and hand it back to me and accept the huge profit margin, but no… they wanted more. So… Fuck you Walgreens, lets see if Ritz wants my business.

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