Humiliation
When I woke up this morning feeling less than glamorous, I should have known.
When my hair kinked and frizzed, my skin opted for dull, and my unused second ear-piercing went mysteriously bright red, I should have known.
For round our way, that can mean only one thing.
It means that a senior co-worker is going to pounce, and send you packing at a moment's notice to a corner of the building, where a photographer lies in wait.
And there, he shall take out his big camera and snap many images of you grinning self-consciously and doing something ridiculous.
(Today, I was supposed to be cheerfully consuming a biscuit, whilst inexplicably holding a cup of tea up to my head. I smiled broadly, and attempted to twinkle. End result - double chin, moronic gaping beam, squinty eyes.)
Then the picture people shall select the wrongest of all the images, and they shall publish them for all to see.
Thank god I managed to wait until afterwards to dribble tea down myself.
Still. Beats working for a living.
When my hair kinked and frizzed, my skin opted for dull, and my unused second ear-piercing went mysteriously bright red, I should have known.
For round our way, that can mean only one thing.
It means that a senior co-worker is going to pounce, and send you packing at a moment's notice to a corner of the building, where a photographer lies in wait.
And there, he shall take out his big camera and snap many images of you grinning self-consciously and doing something ridiculous.
(Today, I was supposed to be cheerfully consuming a biscuit, whilst inexplicably holding a cup of tea up to my head. I smiled broadly, and attempted to twinkle. End result - double chin, moronic gaping beam, squinty eyes.)
Then the picture people shall select the wrongest of all the images, and they shall publish them for all to see.
Thank god I managed to wait until afterwards to dribble tea down myself.
Still. Beats working for a living.
posted by Elizabeth at 5:33 PM
2 Comments:
ROFL. It gives me a warm comforting glow (which no doubt would glow like rudolph's nose in a photo) to know I'm not the only one who photographs that badly.
But it's ok, because you have power of veto and digital airbrushing built into your contract, right? You do have those, don't you?
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