We took our five year old daughter to the mall. We just got done getting Christmas pictures at Sears and were going to see Santa afterward. We were going to get one picture which was around $12 or $15 dollars last year.
The woman told us that one sheet would cost us $23. So we just said we'd let her talk to Santa. No pictures; thanks anyway. When my daughter started over to Santa the lady saw my video camera and said to me "No photos". I told her it was a video camera. She said no video either. I rolled my eyes and started video taping my daughter. The lady kept moving to get in my way. I said very loudly, "so you're saying I can't video my 5 year old asking Santa what she wants for Christmas because I don't want to pay $23 for one picture?" She threatened to get security. I just got louder, making sure everyone waiting in line could hear me.
What a joke. When I told her that my video camera couldn't possible generate pictures to compare with theirs, and that the whole reason they're there in the first place is for the kids to see Santa, not to sell pictures. She ignored that comment. After my daughter hopped off Santa's lap, the lady did go get security. The rent-a-cop who looked all of 22 and 5'4" didn't want to hear it either.
By the way, the Santa was also a jerk. He was directing his helpers to hurry the people who were choosing their photos so they could keep the line moving. Greed, obnoxious and arrogance is now ruining the santa-mall experience. Lovely isn't it?
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