Negative Nancy
So far you've heard about Uncle HeMan, Ungrateful Kids, Gym Jenny and other characters from my STAR LRT journeys. It doesn't end there folks. Let me introduce you to the newest member of the cast-- Negative Nancy. She's an employee of Sogo, KL it seems. On the fateful morning that I met her, she was sitting opposite me, grumpily inserting 2 fresh Eveready batteries into her cheap, plastic analog camera. Having done that, she tried snapping a pic. It would not respond. Turning the camera this way and that, she fiddled with every nob she could find.
At her wits end, she eventually opened the film compartment, effectively exposing a couple of negatives. She appeared oblivious to the fact that the film is photosensitive. Eventually, she removed the roll of film and found it hard to put it back in, nearly crumpling it. After a few attempts to bang it in like a neanderthal, she finally succeeded. And yet the camera remained staunchly unresponsive. Then, she discovered the film rewind. OMG. She clicked it. The camera was whirring away. Once again, she was oblivious to the ramifications.
She opened the film compartment again. Lucky for her, there was still a sliver of film left outside the roll. She pulled it back out and laid the film back on the tracks. A few attempts later, she managed to take some photos. At first I thought she was just taking a few test shots to forward past the spoilt frames. But after the 15th snap, I think she had lost her marbles. So painful to watch her and yet... Perhaps I should have offered to help? Oh well, its good to mind our own business.
At her wits end, she eventually opened the film compartment, effectively exposing a couple of negatives. She appeared oblivious to the fact that the film is photosensitive. Eventually, she removed the roll of film and found it hard to put it back in, nearly crumpling it. After a few attempts to bang it in like a neanderthal, she finally succeeded. And yet the camera remained staunchly unresponsive. Then, she discovered the film rewind. OMG. She clicked it. The camera was whirring away. Once again, she was oblivious to the ramifications.
She opened the film compartment again. Lucky for her, there was still a sliver of film left outside the roll. She pulled it back out and laid the film back on the tracks. A few attempts later, she managed to take some photos. At first I thought she was just taking a few test shots to forward past the spoilt frames. But after the 15th snap, I think she had lost her marbles. So painful to watch her and yet... Perhaps I should have offered to help? Oh well, its good to mind our own business.
Comments
if you would mind your own business then you wouldn't even blog about it la! cis! the poor lady... she probably had to save a week's salary to buy that film and now... this hearless doink made her waste it!!! horror horror!
My spy photos not so geng as your's la...
@DavidTM:
My subjects are hardly celebrities. :P
@M5l:
But you're so far away now... safe!
@Jason:
:)
@DanielH:
She seemed to have enjoyed it. :P
@QueerR:
Manual: Insert brain.
@Marcus:
I was giving the lady opposite me smiles. We were both amused!