A few weekends ago I went to a birthday party for a church friend at a bar. It was a good night. Dancing. Catching up with old friends. Meeting new friends. I was standing with 2 female friends when this guy comes up and starts chatting us up. He told us he was a photographer so I told him I work at a gallery and that he should come by sometime.
So anywho. He singles out one of the other girls and pulls her aside. He asked her if she was dating anyone and if she would like to go to dinner sometime. Wow. Guys actually do that? Go up to girls and ask them to go out sometime? This guy is certainly confident. He wasn't even drinking.
So after the party the guy tags along with us in a cab. I was up front and he was in back with the other 2 girls. We drove by the building where I went to school and I say, "That's where I went to school." He asked what I studied and I told him. And he just says, "I always thought working at a gallery would be really boring."
Um. Okay. And how am I supposed to react to that? I just gave him a look that I can only describe as, "Who do you think you are?" I mean. Who says that to someone about their career? It was so arrogant. I just went on to say how I guess one might think that. But that there is never a dull moment at my job.
What I should have said . . .
What kind of a person insults another person's job? Especially if you are an artist and should probably take advantage of the opportunity to network with someone in your industry.
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O really? I always thought it would be lame to be a no-name phogtographer.
What might you have said? I could always use suggestions.
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I would have said, "Yeah, why don't you go take some pictures of your breasts lame-o." (assuming he had man-boobs. If not, this insult does not work)
too bad I wasn't there, I would have told him he was an a** and told him he needs to learn a bit more about the industry if he is serious about being an artist.
i would have given him a Wendy-style nuckle sandwich.
no words. just pull a josh mckinney and give him the bird no questions asked. make sure its double fisted too.
photographers, what a bunch of assholes.
"Wow. I didn't know photography required you to be an asshole. Did you go to school for that, or was it just part of what happened to you after you picked up your first camera?"
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