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06-09-2020, 10:45 PM
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Camera and battery true story

Some years ago now I took my manageress to a bird of prey centre to do a bit of photographing Raptors in flight shots. Between the morning flying display and the afternoon one there was a break for lunch. So my manageress and myself went into the little centres cafe for a bite to eat

On the table next to us this middle aged well dressed man and his wife sat down and he was absolutely fuming. Apparently his brand new Nikon camera he bought the day before didn't work.

So it went like this

Him to wife " I told you Nikon was rubbish I wanted a Cannon camera but you made me buy Nikon, damn thing don't work, a load of rubbish" The rant went on for a good few minutes attracting everyones attention.

His wife said nothing. My manageress lent over and asked if she could be of any help, although she had a Cannon camera but said I had Nikon which she sometimes used.

He " you will be damn lucky with that crap, here have look at it"

My managerss took the camera and said would he pass the battery over as well so she could try it out"

Yes you guessed it, the wife had the battery

Him to his wife " YOU NEVER TOLD ME I HAD TO PUT A BLOODY BATTERY IN IT"

So my manageress inserted the battery and of course the camera worked.

Everyone in the little cafe started to laugh and he stormed out towards his car with his wife trailing behind him. By this time everyone was on nodding terms with each other and made us smile for the rest of the afternoon
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07-09-2020, 06:47 AM
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Love it, Realspeed, thank you for starting my day with a smile!
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07-09-2020, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Silver Tabby ->
Love it, Realspeed, thank you for starting my day with a smile!
It was one of those delightful moments you never forget, when you find out your not the only "numpty" (idiot) with a camera
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07-09-2020, 11:04 AM
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Nice one Realspeed, sometimes the most simplest things are overlooked.....More so with the advancing years....
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Nice one Realspeed, it's good to know the numpty gene pool isn't quite empty yet.
 

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