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Why have all the Photo Booths been changed?

Why have all the Photo Booths been messed with? Untill recently the Photobooths in Shopping centres and Post offices had soft circular height adjustable spin chairs, Where have they gone? Bring them back. The Photo Booths have also been ruined because the digital oval cross-hair adjust mirror/camera view screen is completly missing. The view screen which allows customers to see their face as they take the picture in order to make alterations to the correct pose have been removed in place of a Black panel. It took me several attempts before I was able to guess the pose which would look appropriate on the photograph, which appears 5 seconds after the Flash. The adjustable seat is removed in place of what appears to be some sort of brench which folds down, like a prison cell. I couldnt crouch down far enough whatsowever and was absolutely crammed in like a tin a sardines hunching arround trying to get my face in the picture, it must have looked rediculouse from outside the curtain. Eventually I had to stand awkwardly splayed out like some sort of ballerina, feet pushed up to the front of the Booth and hands supporting me behind, something which was unreasonable considering I am also Disabled. What a cruel move on the part of the government to lay this joke on the population. No doubt there will be untold consequences and dissruption internationally, becaue people will have difficulties applying for Visa's, Drivers Licenses, Student ID's, you name it, how inconsiderate. This has slowed down the speed and ease of attaining a Drivers License Style Photo.
(edited 9 months ago)

Reply 1

bro what are you waffling about
I mean, surely all the same concerns about accessibility to people with disabilities could be applied to having users rotate a small plastic stool.
Original post
by ChristopherJ1944
what couple of degenerate, ignorant responses, thats pretty much how all you millenials fell about your attitude to the way the worlds going. your making your own bed mate.


So you're happy that people with mobility issues used to struggle with photobooths. Gross.

Reply 4

You can read what I said for yourself, anyone who reads this can see your the one with the propblem. What kind of hole are you trying to dig for yourself? Did you have a particularly painfull upbringing or your just an aspiring cynic. All I made was a comment on how usefull and plush the former designs for photo booths were and how backward medieval the current ones are, something which I'm sure most people agree with.
All I'm reading is that it suits you less, and therefore it's worse. People with different mobility issues, or dexterity issues would disagree.

Reply 6

It sounds like they have made it worse and dragging other disabled people down too.

Reply 7

Original post
by ChristopherJ1944
Why have all the Photo Booths been messed with? Untill recently the Photobooths in Shopping centres and Post offices had soft circular height adjustable spin chairs, Where have they gone? Bring them back. The Photo Booths have also been ruined because the digital oval cross-hair adjust mirror/camera view screen is completly missing. The view screen which allows customers to see their face as they take the picture in order to make alterations to the correct pose have been removed in place of a Black panel. It took me several attempts before I was able to guess the pose which would look appropriate on the photograph, which appears 5 seconds after the Flash. The adjustable seat is removed in place of what appears to be some sort of brench which folds down, like a prison cell. I couldnt crouch down far enough whatsowever and was absolutely crammed in like a tin a sardines hunching arround trying to get my face in the picture, it must have looked rediculouse from outside the curtain. Eventually I had to stand awkwardly splayed out like some sort of ballerina, feet pushed up to the front of the Booth and hands supporting me behind, something which was unreasonable considering I am also Disabled. What a cruel move on the part of the government to lay this joke on the population. No doubt there will be untold consequences and dissruption internationally, becaue people will have difficulties applying for Visa's, Drivers Licenses, Student ID's, you name it, how inconsiderate. This has slowed down the speed and ease of attaining a Drivers License Style Photo.

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IMG_0956.jpg Long time since got back but found the image.
I think we understood the situation just fine without waiting 8wks for photographs.

A fold down bench is a better solution for a wider range of people. Spinning a stool for 2 mins like a DJ gunning for overtime isn't.

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