So, I pick out 15 kid-snapshots, and for fun, one (perhaps) really great
photo of a rural stream reflecting grasses and trees, drop my SD card
into the Kiosk at a national chain pharmacy, pick one each 4x6 prints,
and in 15 minutes or so, get my envelope of photos, pay, and run back to
the day-job for a meeting.

I open the package and the last shot, the possible art-fair entry, is
not included.

(!).

Later I call the drugstore, and talk to another lab guy who was not on
duty at 12:30pm, and he said that it never happens that the machine,
given 16 images, prints a label that says 16, but delivers 15 images.

I ask him how long the image files live on their computer --- a few days.
I ask him to delete those file associated with my account and he says he
will.
Who knows?

What to do?
I could head back to the store about the same time next week, find the
white haired guy (who, I bet wished he still had whatever his "real" job
used to be) and ask him...
or accuse him...
or talk to the store manager....
or maybe it was an accident...
or maybe the photo/file won't go anywhere, so I could lighten up.

Thoughts?  Other stories?, do any of you put anything other than
snapshots into retail "labs"?


After P&S or no camera for YEARS, really very happy to be starting with
the D50
-- Tom