Thread: A Courtesy
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Unread 07-03-2008, 22:54
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Re: A Courtesy

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
It might add only two seconds of the photographer's time, but it takes a lot more than two seconds from the person being asked permission from. I would rapidly become very irritated if everyone who just wanted a snapshot of our team's robot had to interrupt me and get my attention first. Maybe I'm just unusally sensitive to what I consider pointless disruptions, but I think it seems much more polite to take the photo without undue fuss than to turn the process into a ritual.
Your not unusually sensitive, you are spot on.

My shutter has chattered away the entire SD regional, and nobody has said a word.
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