Janet Frederick
Mall Experience
Soon after this fuzzy shot I was confronted by mall security. My infraction, pictures. As always, I'm very respectful of authority but was accused of taking pictures of stores. I cheerfully showed him I only had shots of me as the primary subject. We went back and forth, him wanting the spy pictures erased and me, insisting there are no spy pictures (what would my flickr friends do without these pictures?). It's hard to win an argument with an expert on espionage so I smiled, put the camera away and walked on. Moving on from this gleeful annoyance I was herded toward the corridor of mall carnies. Security still glaring behind me and aggressive sales people ahead watching and waiting, I could only go forward. Suddenly I was the most popular girl in the mall, free perfume samples, extra chatty peddlers competing to see who's taller (I was, barely), friendly as all get out, they loved me (I wonder if they read me). I think I shall return, I felt like such a lady. A while later as I was leaving, there again was my friend, the security agent with the anti-photo detail. Sorry, not that many pictures for this day, it's a security issue......
Mall Experience
Soon after this fuzzy shot I was confronted by mall security. My infraction, pictures. As always, I'm very respectful of authority but was accused of taking pictures of stores. I cheerfully showed him I only had shots of me as the primary subject. We went back and forth, him wanting the spy pictures erased and me, insisting there are no spy pictures (what would my flickr friends do without these pictures?). It's hard to win an argument with an expert on espionage so I smiled, put the camera away and walked on. Moving on from this gleeful annoyance I was herded toward the corridor of mall carnies. Security still glaring behind me and aggressive sales people ahead watching and waiting, I could only go forward. Suddenly I was the most popular girl in the mall, free perfume samples, extra chatty peddlers competing to see who's taller (I was, barely), friendly as all get out, they loved me (I wonder if they read me). I think I shall return, I felt like such a lady. A while later as I was leaving, there again was my friend, the security agent with the anti-photo detail. Sorry, not that many pictures for this day, it's a security issue......