Mark_88
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- Ontario, Canada
- Vehicle Year
- 2007
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- Dordge
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- 3.3 Fuel Injected
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- Automatic
- My credo
- Love Thy Neighbor
Today I received a letter from Service Ontario stating that the picture for my new license was not acceptable and I needed to go have it taken again.
I go to the local office and find it nearly empty so no long wait times. I show the letter to the girl and she says "No problem, we can take that now".
So I assume the position and wait while she tries to capture all my 60 year old beauty...she takes a shot and I was smiling a bit...
"NO SMILING" she scolds me, and proceeds to take another shot...the flash nearly blinding me this time.
Another customer, an older dude, comments "I'm not sure what the problem is with smiling".
The girl trying to take my picture says "If you must know, it is for the police when they identify you if you've been killed in an accident...not too many people are smiling in that state".
This starts to sink in as I think about it more. And it strikes me as being a terrible reason for not being able to smile on our Driver's License that had me wondering all those years. As this is running through my mind another thought hits me...and I simply have to ask her...
"In that case" I say, "should I actually close my eyes for this picture"?
It took her a few minutes to stop laughing before we could continue...
Not sure if this is true or whether she made it up because it was Friday and she was in a very good mood...
I go to the local office and find it nearly empty so no long wait times. I show the letter to the girl and she says "No problem, we can take that now".
So I assume the position and wait while she tries to capture all my 60 year old beauty...she takes a shot and I was smiling a bit...
"NO SMILING" she scolds me, and proceeds to take another shot...the flash nearly blinding me this time.
Another customer, an older dude, comments "I'm not sure what the problem is with smiling".
The girl trying to take my picture says "If you must know, it is for the police when they identify you if you've been killed in an accident...not too many people are smiling in that state".
This starts to sink in as I think about it more. And it strikes me as being a terrible reason for not being able to smile on our Driver's License that had me wondering all those years. As this is running through my mind another thought hits me...and I simply have to ask her...
"In that case" I say, "should I actually close my eyes for this picture"?
It took her a few minutes to stop laughing before we could continue...
Not sure if this is true or whether she made it up because it was Friday and she was in a very good mood...