Strange!

Ok, so a couple of days ago I said that there are weird things that go on in the maternity ward... Well, I just have to share this story. I know that the hospital photography thing isn't for everybody. In fact, I didn't use the hospital photographer when my girls were born either. I felt like it was too expensive for what little bit of photos you got. Plus, those $3.99 a sheet offers are always coming in the mail, so I just figured that I would get their pictures taken at a studio after leaving the hospital (maybe a few weeks later). So, I TOTALLY understand when people don't want to do it. I don't have a problem when people decline. I usually have a list of about 10 to 15 babies a day. If 7 of the 15 decline, I am still doing 8 photo shoots. By the way, I should mention, I have a photography cart which allows me to upload the pictures to a computer on the cart. This way, the parents get to see the pictures right there, and we can place the order directly from the hospital room...
This is what happened yesterday. I had my log book with my 13 babies on it. The photographer that had worked the day before had put notes next to some of the room numbers that had said "maybe" to the pictures, so that I could stop back by and check. For one room number she put, "mother wants to think about it. Seems angry?" In I went to this room... They wanted pictures. They did say they didn't have a lot of money, so they wanted to get the smallest thing. I suggested a keepsake, which is $20, and includes 3 photos. I still took care in the photos, making sure that I got lots of good ones. I even got little brother in one. Everything was going well. They loved the pictures, and picked out the 3 that they wanted on the keepsake. Then, the husband told me to hold on a minute. He went outside the room. When he returned a couple of minutes later, he had a nurse with him. He asked the nurse to use her cell phone to take a picture of the computer screen. He wanted her to take a picture of each one of the photos I took, and then send them to his phone. Then, he would print them off. Say what??????? Before any of this could happen, the wife says, "Uh, uh, see, how did you even know she had a camera phone? I think you are trying to be slick so you can get her phone number!" The nurse, of course, did not want to be in their drama and said she wouldn't be able to do that, and she walked out. I quietly shut down my computer, unplugged my cart, and I took off. I don't know what happened after that, but if I were to write down notes for that room on the log book... I would have to say she doesn't just "seem angry"... Good grief!