So a couple of days ago, I asked her what was up with all this basically, since when I talked to him, I wouldn't get any straight or definite answer. And this is how the conversation went out.. (with commentary)
Me: hi
Her: hey
Me: how are you?
Her: good
u?
Me: ok
Her: just ok?
Me: yeah. busy busy
fall break is coming in just in time
haha
Her: haha yes very true
Me: what have you been up to?
Her: just going to school and photography
Me: fun
oh, you never gave me my pictures [It's been 3 months]
haha
Her: well they arent finished completely [so they looked them over?] and i have paid work that comes first
Me: yeah, i heard. just asking since it's been over 9 weeks.
Her: well, when its a favor [favor!? Hell, they asked me to do it for them, not the other way around!]we dont have a time frame [So even though I drove her around everywhere, but didn't pay them, I basically won't be getting pictures!? Such BULL]
Me: ?
Her: when its paid, we give a 3-6 week wait period [My gas is paying! She should be compensating me, since she's a good 15 min away to begin with]
but when its done as a favor, there is no time frame, especially if i have paid clients a head of you
sorry
Me: huh... k [This is when I start getting ticked. She really called my work a favor?]
Her: jacob doesnt even do free work anymore
because people wont leave him alone when he doesnt give them the photos right away [He doesn't even give them at all! No wonder people are jumping at his back. If he did his job like he needed to, maybe he wouldn't be dealing with this. You don't see parents complaining to LifeTouch because they get pictures (Even huge ass prints) a month later]
Me: ok, well that's ya'll perogative. i'm just thouroughly confused because i'm being told all of this months later. i mean, i get told i'll be a "company model", but then I don't hear from ya'll for a good while, and no pictures or even an update [Seriously, they told me that. That I'd be a company model. But models in companies get gigs, get paid, and get support. I'm getting none of that from them]. honestly, i don't care. i'd rather hear "you're not getting any" than being left in the dark, you know? and i see you post work with Jo and other friends [her boyfriend just posted pictures last night with his logo all over them, so clearly he's still doing work], but really, I just want an update. that's all i'm looking for now a days
Her: yeah but jo also paid me [I'll go with it, but everyone knows Jo only has enough money to buy her nasty cigs]
Me: ok, then sorry for misunderstanding that one.
Her: if you have issues with how we operate, im sorry [Operate!? How can you call it operating when there's no response and they always seem to not know what they're doing?]
the editing process to produce quality work is a long process [Ok. I'm a design student. I KNOW how long it takes to make things. Yes, a website takes a few weeks. Photoshop editing? A few DAYS.]
and nor me or jacob will rush it [Rush meaning bother]
so, if you dont want to be a company model becuase you are impatient then thats your choice.[Really? You're going to dangle a non-paying job like that?] we think your a great model and like the work youve produced for us, but clients come first [in other words, we love what you do, but we think actually bothering won't pay us in any way, so why do it?]
they are the ones who keep our business going [It's not business if you're throwing the "favors" under the bus. That's called BAD business]
Me: no, i'm not saying i don't want to be a company model. you guys are fun to work with and you have the same style as I do. I'm just saying leaving me in the dark isn't quite fair. i get the fact that paid customers come first, because i'm the same way [Money is money..]. but at the same time, all of the work i've been doing with others i at least hear from a month later, even though i never get paid work.
Her: i'll see what i can do [bullshit.. her boyfriend said the same thing weeks ago], but don't take this offensively, but, jumping down our throats isn't going to make the photos surface any faster
Me: i'm not jumping down anyone's throat. but it goes two ways, i'm just saying.
cause i seriously haven't heard from either of you for a couple months
Her: sorry
Me: and i am too if i seem like i'm jumping down ya'lls throats. i just need to know where we're both coming from. your both my friends. i don't want any business to get in the way of our friendships at least, ya know?
Evidently she's not that sorry, because tomorrow's her HUGE 21st birthday, and while she's going on and on about how she's excited and about how all of her closest friends are going to be with her, I haven't heard a word from her personally about it. Clearly I'm not invited. So far, I'm extremely hurt and upset. I mean, she had slept over and we talked about how we didn't have any other girl friends and how we could be each other's bride's maids and just cute bonding stuff like that. And yeah, I guess you could say we're fighting, but still. You know that feeling you got when everyone in the class got invited to something except you? Well.. maybe not everyone has that memory, but I do, and it's kind of rushing back now.
Here's some photos I did with some REAL photographers... (not them)
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